I’m wildly busy this week and will be for the next eight weeks or so working on my latest book for Allworth Press. So I want to share with you an excerpt from my book about sharing excerpts from your book as a way to promote it.
Excerpted from Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author. http://www.matilijapress.com/PromoteYourBook.html
“Some magazines publish excerpts from nonfiction books on topics that fit their themes. And many of them pay. This is another good way to get exposure for your book. The Atlantic Monthly uses book excerpts as do Bibliophiles, Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, Earth Island Journal, Lake Superior Magazine, Rural Builder, Book Dealers World, School Transportation News, Teachers and Writers Magazine, Faith and Friends, Catholic Digest, Christian Home and School, Inventors Digest, Astronomy, GirlFriendz, Hope for Women, Strut and many others.
How do you find out which magazines use excerpts? Study Writer’s Market. This resource is available in most libraries and for around $30 in most bookstores.”
As seems to be my habit, I couldn’t leave it at that. I couldn’t walk away without giving you something more—even in this crazy busy time. I had to stop and look up what some of these publications pay for articles and excerpts and here’s the results of my brief research: You could earn anywhere from $100 to as much as $1,000 selling excerpts from your book to appropriate magazines, with around $250 to $400 being pretty standard. Of course, it depends on the pay scale of the individual magazine.
Learn more about selling articles and stories to magazines in order to promote your book on pages 112-115. Or sign up for my on-line article-writing course. http://www.matilijapress.com/course_magarticles.htm