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8 Ways to Promote Your Book
Author: Joan Clout-Kruse
Congratulations! Your book is published or almost ready to be published. Your work is just beginning. You now must promote your book.
Here are 8 ways to promote your book.
1. Create and print postcards. You can create your own cards on your computer if you have an application designed to help you do that. Or search online for a printing service that can do it for you. Make sure you have listed a website URL address where interested readers can buy your book.
Take a photo of your book and use it on all your promotional materials. Mail the cards to people you know with a personalized written note on the back. Personally hand out your postcards at conferences, seminars, and networking events. Tell people a little bit about your book in one or two sentences.
2. Speak to organizations. Set up some speaking engagements locally to start for groups of 50 or more. You can collect business cards at the end by raffling one of your books or another book if yours isn’t published yet. Tell them you would like to put them on your mailing list for your e-zine (online newsletter)–yes, you must create one to send out at least once a month. If they do not want to be in your database tell them to write an “X” on the back of their business card and you will not add them to your list but they can still be in the raffle.
3. Build your list. Important! You must keep a record (collect business cards) of all the people you meet–especially media people. HIRE someone to put your list in Microsoft Outlook or Apple’s Address Book to start. You need to capture all the contact names that come your way. Hire a student or someone who is responsible for only one thing — putting your addresses in a database for you. Remember to always ask if it’s okay to add their name to your list.
4. Get your book reviewed. Is your book published? Did your publisher get reviews of your book for you? If not, hurry and get some. Ask your publisher to do this. In the United States your book is sent to major journals and to BookList or if listed in the Library Journal you automatically are guaranteed several thousand sales to libraries.
If your publisher said YES they did it, ask for copies of the reviews so you can use them for your own promotion. You will then use the quotes in your own promotional materials and put them on your website.
5. Publish in major magazines. Sell the serial rights to major magazines. That means you’re giving the magazine the right to print selected portions of the book in their magazine. If you have a publisher, usually they own the rights so check to see if they are working on this.
6. Set up a broadcast media campaign. Get a list of radio and television stations. Call and find out the producer’s name of the show. Have a Press Release folder ready to mail or fax. Send it to the producers who ask for it. Don’t bother mailing it unless you have permission. They’ll just throw it away.
7. Spread the word about your book. You are the best person to spread the word about your book. Here are some things to do: Send email to friends and fans. Make it a monthly or bi-weekly newsletter. Keep your fans up-to-date as to what is happening with your book. Tell them the funny experiences that happened when you are traveling. Put this on your Blog — very important. Don’t always be business-like on your Blog. Be personal. Let them know what’s happening with your book once in a while.
8. Do a media publicity campaign. Do a print media publicity campaign. Announce your speaking engagements and announce your new book at the same time. Blitz the newspapers and newsletters. Always include the website for ordering and a telephone number where readers can order your book. You can advertise in major newspapers. This can be an expensive way to promote your book. Find the small local community papers that have a lot of subscribers where the advertising costs are lower.
As you can see there is a lot involved to promoting your book. If you don’t have time to do all this yourself, hire a Public Relations firm to help you. A lot of time is involved in doing the activities mentioned. Also a PR firm has contacts and information that can save you a lot of time and money. The more of these activities you do the more successful you will be selling your book.
Copyright 2008, Joan Clout-Kruse.
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America’s Book Coach, Joan Clout-Kruse, helps entrepreneurs and business professionals write a book that will get them recognized as an expert, attract more clients and boost their income. Sign up for the Free Sneak Preview of Joan’s Writers Retreat where you’ll learn how to write, market and publish your book at http://www.BizBookWritersRetreat.com
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Well I’m going to say, like a lot of those industries- books, music, film etc there is an element of luck involved in getting employed.
However, I would just find a couple of publishers you are interested in working for and ask them for some work experience, if you can prove in the short time you have as work experience that you are irreplaceable then chances are you will get a job there.
Good luck 🙂
It’s probably J. Kohler, who did publish in the middle of the 19th century in Philadephia.
Except if they are very old (e. g., in the 1600’s), German bibles, and bibles in general, aren’t worth much unless in spectacularly good condition with interesting or highly decorative bindings, or with valuable associations (if owned by someone famous, for example). Bibles are among the commonest and most preserved books, often handed down in families and carefully saved.
I saw a religious book published by Kohler in a Massachusetts bookshop for slightly under $40. Of course, that’s what the dealer was asking. If you want to sell it, you’d get half or slightly less–assuming the dealer wanted it at all.
Actually, it is dependent on the agreement you had with your publisher. If they said you will be stuck with them for a year, they have exclusive rights to your book until the year expires. Unless you decide to publish the book yourself, self-publishing companies actually have non-exclusive rights. Xlibris for one is one self publishing company who truly boasts of their book’s top quality as your book is printed on acid-free 50lb library-edition paper. That alone can give your book a longer shelf life and durable pages. I heard they also operate in the Philippines.
Good luck! 🙂
If there is no publisher you use “n.p.” for no publisher. But you should check at the Library of Congress website to see if they have publishing data for that book. http://www.loc.gov/catalog/
You should list Barnes & Noble Books (in conjunction with Fine Creative Media, Inc).
Indexer, librarian, proofreader, book reviewer, book seller, author, illustrator, publisher, book jacket designer.
citing a book without a publisher?
I am writing a paper for one of my classes and using an old textbook I had from a modern world history course. The book does not have a publisher listed. So should I list the publisher as the bookstore that sold the book? I tried contacting the professor through his personal e-mail, but I got a return to send message. And I doubt he still works at the college where he taught this class.
How does a person go about getting onto a publisher’s list of book designers?
I have just graduated with a B.A in Graphic Design and I am interested in designing book covers. I was wondering, how does a person go about getting onto a publisher’s list of book designers? If anybody can also give me some insiders advice of the industry that would be great.
do i really list Barnes & Noble Books as the publisher?
I bought the book, Wuthering Heights and for this course I’m taking the teacher wants the info listed. Like the author, title, publisher, and where I bought it. Well I got the Barnes and noble classics edition of the book. Do I really list them as the publisher? At the bottom it has it was also published in conjunction with Fine Creative Media, Inc.
If a publisher agrees to publish my book can i send it to other publishers to publish as well?
In other words, can i have more than one publisher publish my book? and could someone give me a list of publishers available in the Philippines?
can anyone help me list careers todo with books like:writer,publisher,book designer? anything?
i am desperate to find my career but i want it to be something to do with books.
I am looking for book publisher from the 1800’s.?
I am trying to find information about a publisher from Philadelphia, PA in the late 1800’s. The name is I. Kohler. I have a book list from his company and an old German Bible and I am trying to find out the value.