101 Book Marketing Ideas for All Budgets: Clearly Defined

By Bo Bennett, PhD and Ryan Levesque

An analysis of U.S. ISBN data by ProQuestâ ¢ affiliate Bowkerâ ¢ reveals that the number of self-published titles in 2013 increased to more than 458,564--and this is only for self-published titles. No matter how outstanding your self-published book may be, it is not difficult to realize that it can get lost in the sea of books published each year. Competition for readers is tough, so your marketing has to be tough, as well.

In the short book, 101 Book Marketing Ideas For All Budgets - Clearly Explained, self-published author and founder of eBookIt.com, Dr. Bo Bennett, outlines 101 ideas that you can implement to make your book stand out from the crowd. Some of these ideas take expertise, some cost money, but many are free and fairly simple to implement.

Don't let your book be one of many that remain dormant on the virtual shelves. Start implementing some of these strategies today and watch your sales skyrocket.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eBookIt.com
• Release date: Jul 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781456627010

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Preface

I am a self-published author who has published over a dozen books so far. One of my books does phenomenally well, several of my books bring in decent sales month after month, and the other others.... well, let’s just say that every swing doesn’t result in a home run. In addition to my own experience as an author, I am also the Founder of eBookIt.com—a company that has worked with thousands of authors and over ten thousand books since 2010. This experience has allowed me to systematically study book marketing strategies and use a large pool of data to see what works, what doesn’t, and most important, under what conditions. The success of these strategies in this book depend on many factors, some of which include

the author’s budget

the author’s available time

the author’s level motivation

the kind of book (fiction or