According to a recent report from Vocus, three in five of Google+’s 135 million active users log in every day. Or, as one 2013 Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit speaker said, “Google’s not going to let Google+ die.” Author marketing with Google+
Create Readers AND Stories with Book Crossing
On the heels of a blog post I wrote about asking folks “What Are You Reading?” we received some really excellent comments about how authors, publicists and publishers are sharing and starting conversations about their books. That reminded me of
Creative Author Marketing: Beyond the Bookstore
Reader Flora Morris Brown offered up a cool infographic (below) from her own site at coloryourlifepublished.com. A fun way to continue the author marketing brainstorm on ways we can market our work beyond the book store. Says Flora, “Indie publishers
Book Markets Continue to Grow!
Some fun and interesting publishing insights today on both the ebook and traditional print book markets: Bowker recently released its 2013 U.S. Book Consumer Demographics and Buying Behaviors Annual Review. The full report is $799, but their free preview is available
Book Marketing 101 From An Author’s POV
Thanks to author and columnist Ken Burger for this guest post! Graphic courtesy freedigitalphotos.net I’ve written and published three novels over the past five years and have learned one sure-fire, no-lie, absolute thing about marketing books. It ain’t easy. I’m
How to Find the Best Book Reviewers
As promised back on our May 1, 2013 launch of the Winner Circle, we’d be offering up quarterly updates to our online interactive Directory of Book Reviewers. Today’s the day! Volume 2, Fall 2013 is now live and online, and
Out of the Box Book Marketing Ideas
When each of us sets out to write a book, we have an audience in mind. In the end, marketing our book is all about finding that audience. Here’s how a few of our folks have been finding theirs: Charity