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9 book marketing mistakes authors shouldn’t make

If you’ve written a book, or want to write one, you’ll want to read the guest blog post I wrote for The Book Designer Blog titled Do You Know These 9 Huge Marketing Opportunities Even Smart Authors Miss?

In the Comments, one reader asked, “How can I get these tips printed on my mouse pad? GENIUS.”

That gave me idea to quickly summarize the tips here so your can print them out and hang them on a bullet board or the wall as a handy reminder. Go over to Joel Friendlander’s blog, however, and read the entire post. Here are the nine mistakes I see otherwise smart authors making:

9 Marketing Mistakes Authors Make

 What would you add to this list?

by Joan Stewart on June 2, 2013

Filed Under: Content Creation Tagged With: Authors & Publishers, Book Marketing

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  1. Colin says

    June 2, 2013 at 5:20 pm

    Thanks for saving me time in that I don’t have to do this, Joan :o)

    I’ve just start reading Red Hot Internet Publicity, and so far it looks like a really great book. I really liked the Foreword you wrote for Penny.

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    • Joan Stewart says

      June 2, 2013 at 6:09 pm

      Thanks for giving me the idea, Colin. A great example of how someone who guest posts should share it at their own blog.

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