Have you listened to radio lately? If you have, chances are you’ve heard an author talking about his or her latest book. According to the “Let’s Talk Radio Marketing” Website, “Radio advertising has proven to be one of the most cost-effective means of reaching your target audience.”
In other words, radio gives you the biggest bang [...]
The six-figure book advance, like the New York Times bestseller, is the object of many a writer’s fantasy. Whether it’s also a realistic goal is something else again.
Can you really get a six-figure book advance?
When Susan Page wrote The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book in 1997, she included the following list of [...]
Authors, especially self published, small press and Print on Demand authors should understand the power of the Internet when promoting a book. There is POWER in cyberspace authors and it’s only getting bigger and better. More users will be online buying books next year than this year. More people are buying books today online than [...]
Authors, especially self published, small press and Print on Demand authors should understand the power of the Internet when promoting a book. There is POWER in cyberspace authors and it’s only getting bigger and better. More users will be online buying books next year than this year. More people are buying books today online than [...]
When I meet an author with a great book concept, one who’s definitely the right person to write that book, right away I’ll often encourage her to self-publish. This is because I know that, if that author is thoroughly invested in what she has to say, and if she is determined to create a buzz [...]
With the large increase of books being published by self-publishers, and the up-rise of print on demand, there is still a lot of death taking place in the publishing industry. Thus far, 175,000 books have been published in 2005.
Are you a part of this population? There are many aspects that make up these individuals. However, [...]
Many of us are trying to do business and don’t know how to define these words. We read articles and think, this could have just as easily been about me! We wonder why the reporter picked that person instead. We wonder how someone got into magazines and onto radio shows. We attribute big successes with [...]
Marketing your book whether you went the POD, e-book, or traditional route can be a daunting process. Figuring out what works and what doesn’t can take time, energy, and if you’re not careful a lot of money. When I first self-published my science fiction novel GETTING OUT ALIVE, I had already done quite a bit [...]
Many self-publishing authors plan on eventually selling theirbook to a large publisher at a good price. The fast track way toachieve this goal is to push up the market value of a book with apush v. pull strategy. This article shows you how to do exactlythat, using a simple Internet strategy that any self-publishercan afford.
PUSH [...]
If you are reading this article then you have already toyed with the idea of self publishing. You may be unsure at this point and without a doubt, the decision to self publish, should not be taken lightly.
Before you go any further you should be very clear about what self publishing means.Put simply - it [...]