Book Signing Nightmares

Are book signings worth all the hard work and heartache? Isn’t there an easier way that’s not as taxing on the ego to let the world know you wrote a book?

The Value of Negative Publicity

Extremely harsh criticism helped boost my book sales. I explain what they said, what I did and what results I experienced.

Building an Author's Media Kit

Your media kit is the equivalent of a sales pitch and is used to convince the media to give you or your work publicity. This article will get you started on the road to creating one, which can be tailored to your individual needs.

Forging Win/win Publishing Partnerships

How about promoting your book as the ideal fund-raising tool? There may be groups of youths, seniors, or church folks who would love to help you sell copies for a percentage of the receipts. Anytime you can ally yourself with others who will serve as your sales force for a small percentage, it is worth serious consideration.

Media Dynamo Secrets

Participating on radio can be one of your most profitable marketing strategies. It's virtually free and, done properly, extremely effective. The checklist we provide here is designed to give you a thorough overview of strategies. It will not only help you set up interviews but handle them adroitly. Getting exposure on radio and TV is only half the battle. If you don't use that opportunity properly, it's a lost cause. With these techniques, however, there's no reason you can't sell books all over the country.

How to Market Your Unsold Books on the Internet: It's Easy

Your book expresses your wondrous information, your creativity, and your genius. It's your dream come true. Or is it? Now, there is a new way to market those unsold books. Divide and conquer. Use your one book as a springboard for many others and catapult your sales.

Top Ten Getting Started Tips to Market Your Book and Business

Want to sell a lot more books? Want clients calling every day to find out more about your service? Most emerging businesses forget the #1 way to promote anything--the Internet. Specifically, writing and submitting articles. Use these ten Tips to help write a winning article that top ezines and Web sites will want to publish.

Sell More Books on Amazon.com

Discover free promotional opportunities on Amazon.com and sell more copies of your books.

Book Publishing Without Pain

Have you ever considered publishing a book? A 20-year veteran of the publishing industry gives 5 Fantastic Reasons to do it yourself, rather than invest years and tears waiting for a publishing house to accept your book.

8 Easy Online Ways to Market Your Book For Free

Save money and market your book for free with these 8 easy tips.

How to Self Publish and Promote Your Own Book

Writing is a god given gift through which we can touch the lives of others. Self Publishing and Promoting our own books is a means by which we can become a part of the lives of others...

Publicity for Buzz Marketing for Authors

Congratulations, you've written a book and even gotten it published! Now what do you do?

How To Market A Suspense Novel In An Online Multimedia Format

Suspense novelist takes marketing to a new level.

Navigating the Amazon Sales Ranking

Amazon’s own definition of its system, slightly paraphrased from their FAQ: “The Sales Ranking system exhibits how books are selling. The lower the number, the higher the sales. The calculation is based on sales and is updated each hour to reflect recent and historical sales of every item sold. We hope you find the Amazon.com Sales Rank interesting!” This last sentence seems to indicate Amazon’s own perspective on the importance with which the sales rankings should be viewed.

The Bible Of Self Publishing

Norm Goldman, Editor of Bookpleasures.com and Sketchandtravel.com reviews Dan Poynter`s, The Self-Publishing Manual: How To Write, Print and Sell Your Own Book.