Self-Publishing

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Ernie Zelinski on Being an Amazon Bestseller

In response to an article I wrote, Ernie Zelinski wrote the following comment. Since great comments sometimes go unnoticed, I decided to feature Ernie’s comments in this blog post . . . I have never used the term Amazon Bestseller or Amazon Best-Selling Author even though my How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free is […]

About John Kremer

John Kremer is author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, the Relationships Matter Marketing program, and many other books and reports on book marketing, Internet marketing, social media, and book publicity. -- .

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Book Printing Savings Tips

Book Printing: 15 Ways to Save Money Printing Your Books

The following post is a reprint of a report I offered many years ago while promoting my Directory of Book Printers. With the new age of digital printing, PDFs or Postscript files, ebooks, print-on-demand, etc., some of these points are probably not as important as they once were. That’s good. 1. Minimize editorial changes. Try […]

About John Kremer

John Kremer is author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, the Relationships Matter Marketing program, and many other books and reports on book marketing, Internet marketing, social media, and book publicity. -- .

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A Complaint Free World by Will Bowen

To Market Your Book, Start a Movement

My friend Steve Harrison wrote an email newsletter a few weeks ago where he told the story of Will Bowen and his purple bracelets. Steve’s main point was simple: If you want to get major media, first figure out what interesting thing you are trying to do. How are you challenging people? If you can […]

About John Kremer

John Kremer is author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, the Relationships Matter Marketing program, and many other books and reports on book marketing, Internet marketing, social media, and book publicity. -- .

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Lissy Peace & Associates

Self-Publishing the Right Way: Following Traditional Book Guidelines

Guest post by Lissy Peace As a book consultant and publicist for over 20 years, I see a lot of forthcoming or just printed books. Thanks to technology and the changing landscape of book distribution, anyone can publish and distribute a book. What I have seen recently frustrates me. If you are producing a book, […]

About John Kremer

John Kremer is author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, the Relationships Matter Marketing program, and many other books and reports on book marketing, Internet marketing, social media, and book publicity. -- .

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