At last week’s BookExpo 2019, the biggest annual publishing conference in the US, there were several educational panels featuring publishing professionals and book marketers. These industry thought leaders were buzzing about a wide variety of topics this year, from marketing … [Read more...]
Top Promo Tips for Writers from Muse & the Marketplace 2019
GrubStreet held their annual Muse & the Marketplace conference for writers last weekend in Boston, where authors, agents, and editors hosted talks and panels on craft, the publishing process, and book promotion strategies. We gathered lots of helpful publishing … [Read more...]
Trend Watch Spring 2019: What BookBub Readers Are Buying
We often get questions from authors and publishers about what’s working well right now on BookBub. To that end, we’ve spoken with our editors to find out what BookBub readers have been buying lately across a few of our categories. We hope these insights help partners … [Read more...]
Publishing Trends: Tropes Readers Adore Across 15 Fiction Genres
Whether you’re looking to write to market or are scouring manuscript submissions for your next acquisition, knowing what tropes appeal to readers can help inform your decision. We see different trends in different categories. And studying these trends, especially those that … [Read more...]
How Readers Discover New Books to Buy [Infographic]
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 to Boost Your Chances of Getting a BookBub Featured Deal
In the past, we’ve posted tips and busted myths about getting accepted for a BookBub Featured Deal, and we’ve even listed the top reasons a book is rejected! Since we still get questions on how to bolster one’s chances of getting selected for a Featured Deal, we decided to … [Read more...]
11 Things You Should Know About BookBub Subscribers
Our goal at BookBub is to share insights and information that will help our partners run smart book marketing campaigns, enabling them to reach millions of relevant readers. In that spirit, below are 11 key trends about BookBub subscribers that we discovered by surveying our … [Read more...]
7 Top Book Marketing Tips from DBW 2017
Digital Book World held their annual conference on publishing and digital content strategies this week in New York City. For the first time, they hosted an entire track on book marketing, so we gathered many exciting takeaways we wanted to share with our readers. From … [Read more...]
Marketing with BookBub in 2016 [Infographic]
We’re excited to share this infographic highlighting our author and publisher partners’ marketing accomplishments with BookBub in 2016! We feel lucky to be working with strategic, innovative partners and we love helping you come up with new and better ways to reach readers. … [Read more...]
How Marketing Goals Affect BookBub Ad Campaigns [Infographic]
When creating a BookBub Ads campaign, it’s important to first decide on a goal, as your campaign will look different depending on what you're trying to achieve. In an ideal world, you could run a revenue-generating campaign that drives thousands of sales and lands you on a … [Read more...]
