book marketing / Book Promotion
by Beth Barany · Published February 8, 2021 · Last modified January 25, 2021
The number one way readers learn about books is word of mouth. In this Internet day and age, that is still true. Yet, book reviews still hold enormous sway over readers, whether they’re browsing...
Author Marketing / Book Promotion
by Guest Contributor · Published May 16, 2019 · Last modified May 14, 2019
As I stated in my previous article, I promised to instruct you how to put an Amazon Ad in place. Before I do, here are links I can recommend that can give you more in-depth instructions:
Author Marketing / Book Promotion
by Beth Barany · Published May 15, 2019 · Last modified May 10, 2019
You can market your novel from your Core Values. Read on for some ideas on how. *** To effectively market your novels, it’s important to know what kind of books you write and what...
As you may already know, giveaways are a great way to build an email list, drive traffic to your blog, give away books, and build awareness for your author brand. (Yes, you have an...
book marketing / Book Promotion
by Beth Barany · Published October 6, 2017 · Last modified October 5, 2017
Would you like some great actionable tips and advice on how to grow your audience and build your online influence as an author?
by Beth Barany · Published December 27, 2016 · Last modified January 2, 2017
Reprinted by the kind permission of Mickie Kennedy. You may not be ready to search out media for your book promotions. Even so, check out these tips so you can work well with the media,...
I joined together with over a dozen authors recently for a fun book of self promo stories for authors, and we are giving this book away for free! Click here to grab your copy on...
book marketing / Book Promotion
by Beth Barany · Published May 2, 2016 · Last modified January 30, 2023
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....
book marketing / Book Promotion
by Beth Barany · Published April 22, 2016 · Last modified April 27, 2016
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...
Author Marketing / book marketing / Book Promotion / video
by Beth Barany · Published March 30, 2016
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...
book marketing / Book Promotion
by Beth Barany · Published March 11, 2016 · Last modified March 10, 2016
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...
Listen to learn how to set up your own book launch event.
book bloggers / book marketing / Book Promotion / Book Reviews
by Beth Barany · Published November 5, 2015 · Last modified February 6, 2023
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.
book marketing / Book Promotion
by Beth Barany · Published May 1, 2015 · Last modified July 31, 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...
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