book marketing / Book Promotion / book sales
by Beth Barany · Published March 3, 2011 · Last modified March 4, 2011
Many authors think that social media is like traditional advertising, all shouting at ya’ . But it’s not. Social media is social, which means authors succeed at it when we listen and give back. If you just listen deeply to your audience and talk about the things that are important to them then you will be included in their tribe and they will want to buy your book.
Welcome to the Monday series on Resources for Indie Authors. This week I feature an guest post from Dana Lynn Smith, book marketing coach and author. Thanks Dana! All resources I use and cull from my life as an Independent Publishing Consultant and Book Coach, published author, and indie author in fiction! I’ve used some of these ideas to get featured in my local library.
book marketing / Book Promotion / book sales
by Beth Barany · Published February 1, 2011 · Last modified February 8, 2011
I’m inspired by Kristen Lamb to do a Twitter Tuesdays series. Today is #1! Today we’ll focus on something I got from Kristen’s book, We Are Not Alone: The Writer’s Guide to Social Media. (She’s going to think I’m a stalker! I can’t say enough nice and gushing things about her book!)
From one of the contest organizers: Just thought I’d post a note for everyone who couldn’t make it to the meeting regarding the contests that Tina and I are both running. The details for...
Author Career / Book Promotion / book sales / video
by Beth Barany · Published October 17, 2010 · Last modified April 23, 2015
I finally got the courage up to publicly post a video of me in front of the room. What is your number one concern around using social media as an author to promote your...
The government wants to know… More at http://www.commerce.gov/blog/2010/10/05/commerce-seeks-comment-protecting-copyrighted-works-internet.
by Beth Barany · Published October 3, 2010 · Last modified October 4, 2010
Bookfomercial for “How Not To Write A Novel” by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman. Animation by Marianne R. Petit. Yes, they’re advertising. And if you don’t laugh at least once you’re taking yourself way...
by Beth Barany · Published September 30, 2010 · Last modified October 1, 2010
Often, authors are under the misguided impression that all they have to do is write a book and it will sell like hotcakes, flying off the shelves. Unfortunately, even the best-written books can produce...
Book Promotion / book sales / publishing
by Beth Barany · Published September 28, 2010 · Last modified December 22, 2013
More and more romance authors are independently publishing on the Kindle. I sat down with two women from the San Francisco Romance Writers of America chapter to uncover more about this phenomenon and discover...
On Ebook Pricing by JA Konrath: “I thought I would distill my thoughts into a new blog entry, and explain why I believe $2.99 is the new ebook standard.” JA Konrath offers the nuts...
Understanding how Amazon sales ranking works isn’t just for techies. All authors need to understand how Amazon works so they can use the system to their advantage, and so they be an Amazon bestseller, too.
Guest post by Brian Jud. Reprinted by permission. You can sell more of your books if you can answer two questions honestly. First, how often do people think about your book? Second, how often...
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