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Thankfully, the American election season is now in the rear-view mirror, but there’s been one more landslide recorded when votes of another kind were tallied.
Every so often, I poll the BookBaby audience by asking this question: What do you want to learn about self publishing?
It’s the fourth time I’ve asked this question in my regular Saturday email. My previous queries have elicited a variety of responses. Some respondents asked for writing tips. Many others asked me to write about self publishing. And I’ve always received a smattering of requests for book marketing tips. Up to now, it’s been a mixed bag without any one area receiving a majority response.
Well, that all changed in my latest request for input. Here’s a representative sampling of the latest responses.
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Author’s note: This is the first in a regular series of blog posts focused on essential book marketing topics for self-published authors in our months-long campaign, 2021: The Year To Find Your Readers. These posts will cover topics in two categories:
My last BookBaby Blog post outlined my plan for devoting time and energy to helping self-published authors find readers. For the next few months, I’m going to share the latest, best, and most-effective marketing ideas we’ve discovered by working with thousands of BookBaby authors. So off we go!
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Urbantasm is a magical teen noir serial novel inspired by the author’s experiences growing up in and around Flint, Michigan.
Thirteen-year-old John Bridge’s plans include hooking up with an eighth-grade girl and becoming one of the most popular kids at Radcliffe Junior High, but when he steals a pair of strange blue sunglasses from a homeless person, it drops him into the middle of a gang war overwhelming the once-great Rust Belt town of Akawe.
John doesn’t understand why the sunglasses are such a big deal, but everything, it seems, is on the table. Perhaps he accidentally offended the Chalks, a white supremacist gang trying to expand across the city. Maybe the feud involves his friend Selby, whose father died under mysterious circumstances. It could even have something to do with O-Sugar, a homegrown drug with the seeming ability to distort space. On the night before school began, a group of teenagers took O-Sugar and leapt to their deaths from an abandoned hospital.
John struggles to untangle these mysteries while adjusting to his new school, even as his parents confront looming unemployment and as his city fractures and burns.
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If you’re an aspiring writer, a good literary manager is often a vital ingredient for your success and continuing career. They’re with you on every step of your journey. They give you notes on your projects, help you strategize and prioritize, keep you motivated, and get you in front of execs, producers, and other players to get that next job. It’s a crucial and ongoing relationship that can make or break your career. The manager/client relationship is an intimate and important one that should be based on trust and communication, as well as on personalities. Because of this, it’s worth taking the time to think about what kind of working relationship you want to have with your rep.
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If you were to suddenly lose your book empire or your business, what would you do in 30 days to become profitable again?
(And that is how the Fearless Marketing For Authors Summit was born!)
Tamera Rasheed asked 30 speakers to answer that question and help authors to fast track their success over the next 30 days because authors are really afraid to market and promote their books…
What she found shocked me in the most incredible ways!
Read more..https://www.fearlessmarketingforauthors.com/thesummit
Mention your website in the comments and then let us know how you are using the site to build traffice
We’d love to hear it!
February 2, 2021 by Penny Sansevieri 3 CommentsReading Time: 3 minutes
If your next release is almost ready, you have officially entered the zone where you should begin to consider how to promote your book before it’s published.
“Go big or go home” rings particularly true for indie authors, so here are 10 easy ways to make your next release more successful.
click here to find out more information | https://www.fearlessmarketingforauthors.com/thesummit
If you were to suddenly lose your book empire or your business, what would you do in 30 days to become profitable again?
(And that is how the Fearless Marketing For Authors Summit was born!)
Tamera Rasheed asked 30 speakers to answer that question and help authors to fast track their success over the next 30 days because authors are really afraid to market and promote their books…
What she found shocked me in the most incredible ways!
Read more..https://www.fearlessmarketingforauthors.com/thesummit
February 11, 2021 by Penny Sansevieri 1 CommentReading Time: 3 minutes
The Biggest Mistake Authors Make When Self-Publishing a Book is a recap of “This is the One Biggest Mistake Authors Make. No, really.,” a recent episode on our Book Marketing Tips & Author Success podcast.
We delve deeper into our discussion about this important topic for authors trying to figure out the ins and outs of marketing self-published books on Amazon, so be sure to download and listen to the show for all the details, recommendations, and considerations!
The past year has been unlike any other, introducing change and providing more (and new) challenges, especially when it comes to marketing self-published books. To better help authors, our theme for this year – and a challenge for you – is to RISE ABOVE THE NOISE. The first step to doing this is to know your genre.
Are you having trouble starting your book?
Perhaps you’re unsure whether or not your idea is good enough? Maybe you worry about keeping all the strands together or painting yourself into a corner?
Do you get overwhelmed at knowing where to put the beats, or keeping your characters, plotlines and settings clear in your head?
Is this familiar?
That’s why I’m excited for the Be A Bestseller – Structure Your Novel For Success masterclass series. It’ll make you realise writing your book and finding fans is well within your grasp.
Not only will it give you strategies to get started, it’ll remind you to believe in your own voice and your own stories.
It’ll remind you to trust your instincts and develop your self belief. And it’ll remind you that the path to writing and finishing your book can be as simple as a starting small and building up.
My friend, Emma Dhesi, has brought together 20+ writers, creatives, editors, and publishers for this complimentary training series.
And you can access it all by clicking here: https://masterclass.beabestseller.net/SylviaHubbard
Can’t wait to see you there!
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February 9, 2021 by Penny Sansevieri 3 CommentsReading Time: 8 minutes
One of the keys to a successful book marketing campaign (and one of the secrets of how to market a book) is PLANNING. And it doesn’t take a lot of effort, just a bit of time and looking ahead strategically. You poured a lot of effort into getting your book ready, now let’s give it the kind of book launch it deserves!
So, let’s look at a few things you need to do ahead of launch day, to prepare for a successful book launch!
If you’re an aspiring writer, a good literary manager is often a vital ingredient for your success and continuing career. They’re with you on every step of your journey. They give you notes on your projects, help you strategize and prioritize, keep you motivated, and get you in front of execs, producers, and other players to get that next job. It’s a crucial and ongoing relationship that can make or break your career. The manager/client relationship is an intimate and important one that should be based on trust and communication, as well as on personalities. Because of this, it’s worth taking the time to think about what kind of working relationship you want to have with your rep.
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I call Mondays my get myself together time.
I check what I’m planning for the week on my literary calendar and see what I can do to get some things out of the way before that day is to happen and what more can I put on my calendar.
I even tell myself what I would like to accomplish in my writing world
✅✍🏽📝What about you?
✅✍🏽📝Do you have Monday morning routines when it comes to your literary planning?
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