Book Marketing Stories
Book Rights Question: How Do I Sell Mass-Market Paperback Rights to a Thriller?
Book Marketing Question: How do I sell mass-market paperback rights to my new thriller, The List? — Martha Carr, author of The List John’s Book Marketing Answer: There are two basic answers to this question: 1. Sell the right directly to one of the major mass-market publishers of thrillers. You can easily find out who the […]
Seth Godin on The Bestseller Effect
Here is a new article that Seth Godin shared via email. He makes some great points on how bestsellers are created. This is definitely worth reading: There are two markets for books (and music). The first market consists of grazers, collectors, or omnivores. They make the market happen. They read a lot of books. They visit the […]
YouTube Star Gets #1 Amazon Bestseller
In less than a week, British YouTube star Zoella (Zoe Sugg) sold over 75,000 copies of her first novel, Girl Online. At one point, it hit #1 on all of Amazon. As of Thursday, it ranked #73 in Amazon.com, including #1 for teens, dating and sex; #2 for teens, contemporary romance; and #2 for teens, […]