DOES BEING ABOVE-AVERAGE LOOKING SELL MORE BOOKS?
Or do people look beyond that?
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WHAT WOULD YOU PAY FOR OUT-SOURCED MARKETING?
Don't answer "I'm broke". Pretend your Lotto # was finally selected.
Read more…HAVE YOU CRAFTED YOUR PUBLICITY MATERIAL?
Suggested Q&A's. One-sheeters explaining your concepts. Etc. If not, why not?
Read more…DO YOU AGREE THAT TRADITIONALLY PUBLISHED AUTHORS SHOULD BE PROMOTIONALY SELF-RELIANT
Have you experienced the issue?
Read more…ARE YOU CAPABLE OF HAVING YOUR OWN TALK SHOW?
Never mind how you get one; just assume you can. The question is: Can you handle it?
Read more…Have you created a book trailer?
Do you think a book trailer is an effective way to get in touch with your readers and reach them more than other traditional methods?
Has anyone created a book trailer to aid with launching their book? If so, what program did you use to create it?
Read more…Authors' co-operatives
There was a person who posted on WAE talking about authors' co-operatives. Unfortunately I don't remember who it was. I do remember asking her to say more about it, and she did, but now I can't find that posting.
Does anyone here know how author coope
Read more…HOW DO WE USE TRAGEDIES FOR PROMOTION?
Now's the time that the media can't find enough psychologists, grief counselors, sociologists, etc. Assuming you have the credential, how do you put yourself out there without feeling a little ghoulish?
Read more…DO YOU THINK BOOK PROMOTION SHOULD BE THE PUBLISHER'S JOB?
AND THAT IT'S UNREASONABLE TO PUT IT ON THE AUTHOR'S BACK?
Read more…QUESTIONS? Precede answers.
Like everyone else, I'm a perpetual student when it comes to marketing, which is what makes it fun. I've learned a few things along the way and so have all of is. Here's an invite to present specific questions for which you might receive useful answe
Read more…Self publish first book for Kindle... Is this a good idea?
I struggle with building my platform when I don't have a product to promote. I'm considering publishing for the Kindle. Can someone answer how this effects looking for a traditional publisher for print and audio?
Read more…WOULD YOU BE AUDACIOUS TO GET GET PUBLICITY?
Michael Moore rented an ice cream truck to drive around the Capital building reading the Patriot Act through a loud speaker, and he escorted a lot of ill people who could afford health care to Cuba, where they were treated for free.
Read more…Do you have your own radio show to promote your cause?
Do you have your own radio show (online or a regular radio show) that promotes your cause and your book? Do you feel that this works as a promotion method for your book? Do you have call-ins on your show? What format works the best for you?
Read more…CAN YOU BE A SPOKESPERSON?
Maybe some of us should and can expand our thinking. Instead of just think about the book, maybe think about its primary subject and purpose, and how you can maybe be a spokesperson about that. That way you and the subject are the story and the book
Read more…book signings
I have a young girlfriend who published a sci book and she joined with about eight other authors of sci fi books and they arrange book fairs in various towns around and she has been pretty successful at selling her books there, but not on Amazon.
Read more…IS BAD PUBLICITY POSSIBLE WHEN TRYING TO GET ATTENTION FOR A BOOK?
You're not a celebrity and not too many people are waiting for your book. Is any public attention for the book possibly bad attention?
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