Best Sellers Aren't Written - They're Made - It's All About Promotion

Writing a book is becoming more and more of a trend these days. In fact, an estimated 5,000 mystery books were published last year in the United States alone, and that number is expected to grow. With so much competition, making the best-seller list is no easy task. So how is it that out of the thousands of mysteries published each year, some become best-sellers while others never get past the publisher’s front door? The answer is simple – promotion.

Publicity for Buzz Marketing for Authors

Congratulations, you've written a book and even gotten it published! Now what do you do?

How to Self Publish and Promote Your Own Book

Writing is a god given gift through which we can touch the lives of others. Self Publishing and Promoting our own books is a means by which we can become a part of the lives of others...

How to Market Your Unsold Books on the Internet: It's Easy

Your book expresses your wondrous information, your creativity, and your genius. It's your dream come true. Or is it? Now, there is a new way to market those unsold books. Divide and conquer. Use your one book as a springboard for many others and catapult your sales.

Creative Print Angles To Sell More Books

For self-publishers and authors with budgets tighter than shrink-to-fit jeans, there are several intriguing ways to stir the publicity pot. None yield more dramatic results than print.

Forging Win/win Publishing Partnerships

How about promoting your book as the ideal fund-raising tool? There may be groups of youths, seniors, or church folks who would love to help you sell copies for a percentage of the receipts. Anytime you can ally yourself with others who will serve as your sales force for a small percentage, it is worth serious consideration.

Targeting Educational Sales To Ramp Up Your Profits

Schools cover an amazing range of possibilities: daycare centers, K-12, adult education and community colleges, four-year institutions, universities, special-education programs, even home schooling and vocational programs. They all have potential as large-scale buyers.

How to Get Your Book Reviewed in Magazines

How do you get your book noticed, let alone reviewed, when it is just one among stacks of books in an editor's office? Here are a few tips to help you map out a winning strategy...

The Value of Negative Publicity

Extremely harsh criticism helped boost my book sales. I explain what they said, what I did and what results I experienced.

Advertising Gold For E-Authors - Extreme Benefits Extraction

What is the FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT THING a self published e-author needs to do before they can start marketing, and marketing well? Well, that would be going for COPY GOLD ...

10 Winning Habits of the Frequently Published, Part I

How to get published more than you ever dreamed!

What if You did Your Book Marketing Online?

What if there was something you wanted to share with the World? What if you possessed secrets to an industry or had first hand knowledge of some incredible skill you could teach others? What if you wanted to get the word out and make a little bit of money for your efforts?

How to Get a Reporter's Attention for Your Book

Reporters are busy people. On any given day they are fielding dozens of phone calls, making calls of their own, reading stacks of newspapers and magazines and rushing to meet deadlines. So how do you break through all the noise to get a reporter or an editor on the phone to listen to your pitch?

Times Change And So Should Our Publishing Strategies

Beginning writers should devote their time and energy to attracting READERS instead of agents and editors. For the time being, forget about the powers that be in the publishing world and consider who your potential audience might be.