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Marketing Non-Fiction for Real World Success
August 20, 2009
6:00 - 7:00 PM Eastern Time
Cost to Attend: FREE
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Different marketing strategies and actions are necessary at several critical
points in order to extend your title's growth and profitability. Find out
where these decisive points are, and what you can do to maximize your sales,
revenue and profits for long-term success.
For more tips and advice on selling you book, visit our Author Resources Center to
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BookSurge and University of Michigan Bring Rare Books Back in Print
In addition to the many authors and publishers who use print on-demand
as a cost-effective, low-risk way to introduce books to the market, more
and more public and university libraries are seeing the benefits of print on-demand
as well. For libraries, print on-demand provides an economic and environmentally
conscious way to support their missions of preserving and making rare
or out-of-copyright material broadly available to the public. One library
taking this approach is the University of Michigan who recently announced
their plans to use the print on-demand technology provided by BookSurge
to make more than 400,000 public domain books in over 200 languages available
for sale to the public.
Many of the books included for release have been "generally unavailable
for a century or more," says Paul Courant, the university's librarian
and dean of libraries. "We are very excited to be offering this service
as a new way to increase access to the rich collections of the university
library." Among
the titles that will be offered are rare and one-of-a-kind books, such
as Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not, written in 1860 by
Florence Nightingale and The Art of Perfumery, originally published in
1857.
Visit the Press Room to learn more about how libraries, publishers and authors are using BookSurge print on-demand.
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Create Personal Sales Opportunities with Holiday Cross Promotions
How many copies of your book do you typically keep on hand? Keeping a stock of books handy for personal sales can mean the difference between a sale and a missed opportunity. Contact
your publishing consultant to learn about our everyday, low author book
pricing.
The holiday shopping season is only a few short months away, now is the perfect time to cross-promote your book through local, regional and national holidays and events. Here are a few ideas on promoting your book through upcoming celebrations.
Back to School Month (August): Promote a children's book at back-to-school sales and book fairs.
National Hispanic Heritage Month (September): Celebrate Hispanic History and your history or memoir at events in your community.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October): Donate proceeds from the sales of your book to breast cancer research at fun-runs and charity walks!
Halloween (October 31): Host a ghostly reading of your mystery or thriller at local libraries, restaurants or carnivals.
Veteran's Day (November 11): Honor America's veterans at local memorials or parades with political or history books.
Place your next book order today and get creative about your book promotion efforts!
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8 Ways to Use Blogging as an Interactive Marketing Tool
by Dana Lynn Smith
Here are some ideas for using blogging in social and interactive ways:
1. Encourage your readers to share your content with others.
Make it easy for readers to share your content by adding "share" buttons from http://sharethis.com or http://www.addthis.com. Then ask readers to share by including text at the end of your best posts such as: "Do
you know someone who might benefit from these tips? Just click the Share
This button below to send a link by email or recommend this post on your
favorite social site."
2. Actively solicit comments.
Get readers engaged by including a sentence at the end of some posts inviting comments. Thank each commenter and make a further comment based on what they said.
3. Make comments on other blogs.
Making insightful comments on related blogs is a terrific way to boost your visibility and create links and traffic to your site. Subscribe to the top blogs related to your book's topic or audience and watch for posts that you can comment on. Comments should be helpful and relevant, not self-promotional.
4. Write guest posts for other blogs.
Contact other bloggers that cater to your audience and offer to write a guest article. Include a brief bio and a low-resolution photo. Search for blogs at http://blogsearch.google.com/.
To read the full article and see more helpful blog tips, visit the BookSurge website!
Dana Lynn Smith is a book marketing coach and author of The Savvy Book Marketer's Guide to Successful Social Marketing, www.SavvyBookMarketer.com. For free book marketing tips, go to www.BookMarketingMaven.com. |
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