Self publishing advice from writing to marketing and everything in-between.
Is your self-published book for children? If so, here is an opportunity you may want to look into to get your book reviewed:
Marilyn Courtot’s www.cookingupreading.com
A reviewer for this site posts reviews to Barnes and Noble and Amazon and has a special interest in books that kids can read then “cook up reading” with the help of the www.cookingupreading.com website.
Good luck and have fun!
Kelly Schuknecht
selfpublishingadvice.wordpress.com
How to be a Super Hot Woman
by Mandy Simons and Emily J. Terry
This self-published book review was taken from the Amazon listing for the book. See the full Amazon listing here.
I have had a very cruel boyfriend. Nothing I ever did was good enough for him. Nothing I ever did could ever seem to please him. And all I did was giving him my heart because I loved him so much.But he tried to keep me down on my knees, he always was trying to make me feel small. My self-confidence was lost. I have always been a beautiful girl but started to feel that I am not. He had control over me. When I was with him I never felt pretty enough, never felt sexy enough and never felt good enough. Not until I found this awsome book that changed completely my life. This book has helped me to escape from this black hole that he made for me. It helped me to break forever with this person. It also helped me to got myself back up on my feet and open my eyes. I would never let anymore someone to take my right to feel beautiful. Now I stand with my head held high and I feel beautiful and sexy. And it’s all because this book helped me realize that. Because my ex tried to make me feel worthless but now I know I am not. My worth is priceless and I got back my pride. I am incredibly thankful to the authors who have written such an amazing book that I am sure will help other women too. Thank you so much for helping me taking back my life! — Katheen Williams (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Many of my marketing suggestions center on one tactic: establishing yourself as an expert in your field. It doesn’t matter if you write fiction or non-fiction, as a self-published author you must demonstrate expertise in what you write about. The way you demonstrate expertise is by being quoted and by helping people with your knowledge.
How do you help people? By publishing helpful tips for free. You have already published a book, now it’s time to submit tips from that book to Bottom Line, which is a 2-million+ circulation newsletter that publishes tips by experts just like you. In order to validate the expertise of their experts, they include bylines which include the fact that their experts are published authors.
That’s you!
Bottom Line has a variety of newsletters in a variety of genres, so select the one most applicable to your book and contact that editor directly from their website at www.bottomlinesecrets.com.
Personal editor: Karen Larson
Health & Natural Healing editor: Rebecca Shannonhouse
Retirement and Tax Hotline editor: David Ellis
Daily Health News & Weekly Secrets editor: Sarah Hiner
It also doesn’t hurt to send the editor a copy of your book, with specific pages of tips indicated. Here is the Bottom Line address, phone, and fax line:
Boardroom, Inc.,
281 Tresser Blvd.
8th Floor,
Stamford, CT 06901-3229
Phone: 203-973-5900
Fax: 203-967-3086
Good luck and have fun!
Kelly Schuknecht
selfpublishingadvice.wordpress.com
Don’t you wish there was one single place where you could buy a mailing list that was specific for your self-published book?
You’re in luck! Check out www.listsyoucanafford.com for third party mailing lists that just may be the answer to your marketing goals.
I hope these lists help you get the word out to your specific book audience and just in time for the holiday shopping season to begin!
Good luck and have fun!
Kelly Schuknecht
selfpublishingadvice.wordpress.com
Bouncing Billy
by Ricky Pierce
This self-published children’s book was recently reviewed on mamalaw.blogspot.com.
Bouncing Billy is an interactive book written by Ricky Pierce, who retired from the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1998. He is the creator and inventor of the AccUShot22 Basketball, which aids children through adults in ball-handling and shooting skills.
Read the full review here.
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