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Monday, December 19, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
Essential tasks when self-publishing your book
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Self publishing has always formed a small fraction of the publishing industry. Nowadays, advances in publishing technology have allowed that percentage to grow. Desktop publishing, Print On Demand publishing, and the development of xerographic printing have all contributed to the industry in a way that makes self publishing your book more promising.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Generate Ideas to Write a Novel
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You want to write a novel. Then, when you sit to write it, the ideas seem to have disappeared. You have writer's block before you've typed a word.
How do you generate ideas to write a book, especially when the 'ideas well' has run dry?
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Friday, December 9, 2011
Why Choose Self-publishing - Publishing - Writing
Beyond the control issue, there are other reasons a writer will choose to self-publish a book:• Lower publishing cost.
• To maximize the earnings the book brings in. (Self-published authors can earn up to 70% of sales of books but only make 10-15% when they are contracted to publishers.)
• The writer loves the publishing business, and wants to be involved in every aspect of getting their book into the market.
• To maintain direct control of the customer list.
• To market to a small, specific demographic of readers, to whom the writer has direct access.
• Simple preference, to publish one's work by oneself.
Why Choose Self-publishing - Publishing - Writing
Monday, December 5, 2011
New Medical Fiction Confronts Today's System "Vade Mecum"
Vade Mecum is a hugely relevant novel about wrongfully performed medical treatments and their legal implications.
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
Companions For Life by Author Kim Lewis
Companions For Life is all about the health and well-being of our beloved canines and to educate all dog owners the potential dangers of commercial pet food. There is informative information relating to puppy farms and backyard breeders that all potential pet owners should know before buying their next pet from a pet shop that supports puppy farms and backyard breeders.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
"Assassins of Truth" Announced; New Book Explores Two of Humanity's Greatest Adversaries
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Monday, November 28, 2011
How to Go About Promoting Your Book
Ask your friends and family who can help to promote your book by using their blogs and websites to spread the word. How to Go About Promoting Your Book
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Why Choose Self-Publishing?
Beyond the control issue, there are other reasons a writer will choose to self-publish a book.
Why Choose Self-Publishing?
Why Choose Self-Publishing?
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Hollywood Teen Movies 80 From The 80s
This book features a brief history of teen movies throughout the decades from the 1940s to the new millennium but shifts focus to take you on an informative journey through the 1980s - the decade that teen movies were not only most prevalent but possibly reached a peak in terms of quality and popularity.
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Friday, September 23, 2011
How to Sell Your Book in Book Stores
Unless your book is being sold by a major publisher, there
is a slim chance you will get your book onto the shelves of a major chain. Some
major chains also ask for your marketing plan to sell your book. A marketing
plan will detail how you will promote your book, stated as actions, financial
commitment, and time commitment. For big chains like Borders to sell your book,
you need a sales history of previous books.
Your best option as a new writer is to ask local,
independent book sellers to sell your book. List down independent bookstores
around your area, and pop them a visit instead of just calling. Even then,
don't have high expectation that bookstores will automatically want to promote
your book purely because it has been published. The initial contact is
important, dress nice to impress, and always be humble as a self promoter.
Offer to sell ten or twenty copies of your book to a few
local book stores, then check back in a week or two to see how many of them
have been sold. Remember to set a lowest amount you are willing to take for
your books, being said and done- the bookshops are there to run a profitable
business. At the end of the day, if the store was able to sell your book, they
might want to buy more copies. If not, you can always try another store.
Another tip is that bookstores will also respond to customer
requests. If you have Print On Demand on your side, and perhaps if you could
rally a group of your personal readers to order your book from a bookstore, the
store is more likely to take notice of your title when you give them that
visit.
Once your book has a bit of sales history and you are able
to develop a marketing plan, then the time has come for the next step - to
approach the larger chains!
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http://www.Bookpal.com.au/ is helping self publishers all
around the world to successfully self publish and market their books with cost
effective solutions to create bestsellers. Get your free ebook on self
publishing or request a free consultation today valued at $150 at www.publishmenow.com.au
Terence Tam is the founder of BookPal, he previously spent 6
years as an academic and was a contributing author for several academic books.
Frustrated with the level of service he was getting with traditional
publishers, he set up his own self publishing company to help other authors
publish and market books with cost effective yet efficient solutions.
Friday, May 6, 2011
How To Sell Your Book
Your book is being published, and hitting the market. With all the thousands of books available, you need to master how to sell your book. There are several tricks of the trade you can use to sell your book more successfully.Get a literary agent. Having a representative talking about your book is the best way to get it into the hands of an editor.
- Trust your book publisher to know the market and where your book might be more successful. But don't put them completely in charge. The best way to sell your book is to promote it yourself even to your publisher. Make sure it ends up in your favorite book store.
- Make sure, too, that you have plenty of copies for yourself. You can do a lot of things with them to sell your book.
- Give away a few copies. Word of mouth is the best advertising. If you can get people talking positively about your book, you can sell your book.
- Send a few copies to your college or university magazine, with an announcement you've been published. It is free publicity for your work, and colleges enjoy telling success stories about their alumni.
- Tell everyone you know that you've had a book published! The easiest way to sell your book is to sell it to friends, family, and colleagues. They will be the first to support and encourage you, and to tell their friends to do the same.
- Never lose an opportunity to promote your book. A conversation on the bus can lead to an opportunity to sell your book. Commit to your work with pride.
- Many online retailers such as Amazon have made it a fairly easy process for anyone who has published a book to sell it on their site. The process of actually selling your book on their site may vary, but the first step is usually the application process. You'll submit titles to your books and possibly even a little bit about your book. Once your title has been approved, that means that technically your book can be sold. Payments are usually made at the end of each month on books that have been sold the previous month, and are paid by electronic transfer.
- The powerful way to promote a book online is social bookmarking. With more than 100 million computers sold this year, social bookmarking will allow you reach more of these people who are logging onto the internet, searching for you.
(c) 2011 Bookpal Australia Pty Ltd - All Rights Reserved Worldwide
http://www.bookpal.com.au is helping self publishers all around the world to successfully self publish and market their books with cost effective solutions to create bestsellers. The website offers a free book for budding self publishers, and many other free resources.Terence Tam is the founder of BookPal, he previously spent 6 years as an academic and was a contributing author for several academic books. Frustrated with the level of service he was getting with traditional publishers, he set up his own self publishing company to help other authors publish and market books with cost effective yet efficient solutions.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Build A Website To Promote Your Book
A website is an effective way for book marketing. You can locate and share your book from any computer in the world, and even sell your book online from your website. Building a website to promote your book is relatively easy and simple.Building a website. You can start with one of the free web-hosting providers, like Geocities, which will give you a step by step process to get your website up and running.
Hosting site and domain name. Once you are familiar with web design basics, you may want to use a paid hosting site, and purchase your own domain name. You may hire a professional to set up your website.
Research. Once you have your website, using it to promote your book will take craft, and some research. Take time to research content that are interesting and related to your book's topic.
Feature your book prominently! First, make sure your book is easy to find on your website. You can't promote your book if your visitors can't find it! It is important to tell people too where they can buy your book aside from your website.
Post book excerpts. Uploading a picture of the book's cover will help, and perhaps excerpts that will make them want to view the entire manuscript. Do not forget to publish samples from your book!
Add a blog page. You must also consider what will bring people to view your site, when it isn't specifically what they're looking for. You can have a page dedicated in providing informative materials or tips that your visitors may benefit. You can post recent news and upcoming events. Share photos and links related to your book.
Check out other websites. To promote your book, try to pretend you are looking for exactly the information contained in your book. Run web searches, trying to find answers, and see what keywords guide you to sites like the one you are building. Examining these sites will help you generate content for your own website that will bring you increased traffic and promote your book more effectively.
Contact us page. Visibility is one goal; feedback is the other. You can also add a message board. Make sure your website has a comment page, and/or an email link so your visitors can contact you with questions.
FAQ page for your visitors. You can even generate a FAQ page on your website, to increase traffic and involvement in your material. Publishers appreciate attentive writers who are in dialogue with their readers.
About the author page. Tell your potential readers a bit about yourself. The more interesting your life story, the higher is the chances of getting a buzz about your book. Put yourself on your potential reader's shoes and ask yourself what's with a person's story that would make you buy his book.
Add mailing list. Why is it essential? This will help you reach your readers anytime for news, updates and even promote your next published book!
2011 Bookpal Australia Pty Ltd - All Rights Reserved Worldwide
BookPal is helping self publishers all around the world to successfully self publish and market their books with cost effective solutions to create bestsellers. The website offers a free book for budding self publishers, and many other free resources.
Terence Tam is the founder of BookPal, he previously spent 6 years as an academic and was a contributing author for several academic books. Frustrated with the level of service he was getting with traditional publishers, he set up his own self publishing company to help other authors publish and market books with cost effective yet efficient solutions.
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