When Cindy L. Sell started as a freshman at Kansas State University, she had her sights set on a career as a tiger conservationist. “I wanted to work with the big kitties,” she says. Today, this mother of two young boys is starting to build a career that embraces a different … [Read more...]
Author Interviews
Want to hear an author’s perspective on book marketing? BookBub chats with authors on how they approach price promotions, book cover design, and more.
Getting Started with BookBub Ads: Growing a New Pen Name
Over 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...]
Promote a New Release by Marketing the Entire Book Series
When launching a new book in a series, is it best to focus all your marketing efforts on that one book? Or can you increase sales even more by actively marketing the previous books in the series, too? Megg Jensen successfully boosted sales by promoting her entire series … [Read more...]
Using Preorders to Boost New Release Book Sales
Setting up preorders for a new release on retailer sites can be a great way to generate buzz and boost sales prior to the book’s launch date. When Melissa F. Miller was preparing to launch the sixth book in her legal thriller series, Irrevocable Trust, she decided to make … [Read more...]
Traditional to Hybrid: How to Carry Readers to a New Book
If you’re launching a sequel or companion to a previously published book, how can you carry your audience to the new book? And how might your marketing strategy differ if the newest book is self-published, and the prior books were traditionally published? Beth Revis had … [Read more...]
Going from a Small Indie Press to a Traditional Print Deal
What does it take to get from a small, independent digital-first press to the New York Times bestseller list — and a deal for a new book with a Big Five publisher? Kate Moretti knows. That’s exactly what happened to her when she published her debut novel, Thought I Knew … [Read more...]
Relaunching & Marketing a Book After Getting the Rights Back
Relaunching a book — or even an entire series — can be a great way for authors to reinvigorate sales and get new loyal fans. Independently published authors and publishers can relaunch books at any time. Traditionally published authors sometimes get the opportunity to … [Read more...]
Book Marketing Trends: From Blog Tours to Mailing Lists
Being an agile marketer is imperative to selling more books, as promotional channels quickly become oversaturated and ineffective. So how can anybody keep up with book marketing trends that are constantly evolving? Self-published author Lee Strauss has some ideas. She … [Read more...]
Marketing a New Book Release that’s Part of a Long Series
Marketing a new release that comes late in a series is often different from marketing a standalone or early series book, yet the goals are similar: catch readers’ attention and build a loyal fan base. To provide our readers with insights on the challenges (and … [Read more...]
How to Time an Ebook Price Promotion for Maximum Visibility
If you have a large book backlist, running a price promotion is a great way to increase exposure, boost sales, and build an author’s brand. Choosing a book for a price promotion is often about timing. Do you have any new or upcoming releases to cross-promote? Do you have any … [Read more...]
