book marketing

Marketing Your Book In Real Time

Best selling author David Meeman Scott’s new book will be out next week but as usual, he’s been marketing and promoting it for some time. Real-Time Marketing and PR: How to Instantly Engage Your Market, Connect with Customers, and Create Products that Grow Your Business Now is already a best seller. Readers have been anticipating [...]

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When Should A Author Invest In Himself?

I just read an excellent article called The 10 Worst Business Ideas of All Time by Dave Logan. Most of the ideas were focus companies and used language that might turn off some authors. However, as we’ve said many times here, Your Book is a Business When I speak to authors, explaining how successful authors [...]

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Before You Pitch Your Book Ask How You Will Get ATTENTION

I stopped best selling author Jim Kukral in the hall at Blogworld Expo to get his ideas on how authors can build a business by getting attention. Jim’s book ATTENTION! This Book Will Make You Money is full of ideas that will help any author get attention for your message and sell more than a [...]

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Build Your Network Before Marketing Your Book

I was talking with a group of authors and speakers here in Vegas the other day and saw an opportunity to build my bank of networking reciprocity with two of the best connected friends I have. How? I gave them a ride to the airport… got mentioned in a video by Larry Benet of SANG [...]

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Amazon Moves Further Down the Road to World Domination

Just in case there weren’t enough book competing with yours for attention on Amazon, they are out to add even more :) CHARLESTON, S.C. – Oct. 5, 2010 – CreateSpace, part of the Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) group of companies, today announced an agreement with The Library of Congress to make at least 50,000 public [...]

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Market Your Book Like a Business

I’ve been holding off reading the NY Times Best Seller Conquer the Chaos till I knew I could give it some attention. Well today, I got thinking that I’m going to see the authors next week and since I wanted to take the afternoon off, I sat down and read the whole thing start to [...]

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Giving Back Comes First

We talk about selling books, best seller lists, and making money with book marketing here, but I know this is not the best motivation to write a book and become an author. Authors have valuable expertise and experience to share with readers. After speaking with thousands of authors, I’m convinced that most are writing with [...]

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Make Your Book Marketing Defy Gravity

Today’s special post is from Rebel Brown, author of Defy Gravity. To receive a free workbook with your copy of Defy Gravity, click on the book cover now. How Big is that Dinosaur? Publishing has to be one of the largest Gravity markets I’ve seen in years. By hanging on tightly to the way they’ve [...]

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