Book Marketing Stories

Bookseller Letters You Would Love to Get

Here are a few bookseller letters any author would like to get. When working with your local booksellers, ask them to write a letter endorsing your book. You can provide the blurbs below as samples to inspire them to write you a great testimonial quote: “Wow, this book keeps walking out the door. Kids really […]

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The Book Publishing Industry on the Rocks?

Guest Post by Jeff Davidson The book publishing industry, as we have long known it, is beginning to implode. A book that sells as few as 3,500 copies in a week can land on the bestseller list. Once, such sales figures wouldn’t cause a ripple. Curiously, the best literary agents receive 200 or more book […]

Great Book Trailer, Book Cover Needs Work

Here’s a wonderful video promo for R. Scott Mackey’s mystery novel Courage Matters. It features good images, great pacing, strong voiceover, and a great music soundtrack. It made me want to read his novel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://youtu.be/BiK_IVp909U&rel=0&w=640 Here’s a wonderful video promo for R. Scott Mackey’s mystery novel Courage Matters. Click To Tweet Too bad his book […]

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The Product Launch King’s #1 Strategy for Creating Partnerships

In the video below, Jeff Walker, the Product Launch King, describes his #1 strategy for creating partnerships: content partnerships, mastermind partnerships, joint venture partnerships, affiliate partnerships. What’s the best way to create these relationships? Watch now: A couple of weeks ago, Jeff Walker shared the one-word secret to his million-dollar success: partnerships. But how do […]