Hiring a Book Marketing Agency? Ask These 5 Questions First
What to Ask Before Hiring a Book Publicist Whether you’re an indie author or New York Times bestselling name, hiring a book publicity firm is smart. A professional book promotion service offers resources and knowledge to publicize you and your work — and maximize sales. However, not all book publicists are created equal. You want […]
4 Great Ways to Promote Your Children’s Book
Children’s book marketing presents many unique opportunities when it comes to promotion. Once you’ve written and published your children’s book, it’s time to get underway immediately. With some events, it’s great to meet kids and introduce your book in person. But it’s also essential to keep in mind that children’s book publicity differs from other […]
Book Design: 7 Tips to Find the Right Designer
by Tamara Dever and Erin Stark Excellent book design is crucial to each title’s success. But often, authors ask why they need to hire professional book designers to handle the task. If you’re mulling it over right now, read on for insight from expert designers about what they bring to the process. First off, in […]
15 Frequently Asked Questions About Book Marketing & Publicity
Learn More About the Role of PR in Book Marketing Book marketing and publicity are essential if you’ve recently written or published a book. Given the competition in the marketplace today, you need a well-planned PR campaign to help target readers find out about your book. Most often, a traditional media relations campaign combined with […]
Author Promotion in Book Marketing: A Key Publicity Technique
If you’ve recently published a book, then you may have searched the web looking for publicity services. Author promotion in book marketing is one of the core services along with media outreach, special events, author branding, and more. Creating a distinctive cover and generating book reviews are positive strategies and all play roles in marketing […]
Online Book Promotion Opportunities for Success
The Top 3 Online Book Promotion Tools Successfully promoting your book online is crucial whether you’re a self-published indie author or a NY Times bestseller. Effective online book promotion helps get your book in the hands (or onto the screens) of readers. With hundreds of thousands of books published every year in the United States […]
Author Website Content: Here is What You Must Include
The Essential Content for Author Websites By Sandra Poirier Smith, president of Smith Publicity In today’s book publicity landscape, having the right author website content is a requirement for success. As book marketers, we see massive value in an author’s website and blog. The site serves as a hub of information for media, reviewers, and […]
Book Promotion at Its Best
5 Powerful Ways to Promote Your Book Book promotion might feel to some authors like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. Let’s review five unique and powerful ways to promote your book. 1) Online Advertising: AdWords (paying to appear in the Google search results) can be useful in getting attention for your […]
Infographic: Online Book Marketing vs Traditional Book Marketing
Having trouble deciding whether or not you should market your book online or through traditional methods? Luckily for you, we put together this reference guide which examines differences so you can make the best decision when it comes to marketing your book. Digital and Traditional Book Marketing Work Together Gone are the days when you […]
Book Marketing Scam Artists Want YOU | The Song Remains the Same…Authors
It’s really starting to get old. I feel like I’ve been fighting low-life book publicity bottom-dwelling scam artists forever. Of course, there is the infamous Mike Albee, the King of Fake, who started not one, not two, but at least three bogus book marketing agencies, bilking authors out of thousands and thousands of dollars. This […]