You know you want to write a book. I can help.
Another reason (and, to contradict what I said above, even less of a business book) is Dr. Seuss’ unknown classic I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew
At the other end of the spectrum, I own 3/4 of Donald Knuth’s indispensable The Art of Computer Programming
… more … “The Difference Between Price and Value and Why it Has Nothing to Do with Your Book”
Another reason to make both versions available at the same time is to avoid alienating your fans.
“What? No print version?”
“What? No digital version?”
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Whichever you publish first, someone will feel left out. Don’t miss an opportunity for a sale because you weren’t ready when your fan was ready.
Multi-format sales are slowly bleeding into Amazon. … more … “Launch Print and Digital Versions Simultaneously for Better Sales”
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Most of you don’t know how marketing should be done.
It’s not your fault. You’ve seen it done wrong your whole life (especially if you’re my age and grew up in front of a television.)
We confused the possible correlation between Coke ads on TV and the Coke in our fridge with a causation: ad => purchase.
If you intend to sell books, you’re going to do marketing.
In order to succeed, you have to do marketing right.
Nobody knows marketing like Seth does. Nobody.
He’s doing his second online Skillshare marketing class soon. Read about it at his website or at Skillshare.
For $16 you can get a million dollars’ worth of knowledge. Learn at your own pace. Soak in it.
I’ve studied humanistic marketing methods extensively during the past decade. What I’ve learned changed my life, not just my business.
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In 2006 the company I worked for shut down, just as my Best Beloved came home from 4 months in the hospital after a near-death experience. After struggling for 4 years we gave up the home we were renting in order to house-sit, in part because we could no longer afford to pay rent and utilities. From that poverty, we’ve come to making a decent living in 2013. I’ll define “decent living” — we pay all our bills on time these days, we’re celebrating our 10th anniversary with a loooong weekend in a bed and breakfast on the coast of Lake Michigan, and we’re planning a 3-month trip to Ireland some time in the next 18 months.
We don’t live an extravagant lifestyle, but we’re no longer poor, even by my humble standards.
Here’s what I haven’t done yet: applied that marketing expertise to selling my own books.
Most authors think marketing is a scary deep dark hole. I think it’s filled with rainbows and possibly unicorns, so I’m writing a book to see if you can learn to be as goofy about it as I am.
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You’ll be disappointed to find that Commonsense Zero-Cost DIY Marketing for Authors will not be a step by step marketing guide. Like all my books it’s a why to rather than a how to.
But it will include lots of information like
A new question is coming up with some regularity.
“Why wouldn’t a confident marketing expert promote my book for a portion of the profit instead of charging me up front?”
Here’s why.
… more … “Would You Like Someone to Sell Your Books for You?”
Cheryl Campbell
Continuing our conversation with author Cheryl Campbell
Hope you had a great weekend. It’s Monday and I’m armed with more questions, of course!
I got the book up on Amazon this weekend. That happened faster than I thought it would so that was exciting. I’m still working on the CreateSpace piece for printing, but I should have the proof review and all that done by the end of this week.
So my question…rather questions, are around taking the book to local brick and mortar stores. I can’t imagine just walking in with a handful of books and saying “Hi, I wrote this. Will you display and sell it for me?” is the way to go.
What do I need to bring with me when approaching a book store? A printed synopsis, flyers, something else?
I’m guessing I would talk to a manager?
Do I call ahead to speak with said manager before showing up?
Really quite clueless on this part. Figured I’d start asking now before I started this piece of the process.
Thanks!
Cheryl
Authors tell me they don’t want to learn marketing, find an editor, arrange a cover design, fuss with technology.
“I just want to write!” they cry.
That’s what a blog is for.
… more … “But I Just Want to Write”
A longer diatribe about marketing your self-published book. This is a year-long class, which I’d be glad to give if y’all are interested.
Publishing is in the greatest upheaval since Gutenberg. Supporters of traditional publishing will tell you it’s the only choice, or you’re not a real author.
I’ll take the opposing view: the only rational choice, from both the artistic and commercial perspectives, is to pick yourself, own the process, and reap the rewards. Here’s why:
… more … “Marketing Your Books in the New Age of Publishing”
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