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...

Editorial Checklist

The following editorial checklist will help you evaluate your finished nonfiction manuscript and pinpoint any potentially weak areas. It will assist you in coming across professionally rather than smacking of amateurism.

7 Vital Book Promotion Tips

As a literary publicist I often am asked about publicity tips, tricks, and the magic behind my work. It’s not magic. All you need to know are the basics and from there you will be able to create an effective book promotion.

Sell More Books on Amazon.com

Discover free promotional opportunities on Amazon.com and sell more copies of your books.

Marketing Your Book on Radio

Think you an sit back, relax, and wait for royalties now that your book is in print? Well, think again. As many authors have discovered, publishers don't have the money to push every book. It's up to the author to boost sales, and many are choosing radio. Why?

Publicity for Buzz Marketing for Authors

Congratulations, you've written a book and even gotten it published! Now what do you do?

Navigating the Amazon Sales Ranking

Amazon’s own definition of its system, slightly paraphrased from their FAQ: “The Sales Ranking system exhibits how books are selling. The lower the number, the higher the sales. The calculation is based on sales and is updated each hour to reflect recent and historical sales of every item sold. We hope you find the Amazon.com Sales Rank interesting!” This last sentence seems to indicate Amazon’s own perspective on the importance with which the sales rankings should be viewed.

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...

Publicity Through Philanthropy For Writers

I am twenty three years old, have sold over four thousand copies of my first book in a matter of a month after it's release and recently been contacted for contracts with Random House and Harper Coll...

How To Promote A Book

Nowadays it’s no longer a matter of whether or not an author should promote his or her book, but how aggressively one should go about it. The sad truth is that publishers often fail to promote ...

Speaking for a Publication

There are many ways to get speaking engagements, and not all of them will be paid. However, all of them will give you business exposure. Writing a book may be one of the best ways to get attention. This article will give you some ideas on how to make your book a reality.

Colour and Book Covers - What You Should Know if You're Self-Publishing

A basic understanding of colour and the differences between the colours you see on your screen and those employed to print a book, could save you money and prevent disappointment.

Authors Should Be Optimistic

The fact is that if you have a good book and there's a market for it, there's no need to let others dissuade you from trying to find an agent or traditional publisher, if that's the way you want to go. There are also many reasons to self-publish (particularly if you have a niche market). Just make sure the advice you're receiving is unbiased.

Five Secrets of Winning Book Proposals

The difference between a publisher's contract offer and rejection letter is your insider's view of what the publisher is really thinking when reading your book proposal.

19 Ways to Secure Non-Returnable Book Sales and Sell More Books

Don't rely on bookstore sales alone to maximize your book selling opportunities. If you want to sell hundreds of thousands of copies, you must explore non-traditional markets as well.