Book Marketing Stories

Seth Godin's Advice for authors

Seth Godin: 5 Book Marketing Tips for Book Authors

Guest Post by Seth Godin (with comments from John Kremer) I get a fair number of notes from well respected, intelligent people who are embarking on their first nonfiction book project. They tend to ask very similar questions, so I thought I’d go ahead and put down my five big ideas in one place to […]

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Joe Vitale on manifesting cars

Joe Vitale: A Lesson in Copywriting

The following is taken from an email I received from my friend Joe Vitale a number of years ago. I thought it made a great point about the importance of copywriting in making sales. Note how he quietly promotes his own website in the process of critiquing another. He advocates that you read his website […]

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Book Marketing Secrets

Book Marketing Success Stories: Are Self-Published Books Really Good?

Self-published books once carried a stigma of being not the best books. But that has changed as more books like Wool, The Martian, and 50 Shades of Grey have become bestsellers and been made into movies. Self-published books now rule! Self-published books average better ratings than traditionally published books on Amazon. On average, self-published books also […]

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InStyle Magazine, fashion and beauty

Author Publicity Tips: Getting Magazine Publicity

Do you want to get featured in a major magazine? Here are some great ways to get featured as an author, expert, or person in a few magazines: InStyle Magazine Would you like to get featured in this style, beauty, and fashion magazine? Here’s one way: If one of the stories in the magazine or […]

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