Book Marketing

One Self-Published Author Sells a Million Books a Year

This year Diane Pfeifer will sell over a million copies of her Gone with the Grits cookbook and other books (GritsBits.com). How did she do it? Her answer: Just a combo of wholesale gift shop sales, gift catalogs, on-site retail including holiday shows, special sales (Quaker Grits), commodities catalogs, in-office/school lobby sales and, of course, Amazon and Ingram. […]

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Never Let Failure Go to Your Heart

Never let success go to your head, and never let failure go to your heart. Don’t let success go to your head. It can tear it apart. And don’t let failure go to your heart. It can break it. Keep a little balance as you market your books. Stay focused. And have fun. Book Marketing […]

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How to Create a Bestselling Novel (and Movie)!

Here’s a short story about Andy Weir, author of The Martian: He didn’t start out to write a book. He just started blogging some stories on what it would be like to survive on Mars. And people started reading those stores — and liking them. That’s how he began to build his author platform. Then […]

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Blog Search Engines and Directories

Use these search engines to find compatible bloggers, potential blogging partners, blogs to comment upon, and places to list your own blog: All Top: https://www.alltop.com — An index of news stories and blog entries on almost any topic, featuring the top blogs and websites. Perhaps the best resource for locating partners and new web relationship […]