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 We Boosted Our Anthology’s Retailer Ranking to #1
I collaborated with seven romance authors to publish a holiday anthology titled Hugs, Kisses and Mistletoe Wishes. Our goal was to discover new readers and maximize sales by cross-promoting eight books in one to a wide audience, a strategy that led to launching the ebook at … [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 I Went from Zero to 6,500 BookBub Followers
You don’t have to be a USA Today or New York Times bestselling author to build a following on BookBub. Whether you’re a debut author or one who’s been around for a few years — or you’re traditionally published (like me!) or self-published — it can be daunting to think about … [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...]
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