This week we asked our community on Facebook to answer this question: What book marketing strategies have worked best for you? Here’s what they had to say: David Evans: A couple of years ago I signed up with a paid speaking service that helped me get a lot of un-paid speaking gigs. That has been […]
We know that social media are great for promotion, increasing visibility, and building up an audience. It works very well both for businesses and individuals – and it could be just as effective for any nonfiction author, who wants to promote their work. Why should nonfiction authors promote on social media? No matter how digitalized […]
One under-utilized opportunity for authors is online groups—I’m talking about Facebook groups, LinkedIn groups and other online forums. Online groups are mini communities where you can connect with your target readers long before your book is published. Using an example from my own life, I happen to be a widow and I naturally gravitated to […]
Writing * Now is the best time to be a writer, but you have to know more and do more than ever. * Books are usually either prose-driven or promotion-driven, story-driven or idea-driven. Because the fate of story-driven books depends on whether readers tell other readers to read them, content is king for prose-driven books. […]
Writers have more opportunities than ever to serve their communities, generate synergy, and build diversified income streams from their content, knowledge, ideas, and literary and business skills. Authors of practical nonfiction will be able to benefit more from these opportunities than storytellers, but you’re only limited by your imagination. More chances to profit from your […]
Holiday marketing is already well underway, but it’s not too late to put into place some simple ways to boost your book sales over the holidays, particularly if you’ve got your books on Amazon. Amazon OWNS the holiday sales season. Everyone is in a buying mood from about the beginning of November through the beginning […]
When developing a website to promote your book, you may think you have two primary choices: to launch a site for the book (booktitle.com) or a site for you as the author (authorname.com). But there is also a third option: Develop a content-themed site. If your goal is to brand yourself as an authority in […]
Promotion has two basic elements: finding where your readers are, online and off, and serving them as often and in as many ways as you can. Promoting your books gives you the chance to share your passion for the value of your work. But if you just want to write one book, you have to […]
Have you written your first book? Congratulations! All that hard work and those late nights at the keyboard are about to pay off. Before they do though, you’re going to need to put more time into marketing that book. After all, what’s the point if no one ever reads it? Here are some of the […]
1. Test-market your idea: Try it out on trustworthy writers, authors in your field, booksellers, and book buyers to gauge its potential against past and future competition. 2. Test-market your book title, chapter titles, and content: a blog, a website, articles, talks, videos, podcasts, and social media will provide feedback and help build a community […]
Member Book Announcement: To Cast A Reflection: The Henry Family In Their Own Words
Member Name: Laura Suchan Book Title: To Cast A Reflection: The Henry Family In Their Own Words Synopsis In the summer of 2013 a box stuffed with old papers was donated to the Oshawa Museum. The Thomas Henry Correspondence Collection, as it became known, contained 520 individual documents including personal letters, receipts and business correspondence of […]
Some Favorite Books for Writers
We asked other nonfiction authors what some of their favorite books for writers are. Here are their responses: Sanjida Kay I’d recommend The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne, an editor who describes how to develop one’s craft as a writer. There’s an accompanying podcast, Story Grid Podcast with Shawn Coyne and aspiring novelist, Tim Grahl. […]
Giving Back to Your Writing Career by Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Consider Writing Professional Reviews as Part of Your Marketing Plan Excerpted and expanded from the recently released 415-page book in Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s multi award-winning How To Do It Frugally Series of books, How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically Because you are a writer, you’ve always known that a review is the best kind […]
Before you begin to write your book, it is important to know WHO you’re writing for. Identifying your audience will help you not only develop your manuscript, but you will be better able to choose marketing methods for your book. Are you writing a book for: Single moms with young kids? Single moms […]
Some Favorite Books for Writers
We asked other nonfiction authors what some of their favorite books for writers are. Here are their responses: Sanjida Kay I’d recommend The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne, an editor who describes how to develop one’s craft as a writer. There’s an accompanying podcast, Story Grid Podcast with Shawn Coyne and aspiring novelist, Tim Grahl. […]
Giving Back to Your Writing Career by Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Consider Writing Professional Reviews as Part of Your Marketing Plan Excerpted and expanded from the recently released 415-page book in Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s multi award-winning How To Do It Frugally Series of books, How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically Because you are a writer, you’ve always known that a review is the best kind […]
Before you begin to write your book, it is important to know WHO you’re writing for. Identifying your audience will help you not only develop your manuscript, but you will be better able to choose marketing methods for your book. Are you writing a book for: Single moms with young kids? Single moms […]
Authors! Embrace these Three Tips and Get Ready for Success!
To say our world is changing quickly is cliché. In fact, quick change is the new norm, so we must be willing to learn new things and change quickly, too. Never has this been more true when it comes to book publicity and visibility. If you have a book, before you reach out to a […]
Last week we asked our community on Facebook to answer this question: If you were beginning your author career today, what would you do differently? Here’s what they had to say: David Evans: When I first start writing, I had some good indications that writing was the thing I was good at, and should seriously […]
Better Writing: When to Use “Like” vs. “Such As” by Barbara McNichol
Have you ever wondered about the distinction between “like” or “such as” in your writing. Here are two phrases to consider: . . . the answers that so-called geniuses “like / such as” Newton seem to embody. . . . centuries of innovations “like / such as” the airplane and space shuttle have resulted. In […]
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