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Are You Your Worst Book-Marketing Problem?

by Brian Jud
Bowker | Tue Jun 21, 2022

The biggest obstacles to book-selling success can be the authors or publishers themselves. Emotions such as fear, doubt, regret, and frustration, which are typical when trying something new, can too easily stall or destroy an effort to make large-quantity sales to non-bookstore buyers.

People struggle to manage self-imposed hurdles like these when it comes to making the leap from thinking about what you want to do and actually doing it. As Erma Bombeck said, “It takes a lot of courage to show your dream to someone else.”

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Marketing & Publicity

Book Marketing Strategies to Improve Your Website Performance

I talk a lot about book covers and other book marketing strategies on this blog, but one thing we don’t spend enough time on are author websites. And they are crucially important to an author’s success, but to be clear, I don’t mean that you have to have a website that’s big and elaborate. In fact, sometimes the simplest websites are the best! The type of website you have, and therefore the book marketing strategies you use, really depends on your goals.

Websites, like book covers, rely solely on first impressions – and readers (potential buyers) instantly know a good book cover from a bad one, and a good website from a bad one, and with all the competition out there, you won’t get a second chance. So let’s go through a list of must-haves first, before we dig into more:

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Marketing & Publicity

Keep Up with the Latest in Publishing with The Hot Sheet Newsletter

by Richard Smith
Bowker | Tue May 31, 2022

If you’re an author and want to stay on top of the important issues in the world of publishing — issues that affect you — you need The Hot Sheet.

With all the chatter out there, it will help you sort through the noise with stories that focus on relevant topics from across the publishing spectrum. From author success stories to key industry statistics, you’ll find what you need to know in The Hot Sheet. Among the most important insights in this issue:

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