Book Dealers World Winter 2022

Book Dealers World Vol. 44 No. 1 Winter 2022

National Association of Book Entrepreneurs

IN THIS ISSUE Do This Not That: Book Promotion During a Pandemic

by Amy Collins 12 Ways to Keep Your Non-Fiction Book In the News

by Sandra Beckwith How to Launch Your eBook Using Social Media

By Carolyn Cohn Amazon Kindle Book Marketing Essentials

by Bill Platt Understanding Webinars and Teleseminars

By Ron Cripps Book Dealers Diary

Nicki Geigert, author of “Who’s Yawning Now,” a Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winner, with a special friend. See Page 3.

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Our 42nd Year

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Dear Friends, The new year 2022 is upon us, and with it comes new hopes, dreams and challenges we all must face. All of us around the world hope this pandemic will finally end and we can go back to some kind of new normal where we can enjoy our family, friends, travel, hobbies, sports and other things we love to do without a lot of worries. We will cherish life’s most precious moments and feel love, appreciation and safety in our lives again.

This issue of BDW spotlights our Fall 2021 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winners, honoring many of our great members and their fine books. Take a little time each day to actually hold a book and read it as it was meant to be read. In these times, many people are enjoying all kinds of wonderful books. See pages 22 to 24 for a list of the award winning books. Check out some of our wonderful entries and new authors today. Let your imagination soar to a different era or place.

Our first show of this year will be Virtual just like last year, the ALA Library Learning Experience Conference and Trade Show.

Some associations are planning in person shows later in the year but this all depends on the Covid situation. Over all, the Virtual shows have brought out more leads since people can take part in the show no matter where they are, and they can stay safe as well.

If you have not joined NABE yet, you can sign up on page 17 and check out the many money saving benefits, including Pinnacle Book Achievement Award eligibility.

Have a safe, happy and prosperous New Year, and wishing you all the best in 2022.

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PUBLISHER’S PROFILE

Nicki Geigert Author of Who’s Yawning Now? Nicki Geigert is a photographer and retired international education consultant.

Her photographic taking photographs in my home exploits have taken her to town and over the years as my Southeast Asia, China, most of passion has grown as I traveled Africa, South America and around the world.”

Antarctica. She has published When Nicki discovered that all three children’s books based animals yawn, just as people do, upon some of her photographic she began to document those images, including the Pinnacle occasions. In doing so, she has put Award winning, “Who’s Yawning together a very extensive library of Now?” Nicki’s photography has animals caught yawning. won several awards at the San Diego County Fair and has been Who’s Yawning Now?” contains published in Fodor’s 2011 and photographs that Geigert took of 2012 travel guides. animals she caught yawning in many of her travels worldwide.

As wildlife landscape photographer and travel writer, she has The wildlife photobook shows a photographed on all seven variety of individual wild animals continents and her work has been and even some birds, caught featured in gallery shows, and yawning, their habitat, where the coffee table books. Her goal has particular animal lives, and been to capture wildlife in their something about that animal. natural habitats and tell their Geigert shares details about where the animals live, their habitat, the stories. reasons they yawn (such as when “I have been passionate about they feel stressed), their photography from a very young conservation status, and other age. Before I chose it as my second career, my hobby had been interesting details.

“Who’s Yawning Now?” has been well-received by a number of independent book review publications. Karen Rigby, writing for the Foreword Clarion Reviews, said in her review that the book “is a valuable, educational picture book that encourages curiosity through its curation of interesting birds and mammals.”

A review by BlueInk Reviews reads, “This book uses a simple concept to help children learn about and empathize with a wide variety of creatures and should hold appeal for young animal lovers.”

“Descriptions compare and contrast animal and human responses.

Young audiences will giggle at the comparisons,” read a review by Kirkus Reviews.

Two of her other wonderful titles include “A Girl’s Greek Odyssey” and “Family Trip to Magical Madagascar and Beyond.” See page 13 of this issue to find out out more details on these great books.

Be sure to visit Nicki’s very informative website for details about her photos, books and other interesting travel information Visit https://www.nickigeigert.com/

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Do This Not That: Book Promotion During a Pandemic

by Amy Collins

Have you taken a class about No matter WHAT kind of book you have written, you have experiences how to improve your book description? and wisdom to share.

The First Thing To Do: Stop Seling Create a daily post helping others by sharing your wisdom, your expeand Promoting. riences, your stories….

There are times when we need to step back from marketing and pro- Post videos on YouTube, create motion and plan for a future “do inspirational and helpful messages over.” For those of you who had you can share on social media and your book’s legs so unfairly cut from write articles. underneath you, I am so sorry. My heart aches for all of those plans Share freely of what you have with and events that are foundering now, your readers and encourage them but there are many things that we to share what they have with you.

This strange time will give you many CAN do. opportunities to deepen and broaden your community of readers.

The Next Thing To Do Don’t waste it!

Community and connection has While We are At It…. never been more important than it is now. History smiles on us when Plan for the future. While we do not humans come together and really know when life will “return to norhelp each other. Let us, as authors, mal,” we do know it will return to a use these next few months to find, “new normal” eventually. Plan for the connect, reach out, and help your new normal. fellow authors and readers.

Ebooks and audiobook are already When I look back on these weeks showing their longevity as well as and months, I want to know that I their health and environmental benspent my time improving the world efits. Paper is the “favorite” format of books for readers and authors for many people, but please use rather than remember how I spent this break to get your ebook and audio book plan together. my time trying to sell my book.

A lot of us have more time right now.

(A lot of us do not…. Thank you nurses and service professionals!)

But those of us who have time, why not look each day for an author in your genre you DO NOT know and read their book? Then, follow them on social media, get to know them, follow their blog, subscribe to their newsletter, befriend some new people in their circle. Expand your circle of friends and help your fellow authors.

Another Thing To Try Create a list of stories, articles, videos, or recordings you could create and post online.

Have you researched the best practices for author websites and implemented those changes?

Have you spent time on Canva.com creating sales and author sheets for when bookstores and libraries open back up for orders?

Have you reached out to your publisher and gotten a list from them of the things other authors in your genre have done that worked well?

Do you have the time now to create a bank of social media posts and images you can pull from later when you are “busy?”

When we look back on these first months of pandemic and economic crisis, which of our efforts will be most proud? I run every idea I have past that question; and it is what I am using to guide my business decisions.

Please stay safe, stay healthy….

And if your job is essential to our society and you cannot stay home, Now is a great time to research and please accept my gratitude and adfind the best ebook promotion sites miration for the work you do. and get on their calendar for August and September. Many of them book -------------------------------------------out several months…. You can Funny, sharp, and smart, Amy Colhave a launch “do over” with your lins is full of up-to-date industry tips ebook if you plan a strong push and executable advice. In 2006, campaign in the summer or autumn. Amy started New Shelves Books, And When All Else Fails – Plan For one of the fastest-growing book distribution, sales and marketing comTomorrow panies in North America. She is the Use this time to polish your market- author of the new book, The Write ing and sales efforts and clean up Way and works with self-published authors and small publishing comyour venues online. panies to increase their sales in the Is your Author Central bio page as marketplace. good as it could be?

Have you read up on marketing copy writing?

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12 Ways to Keep Your NonRepackage your book content into To promote my humor book about Fiction Book In the News

by Sandra Beckwith Publishers are willing to publicize nonfiction books when they’re released, but they rarely do much after the launch to keep books in the news, even though most deserve ongoing media exposure.

Here are some easy things you can do to generate continuing publicity for your title. Use a mix of these ideas to develop a 12-month publicity plan that will provide the support your book needs.

by-lined trade magazine articles.

Depending on the terms of your publishing contract, you might need to do some rewriting so it’s “new” material. Make sure the author credit at the end of the article includes your book title.

Capitalize on holidays and special months, weeks and days by distributing a press release with useful, newsworthy information related to the topic, or by contacting the press to offer yourself as an expert information source. For example, many daily newspapers run articles in December about how the holidays are especially difficult for people who are grieving the recent loss of a loved one or facing the anniversary of a loss. This presents many coastto-coast interview opportunities for the author of a book on grief and loss – but only if the author reaches out to the press.

Turn the advice in your chapters into a series of monthly tip sheets.

A tip sheet is a press release that offers tips or advice in a bulleted or numbered format. Start your tip sheet with an introductory paragraph that explains why the tips you’re offering are important, list your bulleted advice, then tie it all together at the end with a concluding paragraph. Send it to appropri- Contact the public relations departate media outlets; the distribution ment of your industry’s trade association to offer yourself for media list will depend on your topic. interviews. Association public relations people are often contacted by Contact the press immediately writers looking for members with a when your topic is making head- particular expertise to interview. lines to offer your expert perspec- Make sure your association knows tive. This is a sure thing with most about your qualifications and the local media outlets when it’s a na- topics you can comment on, and tional news story because you’re you’ll get referral calls. giving them a local angle. If you’ve done enough interviews to prepare Conduct a newsworthy and relevant for the big time, pitch the national survey on your topic and announce the interesting results in a press news outlets, too. release. The author of a cookbook Add the media to your newsletter designed to make cooking simple distribution list. The same useful and easy, for example, can survey advice or information you offer sub- people about why they don’t cook scribers in your print or electronic more, and release the findings in a newsletter could be of interest to press release sent to newspaper reporters covering that topic, too. I food editors and cooking magagot a book contract several years zines. The release should include ago from the publicity that resulted information about your book’s confrom adding the media to the distri- nection to the survey topic. bution list of a newsletter I publish.

men, I conducted a “Worst Gift from a Man Contest.” The resulting press release led to nationwide media attention, including a holiday appearance on a national cable TV talk show.

Push your publisher’s publicist to monitor ProfNet for reporter queries related to your topic all year. Alternatively, subscribe to ProfNet via its PR Leads reseller and respond to appropriate queries. A subscription via PRLeads.com is $99 per month.

Monitor writer forums for source requests. Members frequently post requests on the magazines and newspapers forum for interview sources.

Tell the media when you’re visiting their market. Reporters love to interview experts who aren’t local, so if you’re in another city for any reason, contact the appropriate media people two weeks before your trip to offer ideas for articles they can write based on an in-person interview with you. If you’re in town to speak, send an announcement press release several weeks in advance and offer to do a pre-event telephone interview.

Re-purpose your best tips into a free booklet. Write and distribute a press release that describes the booklet and how people can get a free copy; make sure both the booklet and the release include information about your book, too.

Generating ongoing publicity is work, but it’s not rocket science.

Invest the time so you boost sales while contributing to your author platform. You’ll see the rewards at the end of the year.

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Sandra Beckwith, the author of two publicity books, teaches the online "Build Book Sponsor an attention-getting con- Buzz" publicity course for authors. Sign up for her free book publicity e-zine at test and announce the results in a http://www.buildbookbuzz.com

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Understanding The 3 Stages Secondly, while they are shopping Stage #2. Research And Consideraround for a relationship, and check- ation Of The Buying Cycle Can ing out other potential people to date, Improve Your Book Sales

by Joseph C. Kunz Jr. Introduction Helping book shoppers, and your current followers, though the 3 stages of the buying cycle can dramatically improve your chances of making more book sales. If you understand what these 3 stages are about, and where the book shoppers are within that cycle, you will be able to fine-tune your marketing efforts, make them more effective, and improve your book sales.

What Is The Buying Cycle?

The buying cycle is simply the thought process, or stages, that shoppers travel through before making a final decision about what they will purchase, who they will purchase it from, and how much they will pay for it. Every shopper goes through these stages. These purchase decisions can take a few minutes, to many months, depending on what is being purchased.

For example, a.99-cent eBook might take a book buyer one minute to make the decision to purchase. But a $25 book might take a few days.

But as the author, you can provide information to your readers that will help them through the buying cycle, which will help persuade them that you are the best one to help them with their needs and wants.

A Buying Cycle Analogy Look at the three stages like the dating process. Think of the bookbuyer as someone that you are interested in dating. First you want them to notice you, and realize that you are looking for a relationship.

you are doing your best to show that In this middle stage, the consumer person that you are a trustworthy has already realized that they have a need, or a problem, and are now and likable person to date. looking for answers. They are startThe buyer keeps shopping around, ing to become much more interested but you keep giving them more proof in what you have to say. They are that you are the best one to choose. asking themselves more questions, You even go so far as to get your and hopefully asking you questions. friends to give them a review of you They have now identified that you and tell them what you are really all might have the solutions they are about. You try to impress them even looking for. Your blog posts, white more by cooking them fancy dinners, papers, eBooks, and so on, are all taking them to fancy restaurants, helping them with their research, and they are beginning to rely on and so on. you for more guidance.

And finally, they eventually choose you over all the others that they Stage #3. Decision And Purchase dated because they realize that you are so much more of a good-catch. In this final stage, the consumer now That you tried harder to impress understands what criteria meets them and gain their friendship more their needs, and which don't. They than anyone else did. They now have now been fine-tuning their make the final commitment to you thinking about their needs and probbecause they believe that you know lems. They have been comparing and understand what they are look- you to other authors. They are reading for in a relationship better than ing different blogs, and looking at many different books an Amazon. anyone else does.

They are starting to trust certain auHere Is An Overview Of The 3-Stag- thors more than others. And then finally, they are ready to make a es Of The Buying Cycle: decision and buy the book that they Stage #1. Brand And Problem believe can help them more than any other.

Awareness In this initial stage, the consumer might or might not even know about you or your book. They also might, or might not, be aware of a need or problem that they have. But in this stage, they are starting to realize that they have a need that they might want to fulfill, or get help with a problem. They might have even come across your website by chance, and now realize that they have an interest in what you are saying because you and your words have stirred something inside them.

Conclusion This entire buying cycle is about getting the book-buyer to trust you, and to make an emotional connection with you. Each stage of the cycle gives you an opportunity to make a great impression on the buyer. If you understand how this process works within the mind of the buyer, and you use each stage to your advantage, you will be in a much better position to sell more books.

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Tonia Shimin Mercury Press International 437 Reed Ct Goleta. CA 93117 Email: shimin@theaterdance.ucsb.edu Web: www.symeonshimin.com

“The Art of Symeon Shimin" presents a striking view of the life and art of this noted and award winning Russian born Jewish artist. Curated and edited by his daughter, the book includes essays, more than 100 plates and archival photographs and an autobiography. This is the first complete collection of Shimin's work that dramatically showcases art of rare beauty and raw expression.

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Larry Jorgensen GL Management LLC PO Box 633 Manura, LA 71350 Phone: 337-591-1937 E-Mail: glmanagement40@gmail.com Web: https://thecocacolatrail.com It's a travel adventure and it's history about the world's most famous product.

“The Coca-Cola Trail” takes the reader to places where Coca-Cola history was made, and reveals fascinating stories at each site. Learn why Coca-Cola was first bottled in an historic town in Mississippi, not in Atlanta. How the Coca-Cola “empire” developed as the result of a simple $1.00 transaction. Read about those pioneer bottlers who foresaw the opportunity and created for themselves and generations to follow, an important place in the Coca-Cola dream. Thirty chapters, over 200 pages including historic photos, make “The Coca-Cola Trail” an interesting visit.

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The Corona Virus has prompted most American believers to feel that God is telling humanity to change how it lives. But the author of this new book sees a much bigger message in the virus. He believes that it is the ego’s power that started it to discredit God and only the power of God can change our fate. Based on the author’s knowledge that he has experienced for fortyplus years. Amazing secret revealed. Results guaranteed. For your Free Report, send your e-mail today or write directly to the author.

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Robert Wahler Authorhouse 1738 Braddock Ct San Jose, CA 95125 Phone: 808-896-6203 E-Mail: judaswasjames@aol.com Web Site: http://Judaswasjames.com/

Bible scholars all got it wrong about the Gospel of Judas. JUDAS -- not Jesus -- is the enigmatic sacrificial "man who bears me" (they are, after all, biased Christians, not Gnostics). Christianity's 'Betrayal of Christ' narrative was a tendentious rewriting of the gnostic Nag Hammadi Apocalypses mastership succession story. NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award winner for non-fiction, 2018.

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Mary Virginia McCormick Pittman Xlibris 222 E. Houston St. Suite 1204 San Antonio, TX 78205 Phone 210-212-4500 E-Mail mvp.texas@yahoo.com

Is it animal magic? Or the unique DNA of the wolf? This book presents three incredible stories that will transport you into a world of canine courage, endurance, bravery, and fortitude, which can be called nothing less than miraculous. Beautifully illustrated.

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Cheryl Carpinello Silver Quill Press/Tales & Legends 4535 S Routt Street, Littleton, CO 80127 Phone: 303-979-2641 E-Mail: carpinello@mac.com Web: https://www.cherylcarpinello.com

A typical teenager, except… Rosa hears the dead. She also talks to the dead. A gift from her grandmother that alienates her from classmates.

No dates. No first kiss. But when a 3,000-year-old pharaoh summons her to solve a mystery in 1330 B.C. Egypt, not only is she falling in love, but she also has to stay alive to get back home. Thrilling time travel.

Gripping action. Unforgettable characters.

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Leadership training to improve performance in less time for any job, task, skill, or relationship. The 3 secret skills, a.k.a. “The Triad” teaches leaders, parents, teachers, coaches, managers, supervisors, directors a system of powerful intrinsic motives to satisfy the personal needs and values and goals of the people doing the work. Improve the quality of life for the performers and company, organization, or team leading to lifelong success and happiness.

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It tells the adventures that befall Miss Kitty (A Country Cat with an aristocratic attitude) in one 24 Hour period. It touches on the importance of manners, fairness, and cleanliness. She introduces you to a few of her dear woodland friends. Meet Petey Possum, Freddy Fox, plus many more of her sweet ,fun friends. She loves them all, even though a few can be quite annoying and mischievous. , Retail: $14.95, Sample: $14.95 ppd.

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Discover what it’s like to emigrate from Mexico to the United States based on one family’s account. This highly readable award-winning book tells the story about the shock of arriving in the U.S. for the first time in the 1920s including the cultural conflicts and other difficulties connected with raising children in a new society. You’ll learn about Mexican immigration to the U.S. and how the “Mexican” Gil children became Mexican American as told by one of them who recounts memorable experiences dating from the 1920s to the 1970s.

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My husband was Dale Robertson a very famous and talented actor who starred in many films. Mostly in the 1950’s. Also starred in Western Series during the golden era of the TV Western, one of the most popular genres ever produced for the small screen. One of the most popular was Tales of Wells Fargo that Dale starred in every episode. Starred in The Iron Horse, Death Valley Days. etc. New, updated edition.

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Dyanna Falconer rides the waves of life in Big Sur as the Essalen tribe mate of Steven Hawk, mother of Lily-Jade and author of film script "endless love" in volume VI of mystic adventures in Big Sur! John Soaring Meadow plays a sly role of devilish secrets and becomes the master of ceremonies at the grand finale of "The Arrangement". Don't miss this one, dive right in now and fly!

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Patrick King Page Publishing 1806 East 24th Street Muncie IN 47302 Phone ~ 321-663-7227 E-Mail qqdpkk9@att.net Web Site: sites.google.com

BOY INTERRUPTED is a gripping and potent detective novel depicting the tortured childhood and future psychotic break of little Kenny Hanson, a motherless boy raised by a pedophilial father. When Kenny's blood lust for revenge results in a shocking series of grisly murders that plagues the Hosier state for an entire year, local detectives and FBI agents come together to find, profile and bring the monster to justice.

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JA Commodore Page Publishing N54W35613 Hill Road Oconomowoc, WI 53066 Phone 262-434-0856 E-Mail: jacommodore@me.com

In September, 1989 a friend and client of lawyer John Castano, Dan Danfurth, dies in an accident. John meets with his widow and longtime friend, Elizabeth, at the cabin where the accident happened. But it doesn’t look like an accident. Soon after, things become dangerous. It’s obvious something sinister is going on. Castano is in over his head. He is dragging innocent people into this dangerous game, but he does not know what the game is.

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J Srewart Willis Amazon KDP 2600 Barracks Rd Apt.271 Charlottesville, VA 22901 Phone: 949-892-8099 E-Mail: stewandevelyn@aol.com Web: www.jstewartwillisbooks.com

A children's book author is found dead inside the front door of her home. There are a number of potential killers. Senior detective Drury Metzinger and ambitious young black detective Leslie Givens are on the case. Was there one killer or two, or was it the wind? Will we ever know?

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B.A.Vonsik Celestial Fury Publishing 5617 Rocking Horse Rd Orlando FL 32817 Phone 407-252-0341 E-Mail po@primevalorigins.com Web Site www.primevalorigins.com A multiple award-winning epic science fantasy saga of humanity, gods, and heavenly hosts on earth, giving rise to the Four Horsemen of prophecy. Experienced through the eyes of the young paleo-archeologist, Nikki, surviving an uncertain future while reliving the ancient undiscovered origins of man battling haughty gods, brutal beasts, and treacherous men of renown...answering the question, "What if all our myths and legends are true?" Books 1-3 available online everywhere.

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Enjoy an armchair adventure book following Savannah, a teenager, on her first international trip to Greece. As an athlete, Savannah enjoys, running, swimming, climbing, and many other athletic adventures.

Come along with Savannah as she runs on the original ancient Greek Olympic track in the world. Enjoy climbing Mount Olympus with her, along with swimming and learning to windsurf. See and read of the temples and cities of ancient Greece.

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A story of a family trip to Madagascar and Zimbabwe with beautiful photos and events along the way. This book captures the amazing animal encounters, birds, plants, chameleons, insects, and many other special animals. The family encounters some of the mysticism of Malagasy people, the history of the island, and at the same time, shares with readers the unparalleled wonder of one of the most unique places on the planet.

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And now comes the most important and final stage: publishing. When it 5. The Self-Publishing Guarantee comes to publishing, you have two options to choose from. You can Big publishers publish only those choose the traditional method or the books that they think will earn them modern one, which is self-publishing. a good deal of money. Actually, they To make the best choice, you may work mostly with successful authors. want to weigh the pros of each. With- On the other hand, self-publishing out further ado, let's take a look at 6 allows guaranteed publishing. There is nothing stopping you from making benefits of self-publishing. your book available to the world.

1. Better Creative Control Once your book is ready, you can First off, self-publishing gives you use an online publisher, such as Ambetter control over the whole pro- azon to publish your book. You don't cess of publishing. Generally, the need to ask for anyone's permission. process involves 4 stages: writing, reviewing/editing, design and the fi- 6. Reputation building nal stage called printing. You can hire a professional or carry out the Usually, popular retailers don't stock self-publishers with single book. If whole process yourself. you have the money to publish your first book yourself, you can build 2. Greater Financial Rewards your reputation as an author. In the In traditional publishing, you have to future, this will help you use the pay to the publisher as well. Howev- traditional publishing route as well. er, if you self-publish, you will get all of the money that comes from the Once you are done with the whole sale of your book. You can use the work yourself, you are ready to see money to meet your advertising ex- your book in the hands of your readers. You don't have to rely on others penses. to see your hard work in the form of a book that can truly benefit your 3. Pricing Control loyal readers. That's where self-pubAnother benefit is that you can de- lishing steps in. You should be proud, cide on the price of your book. Keep respect your creation and put it out in mind that if you set the price too there for the whole word to enjoy. low, it may be hard for you to recover your costs. However, the lower price So, these are a few prominent benewill attract a lot of readers which will fits of getting your book published yourself instead of using a traditional earn you a lot of loyal readers. publisher. Hope this helps.

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By Jake Olvido The succeeding article is about Cost efficient book marketing, Book Marketing Strategies, Inexpensive marketing techniques, Economical book marketing and many other useful tips about book marketing.

A recession-proof marketing strategy is characterized by the sustainability of the book marketing plan through these uncertain recession times and well into economic growth and betterment in the near future. The marketing strategy is not so much affected with the cumulative displacements of the predominantly difficult economic situation, as much as it adapts efficiently and functionally through it.

Maintain an effective yet inexpensive web presence. The Internet provides authors and publicists with plenty of cost saving marketing tools that are just as effective as offline book marketing campaigns. The online marketing techniques include advertising at free ad listing sites, blogging to genre relevant sites, registering at social networking sites, requesting and arranging for virtual book tours, uploading book "video-mercials" to video sharing sites, and sending online media releases.

Write and submit online articles with free reprint rights on a topic that is book genre relevant. This inexpensive marketing tool builds up, slowly but surely, an author's credibility and expertise of the given subject matter. It also provides the author with a web marketing presence that both online In simple terms, the marketing strate- researchers and book readers will apgy should be clear, feasible and practi- preciate. cal. Take a hint: a recession-proof book marketing strategy is something Market your books to non-traditional that is long lasting, something that will sources to get closer to your target transcend the ongoing recession. readers. Do a research on companies, Thus, a good book marketing strategy clubs, associations, organizations, also makes the book publicist work foundations and/or similar groups that are book genre specific and see if smarter, not more. there is a gold mine somewhere for Here are some recession-safe book marketing. It is recession safe bemarketing activities that are guaran- cause you don't have to spend a great teed to spare you from lots of promo- deal of money promoting; what mattional troubles caused by the far ters is for you to show to them the reaching consequences of the ongo- many benefits they will gain by purchasing your book. ing recession: Market the book's value rather than its price. In a time of economic recession, consumer spending behavior becomes prioritized and rather selective.

For this, convince your readers why they should care at all in being engaged with your product, and for this purpose, you have to be an effective marketer without sounding too commercial.

Value your customers as you do prospects. No favoritism here, treat them equally because you are about to establish a crucial mass readership that you can rely, and who may just purchase your succeeding works as well.

Send emails with book excerpts to your relatives, friends, acquaintances, school alumni, and neighbors who have email addresses. Never underestimate the power of email to generate word-of-mouth marketing-even from among those whom you are already familiar with. From a marketing context, they are your "loyal audience".

Follow it up by asking them to please send related emails to people they know who could also be interested in your book. You see, building a marketing pyramid-but without the fraud-can start in this precise manner.

Consign your book to relevant local shopkeepers and retailers. For a minimal consignment fee, your book is prominently displayed and instantly recognized. So you have a book about pet care? Your local pet shop is just around the corner. Have an illustrated book about flower varieties? The local florist may be more than willing to accommodate for a shelf display, a perfect compliment indeed for your book.

Promote your book to school libraries.

Regardless of your book genre, you can actually market to local or state level libraries, if you are able to determine which schools are regularly updating their catalogues with new book purchases and acquisitions. If there is favorable action to your proposal, offer a reciprocal arrangement for the book acquisition, like volunteering for free book reading sessions and creative writing discussions.

Be consistent with your marketing plan. To save precious time, money and effort, study what works for your book subject; know your target market well by determining what's important to them and what influences them to make a purchase. Learn the success factors of fellow authors and analyze the recessional marketing trends to establish a well researched marketing plan. Decide early on whether your manuscript is promising enough for publishing houses to consider or you would rather self publish. Also, don't do social networking publicity online unless you're really motivated to do it.

Don't do marketing stuff just because you think you're supposed to; you might end up wasting hard earned money and resources in this manner.

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How to Launch Your eBook Using Social Media

By Carolyn Cohn If you have been in business for any length of time at all, you probably have a large volume of content that you may use once and then forget about it. Of course, you can probably re-purpose the majority of your content (assuming that it is not time-sensitive). However, there is another way to leverage that fabulous content for everyone's benefit. You can turn some of your content into an eBook (or eBooks).

You also want the reviewers to give your eBook the maximum number of stars when they rate the book. It is all there on the page in Amazon when they write the review. Of course, that review then becomes a testimonial that you can use to promote your book further and to enhance your brand offerings.

Promoting your eBook means that you can take advantage of the large number of people who will be able to read your book online. eBooks are very easy for your readers to access and to review. It takes a minimum of effort and the entire process After you have taken a good look at the only takes a small amount of time. There content that you have in your repository, are several different ways that you can the next thing that you need to do is to promote your eBook through social media. choose all of the articles that are connected to each other. They should not all be on Put a retweet button in one of your chapthe same topic but they should be on ters: If a person likes your content, whethrelated topics. You will want to choose er it is in your eBook or in some other form between 20 and 30 articles to build your of content, he or she will be willing to eBook. Those articles are going to be the retweet it so that other people can take advantage of it as well. You can make it chapters in the book. very easy on the person by supplying As you have always done with your other them with a retweet button. One click and content, you will want to put a call-to-ac- off it goes! However, the placement of the tion in your eBook so that your readers button is important and you should be have a way to reach out to you and interact. strategic about where you place it. Again, the concept is making it as easy as possiThe promotion of your eBook will also be ble on the reader. done differently from how you would promote a paper book. Of course, everything will be done online and social media is the vehicle that will work the most effectively to get the word out about your book and to create a buzz that will get people talking.

Publishing and promoting an eBook is also a lot less expensive (in general) than a traditional book. Promotion is a lot more cumbersome with a traditional book than it is with an eBook as well.

Once you have written your eBook and you are ready to publish it, there are a few different ways that you can publish. Amazon is a wonderful, easy, and inexpensive way to go. As far as your price point is concerned, you will not be charging very much for your eBook so you have a good chance that a large number of people will be willing to buy it.

Build a special landing page for your eBook: You can have a landing page on your website that is exclusively for your eBook. It will be designed to make it extremely easy for your readers to go from there to share your information with other people. It should include a personal message from you. That message should include a request to the people whom you are addressing to help spread the word about your eBook. Of course, that page should include a share button, which will make it very simple for your readers.

Use a contest as a vehicle: You can create a contest and invite your readers to participate. A contest is generally a fun thing to get involved with. You probably will not have to twist most people's arms to be a part of it. This is part of creating a buzz for the launch of your eBook. Ask your readers to come up with a creative However, it isn't enough for people to just way to do that. The most creative, clever buy your book. You need people to review idea gets a prize. the eBook as well. Undoubtedly, you don't Make videos to promote your eBook: have total control over what those people Videos are a wonderful way to create buzz. write about your book but if you have published a top-quality book that helps Many people are visual so they respond other people, there is a good likelihood much more positively to videos than to the written word. that the reviews will be positive.

Also, there is a higher level of interaction with videos so people who watch them tend to feel that they are more involved with what you are doing and what you are trying to accomplish than they are with written words on a page (at least, that is true for some people).

Add buttons: When it comes to promoting your eBook, social share buttons are essential for your success. This goes back to the concept of making it as easy as possible on your readers. If the buttons are right in front of them, they will be inclined to click on them and share your content with other people if they think that what you have to say is worthy. eBooks are a wonderful way to get the most out of the content that you worked so long and hard to write. There are so many ways to promote your eBook through social media and, in many cases, your eBook is less about getting rich than it is about using your eBook as an extremely effective business card. You should start to create a buzz about your eBook way before it is out there. The entire process surrounding your eBook launch should be a part of your overall marketing strategy.

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Amazon Kindle Book Marketing Essentials

by Bill Platt Many authors/writers have discovered the power and potential of the Amazon Kindle marketplace for selling their books.

Must be logged into an Amazon Account; Title; Author (Pen Names are okay) Description; Categories; Keywords; Description; Image representing Book Cover; Book Manuscript; Prices; Choose optional Amazon promotional programs.

For eBooks priced from $0.99 to $2.98, and eBooks priced at $10.00 or more, Amazon pays 35% in royalties on all products sold. For eBooks priced between $2.99 and $9.99, Amazon pays Book Marketing Essentials royalties equal to 70% on all prodIn most cases, the primary marketucts sold. ing tools you need are six items: Without a doubt, some book auTitle that will catch the shopper's thors are making an absolute killing by self-publishing their books attention; Book Cover that assures the on Amazon. A good friend of mine shopper that this book will give is making half a million a year with them what they want; her books on the Kindle platform.

Category choices that will allow It is possible to make a nice living it to be found by its target audience; Keywords that could help people selling nonfiction on Amazon, but the people collecting the largest using the search function find the royalty checks are those who are book; Book Description that sells the writing fiction. book to the person looking at the book; Publishing Essentials A respectable and acceptable Amazon Kindle is an attractive Price. place to publish books, because absolutely anyone who is willing to Common Misconception About set up a Kindle Digital Publishing Book Marketing in General account can upload a manuscript and start selling their books within Many people believe that all they need to do is to create a book and 24 hours in most cases. upload it to Amazon, in order to Amazon is also the largest "buyer start making money. In part, this is search engine" on the Internet, true. meaning that the people using Amazon's search tool are looking for Once the book is uploaded and approved by Amazon, then you products to purchase. can start making sales.

When you load your book to the Amazon website, there are a few However, your book marketing eskey pieces of information you will sentials need to be solid, in order need to include with your book up- for you to actually find buyers. load:

You must have an interesting book title.

You must have a book cover that appeals to the reader. The big thing here is that you want your book cover to look like it was professionally designed, rather than designed by your junior high school child or grandchild.

Most important, you must have a compelling book description. The title and cover will get people to open your sales page, but it is your description that will sell the book for you.

It is sad, but most self-published authors will spend several months writing their book and less than ten minutes crafting their book description. Yet, future buyers are looking to the book description to convince them whether they should or should not purchase your book.

If the description stinks, then sales will stink too.

If you construct a compelling description, you could very well find your book on the best sellers list.

Reality Check About Selling Books on Amazon People tell me all the time that they don't need to worry about marketing their books, because Amazon will do all of their marketing for them.

Here is what you need to understand about Amazon marketing your books for you.

Yes, Amazon wants to sell more products, so they will tell their customers about your books.

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But here is the thing... Amazon's internal marketing machine is completely driven by computer algorithm. An algorithm is a computer program that seeks out products to share with their customers.

You can advertise your book for free in a number of Facebook groups, on Twitter, or on your own blog. You don't have a blog? Why not?

Amazon isn't going to push a product that has only sold ten copies in the last month. Instead, it is going to push products that are currently selling hundreds of units a day, because they are trying to maximize the number of products they can sell. They are not going to promote a product that has lukewarm sales.

As a self-published book author, you are not only your own publisher, but you are also your own marketing team.

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All you really need to do is to grease the wheels, so that Amazon's internal sales algorithm can find your book and tell their customers about it.

If you want to sell lots of books Once Amazon has found your on Amazon, you should refrain book, then Amazon will do all of from burying your head in the your book marketing for you. sand.

In order to get Amazon to market your books for you, you have to help your book by getting its sales started on good footing.

You can of course try the marketing approach that most authors take -- upload and pray.

Or, you can invest a little time or money to get your sales rolling, so that the Amazon sales algorithm can find your book and promote it to their customers.

Until you can get your sales moving forward, the only hope that your book will have for good sales is one -- pray hard.

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Both teleseminars and webinars the phone bill. have their good points. It is imTeleseminars are relatively easy portant to think ahead to possito plan and to execute. The preble problems that could arise Why Choose a Webinar? sentation involves listening and with connectivity as this is a very not seeing. For this reason all real concern for both.

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By Sophfronia Scott have the article appear before or How do you get your book noticed, just as your book is published. let alone reviewed, when it is just one among stacks of books in an 2. Find out what the editors need. editor's office? Here are a few tips to help you map out a winning strate- When you have chosen the magazines, buy them and read them. Do gy... they have a certain writing style?

What kinds of articles appear in the In one of my past magazine jobs my magazine again and again? If you office was next to that of the book can, write, email or call the features editor. He would get boxes and boxeditor and find out what kinds of es of books daily. There was a sepastories the magazine is looking for. rate room devoted to storing these You'll have more success if you can books, but that still didn't keep them fill the editorial holes the magazine from piling up in his office. Whenever he returned from vacation he is already working on. practically had to use a bulldozer to 3. Let an editor know what you have get his door open! to offer.

You see the problem, right? How do you get your book noticed, let alone Start sending query letters to get reviewed, when it is just one among article assignments. If you have a stacks of books in an editor's office? particular expertise, you can let an Here are a few tips to help you map editor know that you're available for interviews if they ever need an exout a winning strategy. pert on a particular subject. Often an editor will assign a story to a 1. Determine which magazines are writer and give them a few possible the best for reaching your target interviewees to help them get started. I contacted editors at Essence a market. full year before my book came out to As you plan to market your book, let them know that I was working as decide first who your ideal reader is. a personal and career coach. Within Is it a 35- year-old urban profession- a few weeks I began getting calls al man? Is it a stay-at-home mom from reporters to interview me for who lives in the Midwest? Is it fe- working mom stories for Essence. male college graduates who also happen to be sports fanatics? Once 4. Mention your book or get it menyou decide who you're targeting, tioned. ask yourself: What magazines does my ideal reader read? Those will be When your article gets published, the magazines you'll focus on. That make sure you get the little italicized way, you won't waste time and mon- blurb at the end that says that you ey pursuing dozens of magazines are "a writer whose next book, The which, even if they did review your Best Book in the World, will be pubbook, wouldn't give you much in lished this month by Big Press, Inc." terms of gaining readership. With You get the idea. If you are being my novel we focused on magazines interviewed for an article, chances with large female audiences. Ideally are they won't have room to mention you should be doing this a few your book but you should still tell the months before your book comes out reporter about it anyway. You can even ask them to put it in their notes.

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As the story gets discussed in meetings, someone might say "Did you know she also wrote a book?" This builds awareness.

5. Check in with your contacts, but don't pester them.

Once your book is sent out for review, you can call or email to make sure that the editor got the book, but leave it at that. You've done all you can. I've never met the book editor at Essence, but when I heard that he was aware of my novel I was totally psyched. I kept my fingers crossed after that. One last note: Some magazines and newspapers don't review self published books.

Find out beforehand so you can make your efforts elsewhere if that's necessary.

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