Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen it comes to how to market a self-published book, I have to admit that local media pitching is one of my fun and maybe best-kept secrets. (Not anymore!) Why? Well, for one, local media is one of the most underused resources for authors, and...
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s never too late to figure out how to sell your books but what do you do about your backlist? Having a book fall flat, for whatever reason, doesn’t mean that it can’t be saved. Sometimes a makeover, inside or out, is a great next step to your...
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Can bloggers help me promote my self published book?” This post is for every author who has ever asked the question. My answer is always an emphatic YES! In fact, we think bloggers are so important to an author’s marketing plan that we did a...
Reading Time: 4 minutesIf you’ve been marketing your book for a while, you may feel like you’re running low on opportunities to get the word out there and need some new ideas on how to sell self published books. Here’s a great one: guest blogging. What is guest...
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are book tour companies, so firms that “tour” a book on a particular schedule and then there are firms that pitch your book to bloggers, typically as part of a multi-faceted approach, but which one of these is included in our list of the...
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe first thing that authors often ask me is: “How do I get on the Today show?” When you ask this question what you actually want to know are some of the ways to get more big media exposure for your book, especially on a national scale. But if...