Have you just published a book? Not sure how to handle book marketing? You aren’t alone. Many authors want to know how to get book marketing services for their new book. One thing an author should know about book marketing is that there is a lot of competition. Bowker (provider of book industry info and stats) reports 3 million books published in 2010 with 2.7 million self published/print on demand (up from 22,000 published in 2006).
How do you make your book stand out and get noticed? “For book marketing to be successful, you have to cover a lot of bases” says National Media Expert, Annie Jennings. ”Think about book marketing as a wheel and each spoke in the wheel represents another book marketing strategy you can employ”. What are some of these book marketing spokes? Let’s find out!
Book marketing spoke #1: Get booked on radio shows as a guest in as many markets as possible. Get in the bigger markets in terms of population. The idea is for you to reach as many people as possible.
Book marketing spoke #2: Be sure you are optimized on all online booksellers, like as Amazon. Create your author page on Amazon and buy the up sells offered by Amazon to help improve your book marketing.
Book marketing spoke #3: Have a book launch party. Book parties are fun and get the word out in your community. Offer those who attend your book party a free book but be sure to get their info. A book marketing party is a good time to network. Find out who knows who and how they can help you.
Annie Jennings is a book marketing expert specializing in helping authors optimize their book marketing and publicity services. Annie gets publicity on major media outlets to help authors market their books across the USA. Annie Jennings books major media outlets including radio shows, TV shows, guest article placements, online media placements and lots more.