A Simple Guide to Marketing Your Book: What an Author and Publisher Can Do to Sell More Books (Paperback)

by Mark Ortman (Author) "Book Marketing is the task of identifying who would find value in reviewing, reselling and buying your book..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

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This book is 100% meat and potatoes. Jam packed full of valuable information that will help you sell more books. -- Bobbie Hurst, Book Publicist

This powerful volume packs temendous punch page after page. -- Mary Westheimer, President BookZone

This refreshingly succinct handbook is the easiest way to organize your book marketing campaign. -- Jerrold Jenkins, President, Jenkins Group

Product Description
A concise step-by-step guide to marketing your book. Complete with all the resources and references you need, including: defining and locating your target audience, the best places to distribute your book and creating a demand using publicity and promotion. Includes a section on the Internet.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Wise Owl Books & Music (October 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963469940
• ISBN-13: 978-0963469946
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #227,858 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too sparse, January 18, 2002

By A Customer

This is really nothing more than a directory. It is useful but the bottom line is that this is just an overpriced list of phone numbers and websites.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bottom Line Essential Information, January 29, 2001

By	Kirk VandenBerghe "kirkvan" (Tulalip, WA) - See all my reviews

Most new authors are shocked when they discover that they have to play a very active part in marketing their book. Sure, the major publishing houses provide massive marketing muscle for titles from their A-List authors. It's a fact that the vast majority of marketing funds are allocated to best-selling authors. For the rest of us, "A Simple Guide to Marketing Your Book" contains street-wise tips from someone who knows what he's talking about. There's no fluff or filler; just condensed and practical information to help us get the job done.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple Ideas to get you started, October 9, 2001

By	Vicki M. Taylor "author and reader" (Tampa, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you haven't read anything else about marketing your book, then this is a good place to start. I've included it in my box of resources and I recommend it to my writing group.