How to Market Your Book to Libraries: Constructing Major Email Platform Planks

By Bonnye Matthews

What others say: If you've ever wondered how to market your book(s) to libraries, Bonnye Matthews' How to Market Your Books to Libraries and Readers in the Digital Age is a must read. It is an easy to follow, well-written, step-by-step process. I highly recommend it! Mary Ann Poll America's Lady of Supernatural Thrillers, USA

This book has totally answered all of the questions I have ever had about how authors get their books into libraries. It is not just well written and informative, it is detailed and educational. Unlike so many other articles you read, this one is different as Bonnye gives you all the secrets – all the tricks of the trade – all the information you need. Irene Petteice Senior Author of Political Perspectives, USA

Bonnye Matthews, writer of prehistoric fiction, has put her hand to writing a book to help writers market their books to libraries. I have read this book and I can honestly recommend it. It may sound like a simple task, but once you try it, you'll find many obstacles along the way. Bonnye indicates clearly, step by step how to go about it. The whole process from how to find the libraries's email addresses right up to the final step of sending the letters, is described in detail. Her instructions are clear and easy to follow. All aspects of the process is covered. Anyone can have success. Bonnye, like all your other books, this is a winner! Magdel Roets Writer of Christian Fiction South Africa

• Language: English
• Publisher: Publication Consultants
• Release date: May 15, 2017
• ISBN: 9781594337161

Bonnye Matthews

Bonnye Matthews, prolific Alaskan author, writes prehistoric fiction. According to Grace Cavalieri, award-winning poet/playwright, book reviewer, and host of The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress, Matthews is America's pre-eminent author of prehistoric fiction. According to George F. Steiner, Quaternary Geology and Pleistocene Cognitive Archaeology expert, “Her stories are fascinating and the science behind them is cutting edge.” The novel series focus is primarily the pre-ice age peopling of the Americas, and the novella series continues the same focus with a view of very old individual archaeological sites. There is a brief non-fictional accompaniment regarding her emerging western hemisphere population origin paradigm.

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Introduction

I love what I do! I get to do some pretty heavy research to feed my curiosity, create a world to fit the research, write the story up to share with others, polish it to make it shine, and then hold the book in my hand—joyous magic I’ll probably never fully grasp. Many readers love the stories, a real bonus for a writer. Wow! That’s exciting. Then, I get to shift gears as I move from writer to author. Writers write; authors are business people. I go out to chat with readers at book signings or speaking events, sharing my passion with others. Some of them buy my books. People call me to ask if I’ll speak to their groups. Sometimes people from other countries contact me. What fun!

A lot of writers enjoy writing. Some don’t like editing and proofing. Some don’t care for the author part of writing, that’s the business part. I enjoy all of it except gathering all the materials at the beginning of the year for the accountant. I don’t mind the taxes, but I am bored senseless with the gathering of all the pieces of paper and arranging them in organized form.

Before you write your first book, experts recommend that you begin your author platform. Platform? The best definition I can find is from Jane Friedan who said platform is, an ability to sell books because of who you are or who you can reach. (Jane Friedan is the author of Publishing 101. She also blogs and speaks at events.) The idea of platform applied to authors began in the 1990s with publishers who were looking at non-fiction authors. Authors with a platform were more desirable than those without. Eventually the concept crept to authors of fiction and other forms of writing. It covered authors who either self-publish or have small publishers as well as those who were picked up by big publishers. The problem I have with the definition is that I see platform not as an ability to sell books