When your book gets selected for a Featured Deal, BookBub editors will craft a blurb for your feature. You might have questions about this blurb — how do we decide what to include? What are the editors’ priorities when they put together a blurb? I’ve been writing blurbs … [Read more...]
17 Ways to Promote Special Edition Books (with Examples!)
Within the past few years, there has been a meteoric rise in reader demand for special edition books. Special and exclusive editions include a range of deluxe content, from updated covers and illustrated end pages to sprayed edges and bonus chapters. While BookBub is … [Read more...]
Why Email is the Best Marketing Channel for Authors
Marketing is always changing, but one channel remains a steady workhorse for keeping your biggest fans updated on your latest work — email. With social media algorithms constantly changing who sees your posts or videos, email offers consistency and predictability. Here … [Read more...]
Tips for Troubleshooting BookBub Ads Campaigns
BookBub Ads is the most flexible tool we offer, and can be an effective option for driving sales, reaching new readers, and running cost-effective ad campaigns. But that flexibility has a trade-off: It can be hard to know what to change about your campaign to create a … [Read more...]
How to Start Your Nonfiction Book With a Bang
A common and misguided critique of nonfiction is that it’s boring or lacks narrative. But as anyone who reads nonfiction will know, narrative is one of the most important parts. Even if your book is all facts, you still need a thread of human interest to tie them together! … [Read more...]
14 BookBub Myths Busted
We know there are a number of myths and misconceptions out there about how BookBub works — from tricks on how to boost your submission to what kind of behavior will get authors on a “blacklist” (this one baffles us!). We wanted to put some of the rumors we hear about most … [Read more...]
14 Creative Hooks That Drive More Ad Clicks
Display advertising can be an incredibly effective way to reach new readers and sell more books. But you only have a couple of seconds once a reader sees your ad to capture their attention — which is why your ad needs a compelling hook that will catch their eye and get them … [Read more...]
How to Query an Agent: 10 Tips for the Submission Process
Many writers have the same fantasy: It involves writing “The End!” at completion of a first draft, sending it out to a top agent, and watching a six-figure contract magically appear in their inbox. Violà! But for most writers, this isn’t how it goes (even though we wish it … [Read more...]
7 Easy Ideas for Authors to Grow an Instagram Audience
Social media is an extremely powerful tool, but it can also take up a lot of time. And when you’re busy, well, writing your books, you don’t necessarily have that kind of time on your hands. I have good news — you don’t need dozens of extra hours in your week to grow your … [Read more...]
6 Types of Reader Magnets to Attract New Email Subscribers
A large, engaged email list is a valuable asset for any author. It’s an audience of readers that you control — unlike audiences you might be able to reach on social platforms or retailers. And it can be deployed any way you want: to grow reviews for a new release, to drive … [Read more...]
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