Book Marketing for Authors: Authorship, #2

By Jonathan Green and Alice Fogliata

Do you want to turn writing from a hobby into a business?

You no longer need a publisher sliding their hand into your pocket and disappearing your profits.

Most of us dream of writing the great American novel - not a book that only our friends and family will read.

Far too often brilliant books die a silent death because authors are not marketers.  We are creative spirits who yearn to unleash our creative visions on the world - not spend our days mastering spreadsheets!

Far too many independent authors have given up far too soon.  They struggle to find an audience, get attention, and turn their books into a business.

Why? Because they aren't following a proven system.

Maybe this is you right now.

Maybe you believe that you're not good enough, that you'll never have enough time, or that you simply don't want to give up your integrity in order to sell a few more books.

When you think of marketing, you think of a used-car salesmen convincing your grandparents to buy a car they can barely afford and will barely make it ten feet off the lot.

But that assumption is DEAD WRONG

What good is writing the greatest novel of all time if nobody ever reads it?

In this book, you will see the inner workings of a successful independent author, publisher and marketer.  Bestselling author Jonathan Green holds nothing back as he reveals exactly how you can kickstart your next book and breathe new life into a book that hasn't sold a copy in years.

Let's make your dreams come true, whether you are a beginner or a master, a children's book writer or a romance author.

It's about finding a strategy that works and implementing it with alacrity.

Imagine a world where:

• You no longer have to work on your book after the kids are asleep, in between meetings, or when nobody is looking


• People walk up to you and ask for your autograph while you're eating with your kids


• Your checks and direct deposits from book royalties are more than the price of a candy bar

Are you ready to learn a process that you will actually enjoy?

Then scroll up and click that button!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jonathan Green
• Release date: Oct 22, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393185581

Jonathan Green

JONATHAN GREEN is an award-winning writer of speculative fiction with more than eighty books to his name. He has written everything from Fighting Fantasy gamebooks to Doctor Who novels, by way of Sonic the Hedgehog, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Judge Dredd. He is the creator of the Pax Britannia steampunk series for Abaddon Books, and the author of the critically-acclaimed, YOU ARE THE HERO – A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks.

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Book Marketing for Authors

Book Marketing for Authors

Jonathan Green

Edited by

Alice Fogliata

Authorship Book 2

Copyright © 2019 by Dragon God, Inc.

All rights reserved.

Simultaneously published in the United States of America, the UK, India, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Japan, Spain, and Brazil.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any other electronic or mechanical means – except in the case of brief quotations embedded in articles or reviews –without written permission from its author.

Book Marketing for Authors has provided the most accurate information possible. Many of the techniques used in this book are from personal experiences. The author shall not be held liable for any damages resulting from the use of this book.

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Contents

FREE GIFT

A Note About Links

1. The Book Nobody Wanted

2. Prima Donnas

3. Self-Publishing vs. Not Publishing

4. Covers that Sell

5. Descriptions That Sell

6. Pricing That Sells

7. Getting The Word Out

8. Building A Mailing List

Final Thoughts

One Last Chance

Found a Typo?

About the Author

Books by Jonathan Green

One Last Thing

FREE GIFT

Are you ready to turn readers into raving fans who are absolutely dedicated to you as an author? Would you like to get amazing reviews and support for your future products?

Then you need to TRAP them!

The Trap System

https://servenomaster.com/trapped

The TRAP System is a two part system to help authors like you turn readers into raving fans.

1. Kindle Compatible Opt In Template

This is a special page that works INSIDE of a Kindle. To see how it works, just click the link on this page.

Your readers don’t need to put down your book and go to their computer to give you their email address - they can do it when they are most excited by your amazing content.

The easier it is for a reader to take action, the more likely they are to do it.

2. 7-Day Email Sequence

This perfectly crafted sequence includes a Fiction and a Non-Fiction version.

These emails engage with your readers and get them to follow you on social media and leave a powerful review for your book.

These emails are perfectly designed to maximize your success as an author.

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https://servenomaster.com/trap

A Note About Links

Throughout this book, I mention other books, images, links, and additional content. All of that can be found at:

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ServeNoMaster.com/Authorship

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You don’t have to worry about trying to remember any other links or the names of anything mentioned in this book. Just enjoy the journey and focus on taking control of your destiny.

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The Book Nobody Wanted

J onathan, I’ve just published a book about how to quit vaping but, for some reason, no one's buying it. When my friend sent me this message over Skype a few years ago, I was baffled.

His previous book was a well-written story of his dating misadventures and his attempts to both find himself and that perfect relationship that would lead him to happiness.

Like many entrepreneurial authors, he decided to experiment with writing books in other genres to see if he could find a larger audience. I was curious about why he’d chosen this topic. During our discussion, I discovered that he did some research and found that there were no other books on how to quit vaping, so he saw a hole in the market. While this can seem like a good marketing strategy, he made a classic mistake – thinking that being first to the market is best. There's a reason the old saying goes, The trailblazers often end up with a back full of arrows.

Educating a market is extremely expensive. It takes a great deal of effort because you create a two-step process. If you create a product that requires you to educate the market, you have to raise your price to cover the cost of