In the past few years, advertising via BookBub Ads and other display ad platforms has become an increasingly important part of many authors’ book marketing plans, but getting started with ad campaigns can be a daunting experience. To help guide authors who are dipping … [Read more...]
How We Hit the USA Today Bestseller List with a Multi-Author Anthology
We are a group of romance authors — Sierra Simone, Joanna Shupe, Eva Leigh, Nicola Davidson, and Adriana Herrera — who joined forces to write a spicy little anthology, which began as a title: Duke I’d Like to F… DILF, but make him historical! The title came to Joanna … [Read more...]
Launching Book 4 in a Series: How I Crushed My Sales Goals
I am an actor and longtime audiobook narrator who decided to try my hand at writing back in 2016, turning a dust-collecting screenplay of mine into a novel. Zombie Bigfoot hit #1 in Horror Comedy on Amazon, yet I found myself drawn to another story that had been kicking … [Read more...]
How I Promoted My International BookBub Featured Deal
When I found out my third book, a new adult romance called What the Heart Wants, had been chosen for an international BookBub Featured Deal, I was ecstatic. I knew almost as soon as I had published the novel in October 2020 that I wanted to try for a BookBub feature. I felt … [Read more...]
6 Mistakes to Avoid in Your BookBub Ads Targeting
One of the most important elements of any successful ad campaign is the targeting. Reaching an engaged and relevant audience is critical to driving clicks and sales, as well as keeping your ads cost-effective. With BookBub Ads, you can target BookBub and Chirp members by … [Read more...]
Authors on Social Media: Choosing Platforms & Avoiding Burnout
From the rapid rise of TikTok to the emergence of potential alternatives to Twitter, social media is always changing. We often hear from authors wondering which social media platforms they should be using — and who feel like they can’t keep up. But authors don’t need a … [Read more...]
A Message to Our Community: Our Continued Commitment to Advancing Equity and Justice
Just over a year ago, the horrific killings of George Floyd and several other Black individuals led to a historic reckoning with systemic racism, prompting people and organizations — including our own — to reflect on how we’re perpetuating such social injustice. Last … [Read more...]
Chirp Follow Buttons for Authors’ & Narrators’ Websites
Chirp users can now follow their favorite authors and audiobook narrators on Chirp! The more listeners an author has following them (or their narrator) on Chirp, the more effective their Chirp promotions can be. That’s because whenever an audiobook deal is promoted on Chirp, … [Read more...]
25 Authors Running Fantastic Book Promotions on Instagram
Instagram can be a great platform for promoting books or an author’s brand — it has more than 2 billion monthly active users, and according to Rival IQ, brands have a nearly 7x higher median engagement rate on Instagram than on Facebook, and 12x higher than on … [Read more...]
8 Marketing & Sales Takeaways from U.S. Book Show 2021
Last week’s U.S. Book Show — the inaugural virtual publishing conference hosted by Publishers Weekly — had several educational panels featuring publishing professionals and book marketers. These industry thought leaders were buzzing about a wide variety of topics, from … [Read more...]
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