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December 10, 2014
Breaking Down the Book Industry Barriers
What to do if you're not David Walliams, you don't have a big publisher to propel your Aweful Auntie to the top of the Christmas sales tree, but you're still determined to make your book a success?
Breaking Down the Book Industry Barriers
What to do if you're not David Walliams, you don't have a big publisher to propel your Aweful Auntie to the top of the Christmas sales tree, but you're still determined to make your book a success?
Self-publishing has come a long way in the last few years. Over 30% of the top 100 books on Amazon are now self-published and more than 18 million of the books bought by UK readers last year were written by indie authors. So much has opened up and there is support on every level.
One of the best sou...
Self-publishing has come a long way in the last few years. Over 30% of the top 100 books on Amazon are now self-published and more than 18 million of the books bought by UK readers last year were written by indie authors. So much has opened up and there is support on every level.
One of the best sou...
November 28, 2014
Cunning Ways to Get Your Book Noticed
Marketing your self-published book is a long game and there are all sorts of ways to keep up the interest, including blogging, podcast interviews, videos, signings and entering it into competitions. Giveaways are another great route to get your book out there and top of the giveaway options is Goodreads.
November 27, 2014
Cunning Ways to Get Your Book Noticed
What to do if you are not Stephen King, you don't have a big publishing house to promote your dark and scary new novel, but you're still determined to make your book a success.
Marketing your self-published book is a long game and there are all sorts of ways to keep up the interest, including blogging, podcast interviews, videos, signings and entering it into competitions. Giveaways are another great route to get your book out there and top of the giveaway options is Goodreads.
Goodreads is a...
Marketing your self-published book is a long game and there are all sorts of ways to keep up the interest, including blogging, podcast interviews, videos, signings and entering it into competitions. Giveaways are another great route to get your book out there and top of the giveaway options is Goodreads.
Goodreads is a...
November 20, 2014
Launching Your Book
Writing is a solitary business so it's important to celebrate your book's birth into the world. The launch doesn't have to be a fanciful, costly affair, but if you want to spread the word wider than just family and friends, read on.
Launching Your Book
What to do if you're not Gillian Flynn, you don't have a Hollywood hit to help shift two million copies of Gone Girl, but you're still determined to make your book a success?
Writing is a solitary business so it's important to celebrate your book's birth into the world. The launch doesn't have to be a fanciful, costly affair, but if you want to spread the word wider than just family and friends, read on.
Decide on the date well in advance - Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays are best for book l...
Writing is a solitary business so it's important to celebrate your book's birth into the world. The launch doesn't have to be a fanciful, costly affair, but if you want to spread the word wider than just family and friends, read on.
Decide on the date well in advance - Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays are best for book l...
November 13, 2014
Why We Still Need Bookshops
Tweet about your favourite bookshop. Tell others when they are putting on one of their intimate readings, or which book the insightful manager has just recommended. And if you can sneak a story into the local press about your own book and where it can be bought, even better.
Why We Still Need Bookshops
What to do if you're not Russell Brand, you don't have a wild-maned revolutionary rant to sell, but you're still determined to make your book a success?
Imagine a world bereft of bookshops, where the only way to buy the latest Hilary Mantel or JK Rowling is at your computer with a click of the mouse. No more lazy bookshelf browsing on rainy afternoons, stumbling across a tattered first edition of Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, or leafing through a hardback copy of the latest Kate Mosse. Just on...
Imagine a world bereft of bookshops, where the only way to buy the latest Hilary Mantel or JK Rowling is at your computer with a click of the mouse. No more lazy bookshelf browsing on rainy afternoons, stumbling across a tattered first edition of Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, or leafing through a hardback copy of the latest Kate Mosse. Just on...
November 6, 2014
Perfecting Your Amazon Page
Keywords are crucial to the discoverability of your book so you should include these in the description. They need to be specific so that your target audience can find your book when they are searching online.
Perfecting Your Amazon Page
What to do if you're not Graham Norton, you don't have a sensationally saucy autobiography to sell, but you're still determined to make your book a success?
This week's blog comes courtesy of Valerie de La Rochette, a former head of digital marketing at HarperCollins.
Your Amazon page is your main window to the world, so you want to make it as arresting as possible. This is where that eye-catching book cover comes in, along with the tantalising one paragraph description to make potential reade...
This week's blog comes courtesy of Valerie de La Rochette, a former head of digital marketing at HarperCollins.
Your Amazon page is your main window to the world, so you want to make it as arresting as possible. This is where that eye-catching book cover comes in, along with the tantalising one paragraph description to make potential reade...
