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    The Book Marketing Handbook: How To Sell More Books In The Digital Age
    The Book Marketing Handbook: How To Sell More Books In The Digital Age
    The Book Marketing Handbook: How To Sell More Books In The Digital Age
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    The Book Marketing Handbook: How To Sell More Books In The Digital Age

    By Robert Sims

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    This book offers a brief discussion of ideas that an author can use to promote their book in an age when Amazon.com is the largest retailer in the world, eBooks are becoming more widespread, and more and more people are spending their time looking at their smart phones, iPads, and laptops. Some of the concepts in this book will help sell many books, and some will only help sell a few, but they are all part of a greater game plan that may result in the next “Best Seller.” The idea is to get the word out in as many ways as you can, or at least to choose the most efficient marketing methods for your skill set and time constraints.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Sims
    Release dateMar 1, 2014
    ISBN9781622491810
    The Book Marketing Handbook: How To Sell More Books In The Digital Age
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    Robert Sims

    Robert Sims is the President of The Educational Publisher Inc., Biblio Publishing.

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      The Book Marketing Handbook - Robert Sims

      The Book Marketing

      Handbook

      How to sell more books

      in the Digital Age

      by

      Robert Sims

      Biblio Publishing

      Copyright©2014 Robert Sims

      Published by Robert Sims at Smashwords

      ISBN: 978-1-62249-181-0

      The following quote may be a slap in the face for many authors, but if you want to make your book a success, it is the most important rule of book marketing:

      For every book you write, you should be willing to commit three years to marketing it. You don’t have to market full time, but you do have to do something each day for the full three years if you really want your books to make an impact.

      John Kremer

      1001 Ways to Market Your Books

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Online Marketing

      Your Book’s Description

      Your Book’s Cover

      Book Previews/Samples

      A Website or Blog for your Book

      A Facebook page for your Book

      Twitter for your Book

      Amazon.com

      Amazon’s KDP Select Promotion Tools

      Create an Author page on Amazon.com

      Shelfari.com (by Amazon.com)

      Register as an Author on Goodreads

      Reviews

      Press Releases

      Book Trailer Video posted to YouTube, website, Facebook…

      Podcasts

      Offer Bloggers Review Print/Digital copies of your Book

      Guest Blogging

      Mailing Lists

      Offline Marketing

      Physical Bookstore Sales

      Physical Book Distribution

      Lightning Source

      Book Signings

      Host a Book Release Party

      Send a Review, or Preview copy to Media

      Local Interviews

      Radio Interviews

      Always include your

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