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You have written a book and you want to sell it? Perhaps you have a small bookstore, and you've figured out that a simple bricks-and-mortar storefront won't do it these days. Look into our extensive database for articles on book marketing. Learn about the editor's job, and pick up the tips they offer on getting your manuscript out of the pile and onto their desks. Learn what makes a killer first page, because without that the editor will never get to the second. Find out how people are buying books these days. Consider "vanity press" self-publishing, read about the traps and pitfalls, and find out how to use the freedom it offers to maximize the marketing potential to boost your book's sales. Study the stories of Amazon.com and ABE, and take away useful lessons for the independent bookseller. Finally, look at the trends in reading, publishing and marketing books. And sell your book!
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Posted by Penelope Thompson. Published on May 09, 2009
In order for a major publishing house to even look at an independent author, they have to see some serious proven sales figures in the tens of thousands: 20,000, 30,000, 50,000 copies sold or more. An author who sells 1,000 copies is not likely to be snatched up by a major house. Anyone with motivation and a credit card account can do that.
Posted by Harriet Hodgson. Published on Apr 22, 2009
An updated author biography is a marketing tool. Readers and would-be readers want to know more about the author. Your author bio could be the difference between making a sale and not making a sale. The tips in this article will help you update your bio.
Posted by Phyllis Zimbler Miller. Published on Mar 10, 2009
How do you get repeated online positive exposure for yourself or your book without blatant advertising? You use your non-fiction or fiction book in the service of a good cause or to help someone else.
Posted by Hans ram. Published on Jan 27, 2009
If you want to get that e-book or sales letter done -- and you're not afraid of using "Marathon Writing Techniques" to get the job done fast -- then let me share some tips to help make writing easier and faster. Here's what I do when I write sales letters and e-book... INCREASE YOUR CAFFEINE INTAKE -- Okay, so I'm caffeine junky. I'm talking loads of it. Of course if you don't drink caffeine currently, I wouldn't recommend getting started. But if you do enjoy a good cup of Jo or a soda here and there,
Posted by Robert Skrob. Published on Jan 04, 2009
Jordan McAuley, author of Contact Any Celebrity, reveals the secrets to his success in the booming information marketing industry. With little start-up and a lot drive, Jordan used his book to gain credibility and create opportunities for recurring revenue through his membership website. He and 11 other info-marketing entrepreneurs share their success stories in a new book.
Posted by Gianni Truvianni. Published on Dec 13, 2008
Self publishing offers writers, especially not very famous ones; such as myself, a chance to get their work published by using their own money, which in essence comes down to somebody paying a publisher to publish his or her book. This creating a situation in which the publisher is left with little if any choice weather or not to publish the books they are paid to do so regardless of their quality of perhaps lack of which. All of this being in sharp contrast to before where, it was the publisher who decided which books got published or not and ...
Posted by Shruti Singh. Published on Dec 12, 2008
The reading of books is a perfect way of spending your leisure time in a productive way. However, one can have instant access to a book with the emergence of online bookstores.
Posted by Glenn-Dietzel. Published on Nov 21, 2008
The road from completed book manuscript to publication through traditional channels is a long one with numerous challenges. A first-time author must first create a formal book proposal which will take weeks of work. Next, the writer goes through the process of submitting it to publishers and/or agents.
Posted by Michelle Spoils. Published on Nov 10, 2008
Anyone who has published their book through self publishing or has used a small publishing house to publish their book should consider using a book review company. They will have someone read the book and then write a review.