Nearly every article I read about marketing books starts with the same idea: identify your ideal reader. Which makes sense. If we have a picture in our minds of who our ideal reader is, we can tailor our books, our blurbs, and all our marketing to that person. We can’t expect our books to appeal …
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Any of us who write know the challenge of marketing our books. Not only are there literally millions of books available via sellers like Amazon, but the prices have gone down. Way down. Now eBooks routinely sell for $1.99 or less. Go ahead…do the math. How many books would you need to sell to pay …
The biggest problem for self-published authors is getting people to hear about their books. In this world where over 10 million titles are published each year, we as authors have an increasingly difficult time getting anyone’s attention for our books. The internet, of course, offers nearly unlimited options for finding readers. With all the …
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Finding out that authors also have to be marketers was a shock to me, probably more than finding out the Easter Bunny wasn’t real. Learning to be an effective marketer has proven to be more difficult than learning to write in the first place. So I’m always on the lookout for good marketing tips. Here’s …
I never thought it was possible, but I think I have too much chocolate. My husband came home yesterday with a Christmas gift from one of his vendors: a three pound box of Godiva truffles. I did the math. That’s 8400 calories. While I appreciate the vendor’s generosity, it just feels over the top …
The big challenge for authors is finding readers. In 2011, over 4 million books were published, counting the estimated number of self-published works. So it’s kind of hard to get noticed unless you are Dan Brown or George RR Martin. From my own experience, finding readers is tougher than it seems. People I was …
When I ride my bike around the neighborhood, the easy part is going downhill. The workout comes when I have to go uphill (of course, that’s when the wind starts blowing). For me, writing the books is like coasting downhill compared to the endless slog marketing seems to be. So I’m always on the …
The internet is a great place for promoting books, but it’s a crowded and noisy market with a distraction every second. I know I’ve been struggling to establish an online presence for my book, but always seem to get shouted down. Which is why I find the Bublish concept so intriguing. How it works is …
I’m always looking for free or low cost marketing ideas. This week I’ll be sharing three new ones I’ve stumbled on recently. It’s too soon to say if I’ll get any results from any of these, but since the price was right, I thought I had nothing to lose. Independent Author List The Independent Author …
All the book marketing experts I’ve read insist it is critical to define the ideal reader. My problem is that I have never been able to that. I thought I needed to specify age, sex, income, marital status and a few interests. Coming up with a concrete description of my ideal reader seemed as hard …