Are you considering hiring a book cover designer but you’re not sure how to work with one? Knowing how to effectively collaborate with your designer will help speed up the process, avoid any misunderstandings, and get your vision closer to reality. In this post, we’ll share … [Read more...]
Guest Posts
From authors to literary agents to publishers, BookBub’s insightful guest posts shed light on book marketing from the perspective of those in the industry!
10 Tips for Growing a Wide Global Audience of Readers
It’s one thing to decide to self-publish “wide” across retail and library platforms, versus being exclusive to a single retailer. It’s quite another to adopt a mindset that can help you grow a larger base of readers. Pushing the right buttons to launch your book onto … [Read more...]
5 Strategies I Use to Launch New Books in Kindle Unlimited
The book launch. Whether it’s your first precious baby leaving the nest or number double-digit joining a long line in your series, the launch is always stressful… but each one is also a great opportunity. If you talk to ten different authors, you’ll likely get ten … [Read more...]
Why I Gave My Professional Book Covers a Makeover
In 2015, I worked with a professional cover designer for the first time on my historical fiction series, The Troubadours Quartet. I loved the result, but I didn’t know then: who would read my books and what kinds of covers would attract them how my cover designer … [Read more...]
How a BookBub Featured Deal Revived My Writing Career
One thing I see a lot of authors ask in writing groups, especially new authors, is, “Should I apply for a BookBub Featured Deal? Is it worth the cost?” My answer, unequivocally, 100 percent, is: Yes. Yes, you should. BookBub saved my writing career. If I hadn’t gotten a … [Read more...]
How I Maximized My First BookBub Featured Deal
Firstly, if you have just qualified for your first BookBub Featured Deal (BBFD), congratulations! A little about me. I’m a steamy romance author publishing under the name Juliette N. Banks — my real name with an initial. For three (gulp) decades I’ve been a consumer … [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 Make Six Figures as a Self-Published Author
I’m Ines Johnson, author of paranormal romance with lots of kissing. I also write sweet western romances under the pen name Shanae Johnson. There’s kissing in those books too. Lots of authors who come on this blog are a pretty big deal. Me? I’m a pretty big failure. Funny … [Read more...]
5 Buzz-Building Tips From an Instant NYT Bestselling Debut
Launching a book into the world is equally exhilarating and terrifying. There’s no magic formula to make sure your pre-launch efforts land the way you intend. It sorta feels like you’re shouting as loud as you can in a crowded room with your best three or four or 40 friends … [Read more...]
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