Think Like a Best-Selling Author- Part 1 Create the Buzz

Book Marketing should begin 60 days before your book's release date. The best advice is to market your book everyday. You could have a really fabulous book, but if know one knows about it then you won't create a buzz. Without a buzz it makes it just that much harder to sell your book once it is released.

A Few Tips On How To Market And Sell Your Self Published Books

Self publishers need to have a good marketing plan to sell books and should be written prior to writing your book and in place a year prior to publishing your book.

Online Marketing for Authors

Here are effective strategies that you can use to boost your book sales online!

Self-Publishing, Independent Publishing, Traditional Publishing

What are they and how are they different?

Let Me Tell You a Story - Using Narrative to Persuade

Storytelling is more than just an entertaining way to get attention. Verbal stories are the first place to start. Speeches, radio and TV interviews, and book signings are all places publishers meet their customers. Telling stories is critical.

Market & Promote Your New Book By Working With Your Publisher

Your publisher will initially have a marketing plan for your new book. But ultimately it is your responsibility to market and promote it. Don't solely rely on the publisher's efforts. Why not? Because there are many variables that can limit the publisher’s marketing plans.

How Distributors And Wholesalers Affect A Book's Journey Into Bookstores

When I started publishing books, I thought a wholesaler and a distributor were essentially the same thing. Not so.

Book Design - Images and Resolution For Print

So you've taken some lovely pictures with your digital camera and there is one area of an image that you would like cropped out and used for your book cover. Sadly the designer has said that it is too small so can't be used. What happened?

Book Publishers - Sell Out Your Inventory Fast With These Tried And True Book Marketing Tips

Whether you've just published a book or have a book that isn't selling, now is the time to get to it; start marketing today! Ensuring the success of any book is something even the biggest publishers have never been able to guarantee, but with a good book, a little or a lot of money, and just plain hard work the odds are in your favor; many have done it. Self publishers need to have a good marketing plan to sell books and should be written prior to writing your book and in place a year prior to publishing your book.

So You Want To Write A Book?

Do you want to write a book? It is a big task so you need to be ready for it. If you are inexperienced you may want to gain valuable skills by writing short articles or stories first. Writing a book can be a monumental task which can stretch you time, energy and nerves to the limit.

Simple Book Marketing Tips That Will Make Your Self Published Books Sell Fast

Authors, self publishers and book publishers can be very unhappy when they see boxes of books delivered from the printer, loaded onto pallets in their garage and not have any idea on how they're going to sell them; don't let this happen to you -- be prepared. Self publishers need to have a good marketing plan to sell books and should be written prior to writing your book and in place a year prior to publishing your book.

How to PUMP UP Your Blog to Sell More Books

There are blogs and then, there are blogs. Some blogs are to entertain. Some are to inform. As an author who is looking to pump up her blog to sell more books, your blog needs to be a lot of both to makes sure you get those books sold.

How You Can Grow Your Business By Writing and Marketing Books

We've all seen books authored by high-profile business leaders and other professionals. We know authoring a book creates or enhances the aura of prestige surrounding such people. But do we really understand how writing and marketing books can help build a business or career? Ron Kaufman knows. He has built a business around customer service training and motivation, including two book series. Ron has generously agreed to share his thoughts and experience with us.

The Self Publishing Deception

Author and publisher Phon exposes the myths about book availability in the self publishing industry.

How to Find a Literary Agent

If you want to paid to publish your book (through a traditional publisher, as opposed to self-publishing and paying all the costs yourself), it helps a lot to get a literary agent. Some publishers won't even consider you unless you do have an agent. Though it can be difficult to find a good agent, these tips will help you find one you can trust.