Book Marketing Stories

Book Marketing Success Podcast #2: An Amazon Bestseller Story

Create a New York Times Bestseller on Amazon Sales Alone A book author I consulted over a year ago described how her nonfiction book made the New York Times monthly bestseller list when her only book sales were being made on Amazon with a print-on-demand book. Incredible, isn’t it? Even better she continued making sales of $100,000 per […]

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Book Marketing Tip: Write a Great Book

The first step in book marketing has nothing to do with marketing; it has everything to do with creating a great product. Write a book that actually helps people, or entertains them, or inspires them. Write the truth. Write honestly. Write with passion. If you want to see how to do this, check out the […]

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Read a Book and Live Longer

Read a book! Live longer! A recent study found that adults who read three and a half hours a week are more likely (by 25%!) to outlive those who don’t read (Social Science & Medicine study). That means you could add two to three years to your life by reading books! Also, reading keeps your mind sharp and helps […]

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Book Marketing Success Podcast #1: Ernie Zelinski and the AARP

Persistence Pays in Getting Great Publicity It took Ernie Zelinski 10 years, but he finally got the AARP (American Association of Retired People) to mention How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free in their September 2014 issue of The AARP Bulletin. What made this difficult and special in the end is that the AARP is […]