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...]
16 Publishers Showcasing Their Books & Authors on Pinterest
Today 42% of all online women and 13% of all online men use Pinterest. Those numbers make Pinterest one of the world’s most popular social networking sites — and they’re attracting publishers hoping to reach more readers. In case you’re not familiar with Pinterest, it’s … [Read more...]
7 Top Ebook Price Promotion Stats You Need to Know
Authors and book marketers are always looking for ways to increase discoverability and revenue of their backlist books, and price promotions are a known way to reach a high volume of readers. But how can you run the most effective promotion possible? Using data to determine … [Read more...]
How to Use Price Promotions to Market a New Book Release
When you release a new book, your existing book backlist can be a valuable promotional asset. Not only will existing fans gobble up your newest work, but discounting your own backlist book can help attract brand new readers and drive sales for a full-priced new book. In … [Read more...]
When is the Right Time to Discount Your Book?
Discounting an ebook can be an effective way to drive a high volume of downloads, increase revenue, boost a book up the retailer rankings, build author buzz, and more. And promoting that discount via services like BookBub can expose the book to millions of power readers … [Read more...]
5 Ideas for Promoting Your Ebook Price Promo on Social Media
Running a price promotion for your book — temporarily dropping the price and promoting the discount via a service like BookBub — is a great way to drive a large volume of downloads or sales. And the more momentum you get from your campaign, the higher you’ll drive your book … [Read more...]
4 Critical Edits to Make to Your Book’s Description Copy
A book’s description on retailer product pages impacts both readers’ purchasing decisions and the book’s discoverability. Not only does it inform potential readers about the book’s content and entice them to buy, but it also helps retailers and search engines like Google … [Read more...]
8 Reasons Your Ebook Price Promotion Didn’t Work
Running an ebook price promotion can be an effective way to drive a high volume of downloads, increase revenue, boost a book up a bestseller list, drive series sales, and more. But running a successful book marketing campaign requires more than just dropping the price and … [Read more...]
What is the BookBub “Halo Effect”?
Books featured in the BookBub email typically experience a significant spike in downloads, leading many titles to soar in their retailer rankings, perform better in recommendation algorithms, and sometimes even hit major bestseller lists like The New York Times or USA Today. … [Read more...]