I've got my first book out there. Now I need to market it. What suggestions do you have? I've got it out on a few friend's blogs, on Amazon, and will have it in a newsletter in a couple of days. But what else is out there that I don't know about which I'm sure is a lot?
Are you going to do a book signing and a reading at your local library? One man donated his book to the local library, and many kids do check it out. He also had a book signing, which gave people another chance to buy his book at the library. Some local writers in the community also have book signings at Barnes and Noble. This may not bring national or international success, but it does help with jump starting book sales.
Thanks. That is an idea. My husband just talked to the local bookstore about it and we are going to show him a copy today. I'm hoping that will help. I'll see about neighboring towns, too.
Really appreciate your suggestion.
I am hoping for you. Keep us posted about how it goes.
Ask your publisher to create a sale sheet (or do it yourself)The sheet will have an image of the book cover, a synopsis, ordering info and your own contact info.
Send the sheet out to as many bookstores as you can afford stamps. Also, visit area bookshops and hand deliver samples of the book and the sale sheet. Tell them you are available for book signings - although in the big sceme of things booksignings do more for your ego than they do book sales.
Talk it up on social websites, forums and your own email list. Ask people to write reviews on amazon.com, and get the local paper to review it and write an article about you as a local author.
Write and distribute press releases.
Create a blog and/or website.
Send review copies to magazines and newspapers, TV and radio shows that do book author interviews (Hey, I haven't done that one yet!)
I worked in an independent bookstore located in a mall for a couple of years, and every so often someone who had self-published a book would come in and ask if they could set out some of their books and do a signing. I never saw the owners refuse, but again, it was independently owned. Since your book has a Christian theme maybe you could approach some of the Christian bookstores where you live about doing that?
Also, maybe networking with some churches and clergy and doing some public speaking wouldn't hurt. And a press release--You could set up a speaking engagement at a local church on a related topic and issue a press release for the religion section of your local newspaper. Include a link to the book and take lots of copies of the book (to sell and autograph) when you speak.
Good luck! It's awesome that you wrote a book!
Thanks for the great suggestions! I'm hoping to have a website up soon about it especially since it is the beginning of a series.
These are great! I'll start work immediately.
I really appreciate everyone's help and support.
by Louise Barraco 8 years ago
I am looking for suggestions is signing up for google analytics a good idea?This is for when you have an adsense account.
by Matthew Dawson 11 years ago
Can anyone give suggestions on marketing self-published booksWith technology the way it is can anyone give advice on how to successfully market a self published book or find affordable marketers to endorse the book?
Copyright © 2024 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2024 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |