What Has Not Worked in Book Marketing

Maggie McVay Lynch
Nov 2 · 11 min read
Photo collage with book mockup in tablet for author Elsa Jade. Licensed through The Author Academy and mockup by Maggie Lynch.

Everyone has ideas about what works for getting more sales, more readers, and more engagement. It is rare that someone shares where they’ve failed. I’ve tried a lot of things over the past eight years of writing full-time. I’ll share what did not work for me. Some of them are at the top of the list for many people who claim to have book marketing prowess.

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Maggie McVay Lynch

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A geek-creative with 21 books published, I write stories about people making heroic choices one messy moment at a time. Learn more at maggielynch.com

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