Before you get sidetracked this weekend, read this summary of Quick & Easy Media Kit Templates, the popular package I created that will shave weeks off the tedious chore of building a media kit for your fiction or nonfiction book. My partners in this project are Joel Friedlander and Tracy Atkins, and we’re doing a special… Read More
Authors & Publishers
Author Media Kit Contents: Free Training Today
You’ve finished your book and you’re exhausted. Who wouldn’t be after all that time you spent writing it? But that’s no excuse for slapping together a sloppy, incomplete media kit. Even if you’re an indie author who can’t afford a publicist, you need to pay special attention to this most important package of marketing materials.… Read More
Free Call May 12: Sell More Books in These 6 Express Lanes
In a free teleseminar with Steve Harrison May 12, learn how to sell more books using Facebook, Amazon, word of mouth, national publicity and thinking like a best-selling author. Read more
Beware of Listopia, Indie Writers Support #AuthorScams
A book promotion scam that dates back to 2011 and promises authors massive exposure for their books has resurfaced. And the person behind it is offering a new service regarding Listopia, the Goodreads feature that lets users create lists of books that anyone can vote on or add to, for free. A misleading email from “Writers… Read More
Adult Coloring Book Craze Offers Publicity Opps Galore
The crazy coloring book craze is the perfect opportunity to piggyback onto this trend and drum up a little publicity for you and your business. You can do this two ways. You can pitch journalists and bloggers with a story idea that ties into coloring books and your area of expertise. I’ve given you lots… Read More
Real Fast Library Marketing Frequently Asked Questions
I’ve been promoting Real Fast Library Marketing, a training program that shows authors, publishers and small presses how to sell their print book and license their ebooks to libraries. The offer ends tomorrow night—Tuesday, April 12—at midnight. Daniel Hall and Amy Collins have been answering questions that several people have asked them after watching the… Read More
9 Profitable Reasons to Sell (or Rent) Your Book to Libraries
Selling your books to libraries offers opportunities galore through things like more sales on Amazon and sales of spinoff products. Read more
How to Sell POD Books or License Ebooks to Libraries
Did you know that libraries don’t buy ebooks but that you have a chance to make big money from libraries that will lend your book to patrons? Instead of buying ebooks, libraries actually license them on a per borrow or fixed-term basis. This fact can be very profitable for authors and publishers who know how… Read More
A Southern Publicist’s Book Publicity & Marketing Secrets
By Lynda Bouchard The words you write will far outlive you. Make them memorable. I’ve always found comfort in stories. I love the way a story has the ability to fill our minds with mysteries or hard truths, with brutal and brilliant prose. Great stories paint a picture, hold you fast and sing in your… Read More
Fiction & Nonfiction Authors: 19 Ideas for Email Topics
Fiction writers often struggle with what to write about when sending email to their email list. That’s what they told me on Thursday when I hosted a free webinar for authors on “How to Use Email to Create to Attract Fans, Create SuperFans & Sell More Books.” If you missed it, listen to the replay… Read More