By: Sabrina
Marketing is a crucial part of book publishing. If no one
knows your book is out there, how can you expect people to read it?
With that in mind, here’s a compilation of tips and tools
that can help you with your book promotion efforts.
Book Promotional Tools
BookPromotion.com stresses four components of a book
marketing plan: promotional tools, groups, street teams, and blog tours. Tools
include free and paid options, such as AuthorMarketingTools.com and
BookBlow.com, you can find groups on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google, street
teams are comprised of your raving fans, and blog tours are lots of work but worth
it.
BookBub also shares some helpful promotional tools,
such as Canva, to
create ads and social media images, Pay with a Tweet, to encourage
word-of-mouth marketing, and HARO, for interview opportunities.
BookMachine also shared insights on a survey that
found the best book promotional surveys. Best services included BookBub,
KindeBookPromotions, Ereadersnewstoday, Kindlenationdaiily.com, and
Bargainbooksy.com.
Kate Tilton also shares a list of sites to promote
free books.
If self-promotion sounds icky to you, then Publisher Weekly‘s list of ways to promote yourself should
help. Ideas include weekly Twitter chats, meetup groups, and contacting your
alma mater.
And if you’re feeling blocked, The Book Designer shares some tips for how to overcome
it.
Social Media Marketing
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