Selling books as an indie author involves more than writing; it requires effective marketing and reader engagement. Holly Spofford exemplifies this by connecting authentically with her audience, utilizing humor, and leveraging her unique status as a local author. Her approach fosters community and enhances book sales through memorable interactions.
Ideas to Market Your Book on Instagram Marketing your book on Instagram can be an exciting journey that not only promotes your work but also engages a community of readers and writers. Here are some creative ideas to make the most of Instagram’s features and… Read More »20 Creative Ways to Market Your Book on Instagram
Lots of self-publishing authors say that writing the book is the easy part, because after writing and publishing comes marketing. And it’s hard! With the self-publishing market being so saturated, you need to do everything you can to get your book in front of readers.… Read More »Contests to Enter (and Win!) for Self-Published Fiction Books
If you’re a self-published author, you need to do everything you can to get your book in front of readers. Audiobooks are the fastest growing faction in publishing, and for the past eight years, audiobook sales in the US has had huge increases year over… Read More »Self-Publishing? Here’s How to Create an Audiobook
A book’s blurb is the description of the book that entices readers to buy. Essentially, it tells the reader what your book is about without giving too much away. In paperback books, the blurb is located on the back cover. In ebooks, the blurb goes… Read More »What is a Book Blurb?
One of the most important elements that will make or break the sales of your book is marketing. It’s critical to ensure you’re doing the proper marketing techniques, especially if you’re self publishing. (If you’re taking the more standard route of going through a publisher,… Read More »4 Ways to Find Your Book’s Target Audience
I recently posted about 4 Ways to Find Your Book’s Target Audience. Once you pinpoint your ideal reader, though, how do you connect with them, speak to them, and eventually sell your book to them? This is all critical and basic level information on how to market your… Read More »How To Speak To Your Book’s Ideal Reader
As a rule, the more you market and promote your book, the more people will know about your book, and the more people will buy your book. In other words, the name of the game here is publicity. Pay attention here, because this part is important: I’ve worked with many authors over… Read More »12 Genius Ways to Market Your Book
If you’re an author who is planning on self-publishing your book, it is crucial that you have a marketing plan in place. Like I said last week in the blog post 12 Genius Ways to Market Your Book, the more you market your book, the more people will know about… Read More »Choosing a Marketing Company to Promote Your Book
As a book editor, I’m constantly in tune with what’s going on in the publishing industry. And…drumroll please…BookBaby’s Self-Publishing Survey Results has some great information, some of which I’d like to pass along to you. Since Amazon released Kindle Direct Publishing in 2007, authors have more power… Read More »5 Proven Insights from the Most Successful Self-Publishing Authors