Launch a Book to #1 for Under $100: The Bare-Bones Indie Marketing Plan
How to launch a self-published book to bestseller without dropping $5,000 on PR. Free promo sites, cheap ads, and the small-budget tactics that actually work. 
How to Publish and Market Audiobooks in 2025: A Guide for Authors
Audiobooks are exploding in popularity. While eBook and print sales fluctuate, the audiobook market continues to grow, with platforms like Audible, Spotify,...Read More
Top 10 Book Marketing FAILS (and How to Avoid Them)
Launching a book is exciting, but if you’re like most authors, marketing feels overwhelming. You throw yourself into every strategy—ads, social media,...Read More
163 Book Marketing Ideas: Promotion Tactics That Actually Get You Read (or Cancelled)
163 book promotion ideas — viral stunts, paid ads, social media tactics, and a few genuinely unhinged ones. The big list of book marketing ideas for 2026.
Why Your Book Deserves Fiction Marketing Magic
For those of us who truly love it, there is almost nothing as joyful as writing fiction. The creative freedom to craft...Read More
6 Ways to Have Fun With Fiction
What’s your earliest memory related to fiction? If you’re like most readers, it’s probably one of fun and delight. The feeling of...Read More
Held Back by Creative Barriers? Here’s How to Smash Through
Are there creative barriers holding you back from writing the work you love? When you’re stuck in that situation it can feel...Read More
12 Practical Tips for Better Book Sales
The practical parts of self-publishing might not be the most exciting, but they are absolutely essential. Here’s a quick refresher on some...Read More
How to Reflect on Your Year in Book Marketing
Although it’s kind of a cliche, 2020 has been an unprecedented year. While you might be glad to say goodbye to it,...Read More
Mythbusting For Savvy Book Marketers
Let’s face it – the world of book marketing is packed full of myths, half-truths, and out and out lies. Why are...Read More
4 Principles for Impactful Book Marketing
Are you the type of author who writes to make a major impact on people’s lives and the wider world? If your...Read More
7 Quick-Fire Fiction Marketing Tips
Do you feel overwhelmed when you think about marketing fiction? If you do, that’s totally understandable. It can feel like there’s a...Read More
How to Use the Rest of 2024 for Better Book Marketing
What a crazy year 2024 has been. On the one hand, it seems to have flown by. It seems like just yesterday...Read More
4 Essential Elements of Book Marketing
Is there no end to the things you need to learn to be a successful indie author? Writing itself is something none...Read More
How to Feel Excited About Marketing Your Book
I think it’s a crying shame that many authors seem to carry out book marketing through gritted teeth. It seems like book...Read More
How to write a book description that converts
Does this sound familiar? You’ve spent months planning and writing your manuscript, had it taken through a strict editing process, worked with...Read More
How to Start Building a Brand New Author Platform from Scratch
So you’ve decided to take the leap and become an author! That’s awesome! But have you quite figured out how you’re going...Read More
How To Build An Author Bio That You Can Be Proud Of
Have you ever read and online article and thought, “Man, that was pretty good!”? (If not… you need new blogs to read.)...Read More
Top Book Marketing Tips From Podcasts
Podcasts are an incredible resource for learning to market your writing. Not only do you get access to some of the best...Read More
3 Ways To Increase Your Book Marketing Efficiency
One of the toughest challenges in self-publishing is juggling time and mental energy between writing and marketing. How many times have you...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...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...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...Read More
Book Marketing in 9 Easy Steps: A Self-Published Author’s Launch Checklist
Book marketing for self-published authors in 9 steps: cover, blurb, reviews, ads, email, launch. The simple checklist version of everything that actually matters.
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....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...Read More
How to publish your graduate thesis as a non-fiction book
Firstly, let me tell you a story. A few years ago I had my MA in Literature and a self-published book I...Read More
Book Marketing for Non-Fiction – Health and Body
“Health is wealth.” “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Such sayings may sound cliched, but there is truth in them. Bodies age,...Read More
3 THINGS TO DO IF YOUR BOOK ISN’T SELLING
The vast majority of self-published books don’t sell very well. According to authorearnings.com, only 2.8% of authors earn more than $10,000 per...Read More
Book Marketing for Non-Fiction – Memoir
The memoir is a beautiful genre of non-fiction in which the writer tells stories from his or her life, in an engaging,...Read More
How to market your young adult fiction
Young adult writers sometimes have difficulty connecting with readers and selling more books, for several reasons: Young adult (teen) readers may or...Read More
Book Marketing for Non-Fiction – Cooking
Ingredients, recipes, tips and tricks from experts, personal responses and amazing experiences – all of these converge in the world of cooking,...Read More
7 Crucial Mistakes Authors Makes with Their Email Lists
You’ve probably heard multiple times by now how important an email list is in helping to generate more sales. And like the...Read More
Book Marketing for Non-Fiction – Travel Writing
Passionate about seeing new sights, going to new places, and meeting new people? In love with the world and all that it...Read More
100+ Places to Market Your Post-Apocalyptic/Dystopian Book
The post-apocalyptic and dystopian genres are interesting because they encompass a wide range of genres in fiction – from science fiction to...Read More
