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Know These Five Audiences to Write a Top Selling Book


To create a saleable book you need to know your preferred audience or audiences before you write your book. This essential "hot-selling point" helps you write focused, organized, and compelling copy your audience will appreciate and talk about.

What Service Do You Need to Make your Book Sell?


Whether you are just starting or almost finished with your print or eBook, you wonder, "What step to take next?" Who can help me find the right publisher? Who can partner with me to make my book a solid seller? Check out your choices to be sure you get what you need. Many writers think that all they need is a good editor and their book will be ready for publishing and promoting.

Is Traditional Book Marketing Getting you Down?


"Are you disappointed and tired of time and money down the drain using traditional book marketing? How would you like to sell more books than you ever dreamed of in less time and never have to leave your office?" Would you like to do it all for free? "Discover How in Only Four Months You Can Quadruple your Monthly Book Income to Reach 10,000 to 100,000 Internet Users Who Want your Information-GUARANTEED- To Move You to Top Profits You've Been Dreaming About." Suppose you could sit at your computer, promote your information product either in print or eBook format to thousands of prospective buyers Online weekly.

Why Write Articles to Promote your Book?


Reach 15,000 to 100,000 targeted buyers every week Online. That's the best reason I know to write and submit how-to articles to opt-in ezines and top web sites.

Quiz: Will Online Book Marketing Help Sales?


Most authors sigh a sigh of relief when they finish their book. Then comes the awesome task of marketing the masterpiece.

Publishing Your Book-What Way is Best For You? - Part 1


Your print or ebook is nearly finished. You wonder if you should try to get an agent to represent you to the publisher.

Publishing Your Book-What Way is Best For You? - Part 2


Your print or ebook is nearly finished. You wonder if you should try to get an agent to represent you to the publisher.

28 Reasons Why Publishers Will Buy Your Book


Editors will buy a book for one or more of the following reasons. By knowing what these reasons are, you can then design a marketing plan with those features in mind.

Super Profitable Techniques for Selling Books By Mail


The total number of books sold by small, part-time mail orderentrepreneurs is growing each year. Total sales each year for thepast five years have increased by almost 30-percent over theprevious year's sales.

Distribute Your Self-Published Book - Part 1


Where is your book now? With a distributor? In a book store? Or, did it already die an early death after a few months? New self-published authors often believe they need a distributor to sell a lot of books. They want to use Ingram or Baker & Taylor because they think they need to get their book into the "brick and mortar" bookstores like Barnes and Noble.

Distribute Your Self-Published Book Online 8 Ways - Part 2


If you are discouraged because traditional methods of book or product distribution haven't brought you the profits you wanted, think Internet distribution. This Online promotion method is good for the long haul and costs you little time or money.

Book Promotion Myth -- The Best Place to Sell Books is a Bookstore


When authors think of their audience buying books they think of bookstores. This myth sends authors taking the long, arduous road to seeking out an agent, a publisher, hoping their book will become a best seller.

Five Book Back Cover Mistakes and How to Solve Them


Did you know that your back cover information is, after the cover, the best way to sell more books? And, that most authors, emerging and experienced, miss this opportunity to engage more potential buyers? Your book's front cover and sizzling title must impress your buyers in four-eight seconds. If they like it, they will spend ten-thirty seconds or so on your back cover-a great opportunity to convince them that your book is necessary for their pleasure or success.

Top Ten Ways To Prepare for Your Online Book Marketing Success


Still marketing your book through press releases, networking groups, and talks to groups? If these methods have taken a great deal of effort and time and brought you only a few clients or product sales, you may now be ready for your virtual marketing machine, the Internet! To get ready to market your book Online use these ten tips: 1. Buy an up-to-date computer with a 56k modem or more and Internet capability.

Interview with Book and Marketing Coach-Judy Cullins - Part 1


To know what to do at the right time in book writing, publishing, or Internet marketing, consult a coaching expert who has lived it all for 20 years--Judy Cullins. Q 1- Would you say there is a difference in marketing tactics for different genres? If so, what kind of promotion would you suggest for, say, authors of children's books, mystery/romance, or non-fiction? If there is no discernible difference, what do you see as the best method of book promotion? A 1- The best promotion is a natural promotion--that authors will actually do.

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