We’ve had a lot of publicity these past few weeks. I was interviewed by Paula Krapf for Penny Sansevieri’s A Marketing Expert Publishing Insiders program. Check it out at http://www.blogtalk.com/thepublishinginsiders
Read more about the interview at http://networkedblogs.com/qObJN
Freelance Writers Report ran my piece, “Does Anyone Really Want to Read Your Book?” And my article on how to generate news on behalf of your book appeared this month in Brian Jud’s Book Marketing Matters.
If you subscribe to these publications as well as Book Promotion Newsletter, Publishing Basics, IBPA Independent, Advanced Christian Authors, Writing for Dollars, Writer’s Journal, etc. and some of your writers’ group newsletters (Redwood Writers, Willamette Writers, Southwest Sage, OC Writers, SLO Writers, SPAWNews, Cisco (Texas) Writers, Virginia Writers and so forth), you probably see my articles pop up quite often. If you don’t see my articles in the publishing/book promotion-related publications you read, let me know about publication and I’ll contact them about submitting something.
You can also contact me about the type of articles—the topics—you would like me to cover in my blog and my articles.
Are you submitting articles regularly on the topic of your nonfiction book? If not, you’re missing out on an opportunity to get great exposure, to add to your credibility in your field and, potentially, to sell more books.
I’m teaching a class at the community college in Ventura, CA Saturday on article-writing. There’s still time to sign up:
http://www.communityed.venturacollege.edu
If you can’t make it, but you’d like to learn the process of submitting articles for book promotion or for profit, sign up for my on-demand, online article-writing course.
http://www.matilijapress.com/course_magarticles.htm
And if you have a book to promote, do yourself a favor and order a copy of my latest book, Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author. http://amzn.to/oe56Ia If you’re serious about learning how to sell more books, you will not be disappointed. And this is true whether your book is nonfiction or fiction. In fact, pretty close to all of the ideas in this book are suited to fiction as well as nonfiction authors. I know that those of you who write fiction sometimes have trouble developing and maintaining a marketing mindset. That’s why I took pains to give you specific instructions on how to use some of these ideas throughout the book. In fact, there are at least 120 tips and suggestions specifically for you fiction writers in this book. Yes, I went through and counted them recently when an author of fiction told me the book was for nonfiction authors.
Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author. For those of you who write fiction, nonfiction and even children’s books. Order your copy today.