Book Promotion Woes?

Too many new authors believe that once their book is written the sales will just come pouring in and they will make a bundle. Sadly, this disillusionment is shattered when they receive a royalty check. The honest to goodness truth of the matter is that the writer's work is only started when the book is released.

Don't Be Backward About Getting A Foreword

In today's competitive publishing world—with more than 1.5 million titles currently in print in the U.S.—each new book must be carefully nurtured to be successful. One of the ways you can help your new baby grow into robust adulthood is by christening it with a Foreword.

Book Marketing Secrets for Trade-published Authors

Your book is published; the family's still celebrating. Why do you get that sinking sensation that nothing is really happening? Face facts: If you're not a household word, your publisher will typically allocate scant time and a minuscule budget to your title. (And if you're self-publishing, PR is a huge component in the overall scheme of things.) It's the age of celebrity books. Lamenting that situation won't change things; getting involved will. Your personal efforts can dramatically impact book sales!

Book Promotion Tips - 9 Sure-fire Strategies

1. Know your competition. How can you make your book better than what's already out there unless you are aware of your rivals? Look in the Subject Guide to Books in Print in a major library to determine what other books are available on your topic. Then stop at a good independent bookstore and ask the owner or manager what three books on the subject he or she would recommend. Buy them. Study them. Don't emulate them! Find a way to make yours more...

Top Six Lies About Book Marketing: (And the Truths to Set Your Book Free!)

Spending lots of time and money trying to get your book in bookstores? Hoping to land on Oprah? Want a six-figure advance from a big publishing company? Maybe not. These things do not guarantee your book success, but there are a few things that do...

Book Publishing Without Pain

Have you ever considered publishing a book? A 20-year veteran of the publishing industry gives 5 Fantastic Reasons to do it yourself, rather than invest years and tears waiting for a publishing house to accept your book.

What's Killing Your Publishing Career?

With the large increase of books being published by self-publishers, and the up-rise of print on demand, there is still a lot of death taking place in the publishing industry. Thus far, 175,000 books have been published in 2005.

How to Self Publish and Promote Your Own Book

Writing is a god given gift through which we can touch the lives of others. Self Publishing and Promoting our own books is a means by which we can become a part of the lives of others...

Successful Book Marketing The Natural Way - Part 2

Success is natural, and if you use your natural resources, you too can create enough book sales to take that long, lost trip to the Caribbean, or buy a new car. Learn from these examples of natural book marketing and how to expand them.

Best Selling Book Cover Design

Tips on how to design and choose a best selling book cover design and book interior page design...

How to Schedule a Book Signing

How would you like to sell more copies of your book? Would you like to read excerpts from your book to a captivated audience? Book signings are the cornerstone of an author's post-publication foundation. But how do you set them up?

Design Each Part of your Book to Sell More Copies

Format and design your book's insides, front and back matter so it will sell the minute you publish. When you include all these parts in your book, your increased new sales will surprise you.

How to Sell Your E-book - (or other information product) - Through Quickie Seminars

I've been selling my own self-published information products (mainly e-books) online for the past 3 years. Is it profitable? Definitely. But as any seasoned information marketer will vouch, it takes...

Discover 3 Easy Ways to Promote Your Articles

Are you using these methods to promote your articles? If not, you are missing out on some easy ways to get more traffic. Ways that require no additional work on your part once they are set up. 1....

Book Marketing 101 - Setting up Author Events and Book Signings -- Get the Most from Book Publicity

Author Events are the primary vehicle for the self-published author to get out and meet the public, and they can be your ticket to both sales and increased publicity - all thanks to your local retail outlet. This article will be your quickstart guide to developing and setting up winning Author Events and Book Signings.