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Accelerated Book Marketing - the fastest way to get your books to your readers

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This is a common sense approach to promoting your book--"putting your book where your customers are already searching for answers." Then Ms. Thornton gives us the tools to do exactly that! I found myself underlining, underlining, underlining--there is so much great (and practical) advice on every page! I recently took a workshop to help us increase our presence on the Web which was five times the cost of this book, and I found the information in this book actually superior to the information I gleaned from the workshop. Highly Recommended!

I was so glad to receive this book in the mail from one of my other author friends who recommended it. Associative book marketing makes a ton of sense! Sell your books where your customers are looking. Wow - simple to say, simple to grasp and best of all, simple to do. I got this book when it was purple and gold, it has obviously been updated with this new cover. I like it too. Since I'm certain there is new information behind that new cover, I'm gonna have to get the second edition as well. This was a very useful book and I highly recommend it to anyone who has published or is working on publishing a book. It will make a big difference to you and your book's success.

I've had 30 books published over the past 25 years by numerous publishers (see www.boomerbookseries or Amazon.com or Amazon Kindle or Google Othniel Seiden) and with all my experience this book has taught me lots of new tricks of the trade I intend using from now on. I've learned through the years that though my publishers have always promoted my books and me the best promotion comes form my own efforts. This book has given me GREAT new ideas and ammunition to get that job done.
Othniel Seiden

Most authors know they need to get name recognition to get their book out there. However, until they've succeeded, no one is searching for their name as a means to find the book. This book addresses how to get your book found based on its topic, not the author. It is a fresh and very logical and straightforward way to boost book sales.

You'll get name recognition once the book has been read by a few people - not before. Tap into this approach and make that happen virtually seamlessly.

Advanced Book Marketing is a revolutionary approach to book marketing. Read the reviews on its paper back version ISBN: 0982083866 to hear more opinions about the true value of this book, to both the seasoned author and the first time author.

We published this book marketing reference because it was written by a publisher who is also an author, as opposed to many books about book marketing written by an author who had a blast success with just one book (usually those tips and tricks can not be repeated). But this book is written by someone who had to have their book marketing techniques work or they were out of business! Approaching the whole system with a fresh perspective, this book marketing technique is full of examples, ideas and resources that authors can tap into both BEFORE their book is released and of course, AFTER their book is released. Unlike most other books on the subject, these techniques work whether your book is self-published, commercially published, print-on-demand published or e-published!

This book is loaded with misinformation. The good parts are basic Internet marketing 101 stuff. The quality of the book is cheap. It's of POD quality. The cover is extremely cheap cardstock. The book is very short.

Now, to the misinformation. She claims that you should price your book according to the value of the information. Unfortunately, this does not work with book marketing. It certainly is true with other information products, but not books. The $24.95 list price of this book is ridiculous. That is the price of a hard cover with at least twice the number of pages. The marketplace dictates the price they are willing to pay for a certain book.

She sells the book under the amazon marketplace new/used books, which is a really outdated way to do it. She makes less money than if she'd sell it POD through lightning source or POD printer. And the buyer has to pay $4.00 extra for shipping from Amazon, since it can't be included in the free super shipping program.

There are a few gems in the book, but there is so much misinformation and outdated information that it's not worth it. Her "revelation" about search marketing is basic information. Obviously, no one will search for an author or title they are unaware of. Common sense dictates that you use keywords of the topic or category, NOT the author/title name.

Sorry to be so harsh, but someone needed to offset 100% 5 star reviews with a reality check about the actual quality of the book. I took a chance, and wish I wouldn't have. I contacted the author/publisher yesterday and it's almost the end of the next day and I havn't heard back about return. Hopefully, my review will help someone else avoid the same mistake. (It took a few weeks but I did get a refund, including shipping costs both ways)

There are several other excellent books on self-publishing by people actually experienced, seasoned veterans of self-publishing. I would recommend The Well-Fed Publisher and Aiming At Amazon. Both those were written by successfull self-publishers.