Book Marketing

This post originally appeared on LinkedIn. — What does it take to gain media attention, book reviews and sales to readers? More than just a well-written book, I can promise you. According to various sources, nearly four million new book titles come out every year. That’s a lot of competition to overcome, especially if you don’t have…

Part 2 of Marketing Your Book: the Post-Publishing period. — Now you have published your book, what next? Well, it goes out into the world. If you have read the previous article in this two-part series, then you would have at least told a couple of people — strangers, especially — that your book is available for purchase. You may…

I make no excuses. You’re a better writer than I am. Yeah, I’ve read your daily posts. I follow you and you churn out good stuff, day after day. I marvel. I’m engaged by your writing. And you unwittingly, innocently, by your distinct voice and blistering writing pace, leave me…

Part 1 of Marketing Your Book: the Pre-Publishing period. — Let’s say you’ve published your book, either through a traditional publishing house, an indie publisher, or even self-published it through Smashwords or Amazon. You check your stats, only to find that no one has bought it on the day of its release. It’s fine, you tell yourself. Maybe people need…

Are you a writer who hates marketing? Join the club. Not the “I’m too good for marketing and my writing is so precious I shouldn’t have to stoop to telling people about it” club. I’m talking more the “Marketing is a time-consuming and soul-sucking practice that I force myself to…

06–11–2022 New Book Promotion Strategy Listen with AI Audio I have limited time to spend on Book Promotion. I never had as much time as I wanted and with my new job, I’ll have even less time than before. So that means that whatever I do in that realm needs to be seriously effective…

by Ophelia Kee (click for video) Often the research into the strange and wonderful myths and legends from past cultures plays a significant role in the writings set in the dream. This short video explains the basic Norse mythology concerning the Valkyries and then how that information has inspired and transformed the urban…

06–04–2022 Ophelia Kee Speaks Listen with AI Audio I have been stuck with Jag MacGuire’s tale for a long time. The Scimitar Warrior has 8 chapters and is going nowhere. So what to do? My answer was to go back and reread other tales. So I started the Draoithe Saga…