Want to learn more about selling enough ebooks to quit your day job? I like to listen to podcasts related to publishing, and one of those I’ve found is BookMarketingTools.com Recently Jamie Davis, indie paranormal ebook author, gave his secrets for success. Email list. Like most successful indie authors, he lays a lot of the […]
Three suggestions for what to say in your author newsletter
Marketing experts tell us the very best way to sell books is to gather a tribe on the Internet. You come up with a great short story that your ideal reader will love, and you use it as a carrot to get the right people to sign up for your newsletter. Next problem: what do […]
A strategy for growing your fan base through your author newsletter
Here’s a suggested strategy for gaining more followers for your author newsletter. Declare that new signups for your newsletter are eligible for a monthly drawing. The winner gets a coupon code for choice of free audiobook or free ebook. Until the free audiobook codes run out, that is. Then ebook only. This strategy works, people […]
What’s a good marketing plan for YOU?
If you have looked over my posts on marketing and have an idea of how you want to proceed, that’s great. But what if you don’t? What if the whole issue looks convoluted to you? I have some suggestions for a product launch tailored to a novel. First of all, make sure your novel is […]
Marketing: a book launch
Internet marketers have fine-tuned the idea of a product launch and have made tons of money at it. Authors have picked up the idea and re-cast it as a book launch. So, how does it work? And how can it be most effective? The basic idea is to choose a date when the item will […]