The What, Why, How of Book Launches and Campaigns
Your book is ready to be published or will be soon — in the next three or six or twelve months. Actually you can’t start too early thinking about and planning your book launch....
Category: book marketing
Book Launches for Novelists with @Beth_Barany #askaWritingCoach
In my live #askaWritingCoach chat this week, I shared book launch tips for self-publishing novelists. I answered questions and shared resources. And as I do each week, I gave away prizes to those people...
12 Book Marketing Basics with Beth Barany #askaWritingCoach
In my weekly live #askaWritingCoach chat this week I shared 12 book marketing tips and some underlying presuppositions, an overview of many of the topics I’ll cover in my upcoming Branding and Marketing for...
“How to Get Book Reviews” Course Registration Closes Tonight
Registration closes tonight night, Friday, March 11, 9pm Pacific/12midnight Eastern for the our “How to Get Book Reviews” 2-week course (March 14-28, 2016). In this course we will cover how to get reviews from...
On Live Event Launches for Your Book with Beth Barany and Tracee Lydia Garner
Listen to learn how to set up your own book launch event.
How to Get Book Reviews (or How to Run Your Own Book Review Campaign) by Beth Barany
Many authors think that it is totally time-consuming to find reviews for their books. I admit, just like everything else, it takes time. You can get book reviews. But if you want to develop a long-term relationship with one of the key influencers in our industry—book bloggers—then you’ll want to learn how to get reviews for your books.
Anatomy of a Kindle User [Infographic] (from writtenwordmedia.com)
Thanks to friend and romance author Carolina Montague for sharing this infographic with our romance writing community. Anatomy of a Kindle Owner from Written Word Media Sparked I’m sparked when I read this graphic...
How to Make Author Marketing Work for You (Part 1) by @Beth_Barany
To begin, let’s define some terms. You’re an author who needs to market. Marketing is about connecting with potential readers and sharing with them about your book. Let’s talk about mindset. Another word for...
Dear Novelist, Clarify + Simplify Your Writing Life by Beth Barany
I’m excited to be teaching our next “30-Day Writing Challenge to Plan Your Novel” that started June 1st. Ezra and I got ready by talking about story. (We’re always talking about story! Check out our...
Hook Your Reader Contest for Novelists (May 2015)
Hello Fiction Writer! If you’ve started talking about your novel at all, whether your manuscript isn’t finished yet or you’re an already published author, then you may have experienced the struggle of how to hook...
Book Marketing Resources for the Beginning Novelist by Beth Barany
Check out these Writer’s Fun Zone resources — free mini-lessons — for the beginning novelist. For your author branding, write your Clear Message and share it. Here’s my post on that: how to write your Clear...
What is a Facebook Party and Why Would You Want One? by Beth Barany
What is a Facebook Party: A Facebook party is organized as an event via your Facebook page. By creating an event via your Facebook page, you have a specific place to invite your friends and fans to, and to share, and to ask others to share.
Promote Your Christmas Romance: Sign up here
Who here has written a Christmas romance?! Either this year or in past years. I’m writing a series of blog posts featuring romance with a Christmas theme. I’m running a fun series the FOUR Fridays...
So You Want to Run a Virtual Book Tour
Lots of authors I talk to wonder if a blog tour or virtual book tour is right for them. They wonder if they should run their own tour, or hire someone. They wonder if...
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