Marketing Novels

Book Marketing Tips: Working with Bookstores

Here are a few excerpts from the new Real World Edition of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books: Book Marketing Tip #1: Ship books fast, both to your direct customers and to bookstores. You don’t want to get this reputation: “Toyota can build a car faster than most publishers can figure out an order.” — a […]

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Book Marketing Tips: 1001 Ways to Market Your Books

Thanks, everyone, for the feedback on how I should publish 1001 Ways to Market Your Books. I prefer publishing 1001 Ways to Market Your Books as two books: a Real World Edition and a Digital World Edition. Separately, each book would be published for $27.95 and be available as either a paperback book or an […]

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John Kremer: Ideas Spread Faster When They Are Great

Ideas spread faster when they are great. Do great stuff! Not just good. Not just free. Not just okay. Do great stuff. — John Kremer Book Marketing Tip: Ideas spread faster when they are great. Do great stuff! Not just good. Not just free. Not just okay. Do great stuff. — John Kremer Click To Tweet

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Building a Ship

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather the wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry And, if you want to sell books, don’t drum up humdrum followers. Teach your fans to yearn for […]