Reading Time: 3 minutes If you want to sell more books in this uber-competitive market you’ll want to start putting more focus on personal recommendations. Book reviews are essentially that, real readers recommending your book to other real readers who are interested in your topic or genre. Sounds simple, but we all know it’s not that easy. But that’s…
Get More Book Reviews and Features with These Simple Tips
Reading Time: 5 minutes Every author wants to get more book reviews – they help build buzz, inform potential readers and buyers about your book and when done well, give enough information about your book to intrigue without giving away all the pertinent details. So once you’ve built a list of reviewers to go after, it’s time to start…
125 Book Promotion Ideas to Sell More Books and Build Your Brand
Reading Time: 43 minutes Coming up with, and executing, book promotion ideas on a consistent schedule to ensure you’re always reaching new potential buyers can be exhausting. There’s a reason I put together such a great team! But if your goal is to sell more books, marketing is absolutely crucial. So, I’ve saved you the hassle and collected 125…
Book Marketing Ideas: 14 Habits of Highly Successful Authors
Reading Time: 10 minutes One thing that remains consistent among highly successful authors across all genres is they’re not short on smart book marketing ideas. And I want to be clear that book marketing ideas come in many forms and at many stages. I know we’re all primed to immediately think about discounts and creating blog content, but the…
10 Reasons You Aren’t Getting Book Reviews from Book Bloggers (and how to fix it)
Reading Time: 5 minutes I hear this a lot from authors who are doing their own book marketing: “I can’t get book bloggers to review my book.” This is a real problem for many authors, but often it’s a problem that can be easily remedied. Book bloggers want to do book reviews, that’s why they have a blog –…
Book Promotion Ideas for Irresistible Bonus Content & Giveaways
Reading Time: 4 minutes One of the greatest things afforded to indie authors is the creativity involved in generating their own book promotion ideas. Yes, it can be tiresome and too often it seems like a chore, so if you resonate with this I want to encourage you to dive into the rest of this year with a new…
Promote Kindle Books to Get Free Book Reviews
Reading Time: 8 minutes Authors write me all the time asking specifically how to promote Kindle books to get more book reviews, and I’m proud to say that means many of you are realizing there are niche marketing opportunities for digital that just don’t exist for print. Still for many authors, getting book reviews often feels like an uphill…
5 Easy Ways to Upgrade Your Reader Engagement
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s one thing to write and publish a book, but reader engagement is a whole different ballgame. Reader engagement is what gives you longevity, it helps you sell more books, and it should be the driver for all of your book marketing. But I’ll be honest, it’s also really hard, especially when you’re just starting…
How to Run Your Own Online Book Tour and Save Money!
Reading Time: 8 minutes We’ve all heard about an online book tour, also often referred to as a book blog tour. They’re a great book promotion tool (if done right) and can really enhance the exposure for your book with readers connected to these blogs. But where do you start? Let’s dig in! Different Types of Online Book Tours…
Do Some Book Reviews Matter More than Others?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Book reviews are still a great way to sell a book, even in 2019. The truth is, people like what other people like – and book reviews are a nod to that. But with so many books published each day (4,500 or more) it’s getting harder and harder to gain access to book review sites.…
