Book Marketing Stories

Booksellers Love Books, Readers Love Books!

Booksellers Love Books, Book Readers Love Books

Check out these bookstore chalkboards celebrating books . . . Wanted: Page Turners Inquire Within. Books: The Only Thing You Can Buy That Makes You Richer. Books Are the Gift You Can Open Over and Over. Books: The Original Handheld Device! Yay! Books! Don’t you just love books? Booksellers Love Books, Book Readers Love Books […]

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Book Marketing Bingo Card

Book Marketing Bingo: Are You Doing Enough to Market Your Books?

Are you doing enough to market your books? You can find your answer below. How many of these book marketing activities have you done for your most important book? Do you score a bingo on this Book Marketing Bingo card? Do a TV interview – Sign books at a bookstore – Write a guest blog […]

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Why You Should Keep a Journal

Authors: Why Should You Keep a Journal?

Why should you, as a writer or author, keep a journal? Here are 11 reasons you should keep a journal if you are an author or writer: Journaling is a wonderful way to find peace from anxiety and depression. Get to know yourself. Find things to be thankful for. Work through your fears and negative […]

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John Paul DeJoria on Persistence

Knock and Knock Again

I learned sales and marketing from knocking on a hundred doors a day. You quickly discover that you’ll get 99 slammed in your face before you make a sale. — John Paul DeJoria, quoted in The Education of Millionaires by Michael Ellsberg While John Paul DeJoria knocked on doors to sell hair care products, as […]

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