![How to Write Attention-Grabbing Promo Copy for Books [Book Marketing 101]](https://insights.bookbub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/how-to-write-promo-copy-for-books-300x158.png)
The publishing marketplace is flooded with thousands of new titles every single day, and readers are inundated with offers, messages, pictures, and pleas to buy. But startling copy can make someone stop and pay attention to your book. Since self-publishing my first book … [Read more...]
Introducing BookBub Featured New Releases
Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new tool that will allow authors and publishers to promote new releases to BookBub’s audience of power readers: Featured New Releases. We know promoting new releases is one of the toughest challenges book marketers face in an … [Read more...]
Why (and How!) to Reach the Right Readers [Book Marketing 101]
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Are you overwhelmed by the amount of book marketing you seem to have to do? There are a ton of ways to promote a book — but you don’t need to do all of them in order to drive sales. Instead, focusing on tactics that reach the right readers with the right message at the right … [Read more...]
10 Top Book Marketing Takeaways from RWA 2018
At last week’s Romance Writers of America (RWA) Conference 2018 — one of the biggest annual writing conferences in the US — many sessions and panels covered book marketing and sales topics. We gathered fantastic tips from authors, agents, and prolific book marketers, and … [Read more...]
How Readers Discover New Books to Buy [Infographic]
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How are readers discovering new books these days? Where are they finding new titles most often? When are they most likely to buy? And what factors into their purchasing decisions? In order to better understand our readers’ purchasing behavior, we surveyed thousands of … [Read more...]
How I Boosted Series Sales by A/B Testing Cover Designs
There’s the old adage, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” But what about when it’s working, but perhaps not as well as you’d like? One of my favorite things about being a hybrid author is having total control over tweaking certain aspects of my indie-published books that I … [Read more...]
Book Launch Checklist: A Marketing Timeline for Traditionally Published Authors
As a traditionally-published author, it’s important to supplement your publisher’s marketing campaigns with your own promotions so your lovingly crafted words reach as many readers as possible. Nowadays, readers want to personally connect with authors they like, especially … [Read more...]
10 Tips for Authors on Using Social Media from a Literary Agent
As a literary agent, I’m lucky enough to go to a lot of writing workshops, where I usually dish advice about one of two things: query letters or social media. When it comes to social media and publishing, digital platforms have a special place in my heart. After all, … [Read more...]
Start Your Novel with a Bang! 12 Ways to Hook Readers
Whenever people ask me what the most difficult part of writing a book is — the beginning, middle, or end — I usually say, “All of it.” Each section of a novel comes with its own set of challenges: Middles are hard to plot, ends need to be satisfying (and in my novels, they … [Read more...]
9 Top Book Marketing Takeaways from BookExpo 2018
At last week’s BookExpo 2018 — the biggest annual publishing conference in the US — several sessions and panels covered book marketing and sales topics. We gathered tips from experts at the leading publishers, literary agencies, and publishing or marketing vendors, and we’re … [Read more...]
