Category: Book Promotion

Book Promotion

“Hot or Not” for Self Published Books

There is a very popular website on the Internet called “Hot or Not” which allows people to see random pictures of men or women and “rate” their physical attractiveness.

Well, the same thing exists for books. You can submit your self-published book for free to the Random Book Machine and other people will be able to rate your cover, your title, and your description. The best news is, they will also be able to buy your book through a partnership with Author Bookshop.

For more information about the Random Book Machine and to submit your book for free, visit http://www.randombookmachine.com

Good luck and have fun!
Kelly Schuknecht
selfpublishingadvice.wordpress.com

Book Promotion

Quick Tips for Authors of Self Published Poetry Books

April is Poetry month. 

If you are the author of a self-published poetry book, here are five quick tips for you this month:

1.  Get your book reviewed: Reader Views accepts Poetry books for review. Don’t forget to forward your review to us to post with our weekly Self-Published Book Review.

2.  Enter your book in an award contest: Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards – hurry, the deadline is coming up!

3. Get interviewed in a Podcast: Writer’s in the Sky offers Podcast interviews with some of their publicity packages

4. Promote your book on Twitter: Follow us @SPAdvice and comment on our posts.  This will help generate more traffic to your Twitter page and your website (which should feature your book).

5. Set up book signing events: Read our blog post for more information about how to do that.

Good luck and have fun!
Kelly Schuknecht
selfpublishingadvice.wordpress.com

Book Promotion

Recollections of WWII for Self-Published Authors

If your self-published book is about WWII, here is a site you will want to check out:

www.recollectionsofwwii.blogspot.com

The Recollections of WWII blog was created to bring attention to the hundreds of memoirs about WWII that have been printed in the last 60 years, which never make it to the shelves of the big bookshops.

To suggest your book, contact Recollections of WWII

Book Promotion

Radio Interviews for Self-Published Authors

Have you tried to set up radio interviews to promote your self-published book? Keep in mind the more niche the radio station, the more likely you are to secure an on-air review, especially if the radio station’s niche matches the category of your book!

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there were an easy way to get a list of ALL the radio stations in your state? One that included the station’s frequency, call letters, address, website, and main listening subject matter/format?

Guess what? It’s just that simple. The link below will take you to Radio Locator. Scan the available stations in your area for formats that match your book’s subject matter and then give them a call, or pitch the producer via email or fax or mail. The bottom line is, get your book into their hands and let them know YOU are a published expert that their audience would value hearing about.

Here’s the link:
http://www.radio-locator.com/

Good luck and have fun!
Kelly Schuknecht
selfpublishingadvice.wordpress.com

Book Promotion, Choosing a Publisher, Self-Publishing

Self-publishing Book Pricing Note

Did you know that most publishers charge you the wholesale price (or higher) for your own book unless you buy it in bulk?

The wholesale price! How are you supposed to make any money that way? The wholesale price is what retailers will expect to pay.

Make sure your author copy price is always BELOW wholesale (and if you compare around, you will find that self-publishers with solid author prices are usually dollars-per-book below other publishers).  On a side note, some of these publishers pull authors in with low upfront fees. It becomes apparent where they do make their money.

Some publishers also attempt to conceal this by offering “bulk discounts” on large book orders of 100, 200, 500, or more.

Do you really want to buy 500 copies all the time, just to get a reasonable “per unit” price? Sure, when your book is first published, this might be okay because you’ll need marketing copies.

But what about 1-3 years down the road, when you just want 10 quick copies? Then what will each book cost you? Something to think about…

Have fun and keep writing.

– Karl Schroeder