Comments on: How I Promoted My Book

By: Julie Ann Brown

Julie Ann Brown — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:17:20 +0000

Thank you for your lovely suggestions. I will use many of them when I lecture on this topic to my Santa Barbara City College Marketing students in the Fall!

By: David Louis Edelman

David Louis Edelman — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:05:56 +0000

Thanks, Connie. Wow, it never occurred to me that I might pull in some new readers by listing my book promotional efforts on my blog…

By: Connie

Connie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:26:02 +0000

Super good advice…wait, let me re-phrase that…super good FREE advice! Gosh, I wish all published authors would do something like this! I’m not even a SF fan (no offense) but whatever one’s genre you’ve laid out the basic foundation of what to do in book promotions – - its all there!

Also – and here’s a really interesting caveat (one I didn’t expect when I started my ‘book promotions’ Google search)…I kinda want to read Infoquake! Gulp!!! No, seriously – I really do. And I don’t like SF! So Congratulations – - you’ve done a GREAT job! Free community advice…SEO at its simplistic best…promoting your book…Genius

By: Cliff Ball

Cliff Ball — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:00:54 +0000

These websites showing where you can promote your novels are really helpful. I’ve done a lot of promotion on Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon, my own website, etc, but some of the ideas you presented I’ve never even thought of. I hate promoting myself and my novels, but if I don’t do it, who will? Thank for the great ideas!

Author of “Don’t Mess With Earth” and “Out of Time”

By: pamela cotton

pamela cotton — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:44:42 +0000

very helpful information…i’m still making efforts to get my book out there…help
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By: Archie J Smalls

Archie J Smalls — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:10:18 +0000

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By: Roland Hughes

Roland Hughes — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:17:20 +0000

I must say it was enjoyable reading this page. I’ve been a self published author for many years…after making the mistake of writing for a publisher…never do that again. Normally I write geek books which have a very specific target market. Some of your fans might even be readers of “The Minimum You Need to Know” book series. (http://www.theminimumyouneedtoknow.com)

I’ve recently just written my first novel. I didn’t set out to write a novel, but I have written one anyway. It’s all the fault of an interviewer for one of the book review services I used for my geek books. The guy asked me where I thought the IT industry would be in 5 years and I said it was going to be the basis for the next nuclear war. Needless to say, there wasn’t enough time and space in the interview to expand upon that thought, so, there is now a novel which tells the story of how it is going to come about. Since the world is trying to be greener, I released the novel in eBook format first, and won’t print it until the eBooks sell over 100,000 copies. Given there are EPUB, Sony, or Palm compatible eBook readers and this novel is general interest, I think it is fair to let that group of people decide which novels get to slaughter trees.

The single best thing I have found for book promotion is the bundled Book Review and posting packages some places have. They have someone write a professional review of your book, then post it on 10-200 “high traffic” book review sites. Many authors make the mistake of seeing price tags of around $500-1200 for each of these review services and try to use them one at a time. Quite honestly, they wasted their money when they did that. You need at least 3, but prefferably 5 of them to release their reviews all in the same two week period. This creates a “buz” as far as the search engines are concerned and it gets people talking since not all of them visit the same book review sites. We shall see just how well it works with the release of “Infinite Exposure”. http://www.infiniteexposure.net. As I’ve said, I’ve never stepped into the “general” market before.

By: Bobbi Miller-Moro

Bobbi Miller-Moro — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:02:39 +0000

I loved this article, I had to laugh. Being in marketing and promotions of my indie film company–I have experienced doing these type of things, but when I wrote my first book…lol, well, my efforts are starting out to be about the same as yours. Thankfully I already had the infrastructure…so we’ll see.

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Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:28:16 +0000

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By: Nicole Yoder

Nicole Yoder — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:51:39 +0000

Thank you so much for writing this post! I’ve read countless articles about book promotions, but none showed real, honest results about which tactics are truly worth the effort. I’m inspired by your enthusiasm and dedication. And yes, I have noticed that the sugar cereal is always part of the healthier breakfast items. That made me laugh so hard I nearly snorted pinkish Lucky Charms milk out of my right nostril. Thankfully I was able to stop just in time to keep from ruining the magical deliciousness. Thanks again! You’re the best.