book marketing

Five Simple Actions To Create a Domino Effect of Book Sales by Chris Norbury

Published on January 1, 2021 author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, Networking, promoting your writing, writing career advice

Simple acts of goodwill CAN and DO lead to more book sales!

Do NOT Pay Someone to Showcase Your Book at a “Virtual Book Fair!”

Published on December 31, 2020 author scams, book marketing, book signing advice, bookstores, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing scams

I received an unsolicited phone call from a senior marketing consultant at a company that displays books at book fairs. She said her company was only taking 10 books to a book fair in Europe and they chose mine…

BOOK PROFIT PRICING: How To Price Your Books For Maximum Profitability by Jennifer Brown Banks

Published on December 10, 2020 author, book marketing, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice

3 things you MUST know to price your books for maximum profits.

Staging Your Zoom Background to Sell More Books! – by Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg

Published on December 10, 2020 author, book marketing, Networking, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing career advice

Zoom meetings are becoming more common as a way to conduct business. Does your “background” say the wrong thing about you and your product/service?

How I Sold a Million Books By Darlene Franklin

Published on November 25, 2020 author, book marketing, Book Reviews, book signing advice, diversify your writing income, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing, social media, storytelling, traditional publishing, write that book, writing career advice, writing tips

Tried-and-true methods for book promotion and ones of my own invention.

A BALLSY Move! Using YOUR Picture as the Lead Character On YOUR Book’s Cover – by Khalil A. Barnett

Published on October 23, 2020 author, book marketing, promoting your writing, self-publishing, storytelling, write that book, writing tips

A ballsy move, to be sure. For a number of reasons. Not the least of which being that the story, it’s right there in the synopsis, has a lot of sex in it. Imagine that conversation with mom…

“I want to write a new book. What’s trending now in the bookselling world?”

Published on October 9, 2020 amazon, author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, Networking, Print on demand, self-publishing, storytelling, traditional publishing, writing career advice

Finding trends on best sellers lists! And, if you can write a best seller that becomes a classic, you’ll have it made!!

Writing the PERFECT Blurb – by Chris Saunders

Published on September 17, 2020 author, book marketing, Print on demand, self-publishing, storytelling, writing career advice

The blurb is a critical part of selling books! How is YOUR blurb working?

“My publisher says only three copies of my book have sold. I don’t believe them. What can I do?”

Published on September 17, 2020 author, author scams, book marketing, pod complaints, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing scams

Q – Hi Angela, Is it possible for me to find out about how many of my books have been sold? It was published almost a year ago as an ebook and print book on the major sites. Up to now, according to the publisher, only 1 print book and 2 ebooks had been sold. […]

Two Reasons Why Some of Your Readers are NOT Allowed to Post Reviews on Amazon!

Published on September 17, 2020 amazon, author, book marketing, Book Reviews, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing

As we all know, positive reviews mean better exposure on Amazon! However, did you know that some people aren’t allowed to leave reviews on Amazon?