How to publish your graduate thesis as a non-fiction book
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/Firstly, let me tell you a story. A few years ago I had my MA in Literature and a self-published book I was proud of. I brought that book into a job interview thinking it would impress them. It didn’t. I’d written a popular (though sensationalistic) non-fiction book and this was a very conservative literature... Read More
Guerrilla Publishing Techniques for Indie Authors
Although I’ve been talking about book marketing for almost a decade, I mostly used nonfiction books to build my client-based business. I need my books to be visible enough to generate new leads, but I didn’t need them to produce real income. That’s changing this year, as I’m not focused on becoming a full-time writer.... Read More
The Editing Process As Told By Pro Editors
In honour of National Novel Writing Month, commonly referred to as NaNoWriMo, it is best to give authors the advantage and advice they should receive before they jump into writing a novel this month. Since they will be hard-pressed to find the time to do the research on what it takes to get your work... Read More
How to fix your story: editing your manuscript will sell more books
Let me start out by saying something controversial: paying a lot of money to an editor before you publish is not always a great idea. And this is why. If you want to have a bestselling book, you need a book that satisfies readers. I’m not talking about “art” or “literature”. I don’t want to... Read More
How to use a blog to sell 1000 books a month
I You’re publishing a book, and you need to get some buzz before launch. Later we’ll talk more about content marketing, media hacking, and traffic stealing. But before we get into all that, we need a blog. Without a blog, you don’t control your own traffic. It’s like going fishing with no net. Even if you... Read More
The Hunger Games Guide to Book Marketing
It’s a jungle out there, and everybody else is trying to kill you. Showing up and putting your book out into the world isn’t enough. You’ve got to weaponize, strategize and kill off the competition. Here are some unconventional book marketing tips that will help you win. Choose the right tools You’re sprinting into a... Read More
Book Marketing in 9 Easy Steps
People talk about book marketing like there are a million different things to do. Or like it’s some unsolvable mystery. Nobody “gets” why some books take off and others fail. The reason it seems confusing is that most people are marketing books that aren’t really very interesting. If you’re marketing memoir or literary fiction, it... Read More
How to get a shitload of book reviews with contests
Getting reviews is hard. You have to ask for them. But asking strangers is hard, so you need to build relationships first. Then you need to make it easy, by having lots of reviews before you ask for them (the higher up on the chain you go, the more you need to prove your worth first). If... Read More
How to market young adult fiction (and get more book reviews)
I’ve recently realized that I have way too many websites; I haven’t posted anything on this one for awhile – I continue to post most of my book marketing case studies and experiments on my main site, www.creativindie.com. Things are getting more exciting now, because – while previously I only helped other authors market their... Read More
YA Websites
Please check these sites and try to find an email address. Addicted Readers My So-Called Book Reviews Socrates' Book Reviews… Rebecca Thomas 3 Partners in Shopping; Nana, Mommy, &amp;; Sissy too! <b><center>Inspiration CAN be found EVERYWHERE!</center></b> A Bookish Affair A Dream Within A Dream Addicted2Heroines amiabooklover An Ordinary Housewife B Loved Boston b00k r3vi3ws... Read More