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Book Marketing Resources
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Jumpstart new book sales
• Revive sales of earlier books
Make a Big Splash
Selling Your Books on Amazon
A step-by-step book marketing guide for holistic,
self-help and inspirational
authors
by Barbara Casey
Learn the method used by
Amazon.com best-selling authors to sell hundreds of books online in 1-2 days.
Click HERE to learn more
about selling on Amazon.com.
The easy way to create and share your press kit.
Books on Marketing Your Books
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The
Self-Publishing Manual
by Dan Poynter
How to write, print and sell your own book by the highly regarded
self-publishing expert Dan Poynter.
Click here to learn more about
the Self-Publishing Manual
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1001 Ways to
Market Your Books - NEW 6th Edition
by John Kremer
Over 700 pages of expert book marketing advice and how-to's. This book, and
Dan Poynter's below are in my library, and belong in yours, too, if you're
an author or self-publisher.
Click here for details on 1001 Ways to
Market Your Books
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Beyond the Bookstore: How to Sell
More Books Profitably to Non-Bookstore Markets
by Brian Jud
More than half of all books sold every year are sold outside of bookstores. This book/CD set
shows how you can tap into the multi-billion dollar non-bookstore market.
www.bookmarketingworks.com
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Self-Publish
& Market Your Own Book
by Mack E. Smith & Sara Freeman Smith
Learn how you can publish your book for less than $300. Discover how to get
free advertising worth thousands of dollars. You can buy the book on its own
or add a few dollars and get a 30-minute or 60-minute consultation. This
book has great reviews from respected book marketers and authors.
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Book Publicity
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Annie Jennings PR
Annie Jennings PR specializes in national book and author
promotion, book marketing and publicity. She also has a new "How to Get
Booked on Oprah" Publicity Club.
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www.radiopublicity.com
Did you know that American radio stations need more than 10,000 guests per day?
Alex Carroll is a highly regarded expert on how to get radio publicity for your
books -- without paying for radio advertising. His e-book "Radio Publicity
Manual" includes a database of 1,206 primetime talk shows.
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Joan Stewart, The Publicity Hound
If you've written a book
or you're thinking of writing a book and you want to know how to get
valuable free publicity, you must check out this site. Joan Stewart, also
known as The Publicity Hound®, teaches thousands of authors how to develop
strong relationships with the print, broadcast and Internet media that, in
turn, help them sell thousands of books.
Click here
to take a
look.
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FREE - from Joan Stewart, The Publicity Hound
89 Ways to Write Powerful Press Releases for the Web
Click here for
Joan's 89-day Tutorial
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Sherri Rosen
Publicity LLC
is located in NYC. The agency works with eclectic
clientele, specializing in relationship, how to, sexuality and spirituality.
Sherri's very first client's book, How to Satisfy a Woman Every Time,
landed on the NY Times Bestseller List in 6 months working on the project...
and stayed there for 63 weeks. |
Book Editors
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A-1 Complete
Writing and Editing: Expert writers, editors, proofreaders,
ghostwriters, book doctors, and advisors can make your book manuscript
shine. Visit
www.a-1writingandediting.writernetwork.com
or contact
mcirvinm@earthlink.net
for a no obligation consultation.
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Carna Zacharias is a
professional writer with more than ten published books... and specializes in editing spiritual
books. Since English is her second language, she doesn't do line editing (correcting grammar,
spelling and punctuation) but can help you (a) if you have a project or topic in mind, but don't
know how to go about it; (b) if you need "messy" material structured; or (c) if you
want advice on style and how to pull readers into your book. She charges a fee both parties can
agree on. Email her at: info@missingmother.com.
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Judee Pouncey,
editor and publisher of Kaleidoscope magazine, offers excellent
editing and proofreading services at reasonable rates. She especially enjoys
editing/proofing metaphysical and spiritual books. She edited The Magic
Life by Ace Starry, Portrait of the Master by James Twyman, Living
the Dream: It's time and Inner Coach Outer Power by Keith Varnum,
The Celestial Voice of Diana: Her Spiritual Guidance to Finding Love
by Rita Eide, The Book of Joy by John Cali and Omni Reveals the
Four Principles of Creation by John Payne. You can contact Judee at
850-514-4843 or email
judeelight@comcast.net.
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Kim Molon:
Expert editing and proofreading for creative writers in fiction and
non-fiction. Just email your files -- even audio transcripts and
manuscripts, research papers and articles. Familiar with MLA and AMA styles
of writing. Email:
kimmolon@yahoo.com.
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Literary
Agents
The following
websites list literary agents:
Book Marketing Websites
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www.bookmarket.com
John Kremer's website of book marketing information.
A great amount of information here. It'll take you hours, but lots of good
info.
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www.bookmarketingworks.com
Book Marketing Works and Brian Jud provide high quality sales and
marketing resources that enhance your efforts to sell more books in non-bookstore markets.
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www.flbookpub.org
Florida Publishers Association
In addition to its other services, FPA offers its
members cooperative, face-out display of titles and sales materials in its
booths at the following shows: (a) Florida Library Association Annual
Conference (April); (b) Southeast Booksellers Association Trade Show
(Sept/Oct) (c) Florida Association for Media and
Education (Oct).
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www.newageretailer.com
New Age Retailer is the #1 trade magazine for retailers of new age books,
music, and merchandise. Register on their website to join their list of
authors available for in-store readings and book signings.
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www.parapub.com
All kinds of resources for publishing and marketing your books are listed at
Dan Poynter's website. Great site!
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www.pma-online.org
Publishers Marketing Association (PMA) is a trade association of
independent publishers. Founded in 1983, it serves book, audio, and video
publishers located in the United States and around the world.
Its
mission is to advance the professional interests of independent publishers,
and provides cooperative marketing programs, education and advocacy within
the publishing industry.
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www.U-Publish.com
Here's how you can get a
small quantity of books in print with a bare minimum of risk or expense,
allowing you to prove the market for your book BEFORE you make a substantial
investment in professional book design, large-scale printing, etc. It's
based on special offers for U-Publish.com visitors from Lulu and SPAN.
Click
this special link for more info. |
Books Reviewers
A book review is an essential marketing tool.
Here's a short list of book reviewers:
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ALA Booklist
- Brad Hooper, Adult Books Editor, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
Tel: (800) 545-2433;
www.ala.org/booklist.
(American Library Association)
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Kirkus Reviews
- Adult Fiction: Anne Larson; Non-fiction: Chuck Shelton, 770 Broadway, New
York, NY 10003.
Tel: (646) 654-4602;
www.kirkusreviews.com
(They prefer galleys prior to publication, and do not review self-help or
self-published books.)
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Library Journal
- Book Review Editor, 245 W. 17th Street, New York, NY 10011. Tel: (888)
800-5473;
www.libraryjournal.com
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The Online Review of Books - fair
and impartial fee-based reviews of all independently published books in any format. The reviews
are featured on its home page along with feature stories, essays, and interviews of prominent
authors and newsmakers.
www.onlinereviewofbooks.com
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Publishers Weekly
- 360 Park Avenue S., 13th Floor, New York, NY 10010-1710. Tel:
(646)746-6400
www.publishersweekly.com
They review galleys prior to publication and only review self-published
authors with a 2000 plus first printing and distribution already arranged. |
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