Online first time authors including established
ones have embraced the concept of self publishing. Self publishing is when the
author undertakes the entire process of writing the book, using established
editors and proofreader.
The author-self publisher needs a
platform to upload the book, usually in pdf format. There are lots of
publishing firms you can submit your book.
Some of the top ones are Amazon.com,
B& H, kobo, Lulu, and SmashWords. The writer could take advantage of their
far reach and excellent service.
Feature
of Book Promotion Websites
1 book bargains
2 interviews with insight on authors
3 free kindle
4 free and paid listing
5 guaranteed listing and placement
6 advertisement options
7 best deals
8 book of the day
9 free books
10 featured books
11 book reviews
How
to Start Publishing your Book
The first step in establishing a
presence or getting your book out there is writing something informative and
well research. It could be a fictional novel, romantic, horror, non fictional,
or educative.
After writing the book a decent
cover image is very important, in online stores there are millions of
publications for readers to choose from. A good book cover might create
interest and attract an audience even before looking at the content.
Next you find a good self publishing
house like Amazon or B&H signup by following their simple instructions then
upload your content including you cover. The next step is pricing the book.
Self publishers usually set their
own prices. Too high and it would drive away potential readers too low and they
may not take your work seriously. To get a feel on pricing go to the homepage
of the publishing firm and study the prices and tutorials.
Describe your Book Content
On the publishing website potential
readers browsing the website need to know exactly what they are buying or
reading. The author should write a concise and accurate description for
potential buyers. This is because web shoppers do not have long attention span
and time. Be direct and truthful about your content.
What
do Self Publishing Websites Offer the Author?
The self publishing website has
three sections that a budding writer can submit his work. They have the
electronic book section (eBook), hard /soft cover book and the already
published book section.
You can offer the number of books
you have for bids. In this write up we shall only deal with eBooks and regular
covered books.
Publishing your book is just the
beginning of the process, top self publishing websites have very vibrant market
places that help the publisher sell the books,
On Amazon they have established web
stores where your book can be seen in countries like United Kingdom, America,
Spain, Italy, Mexico, India and Japan.
Promoting
the Book
Without promoting your book it would
seat on the websites shelf without getting a single sale. To become relevant
and have loads of readers you need to market the book as a product,
All the major publicity your book
needs is done by the self publisher or else you might become frustrated and
disillusioned. Promoting your book has only one important function to get your
book noticed, seen and read,
Getting premium listing and first
page ratings for your publication is important if the book is to succeed.
Using Blog Posts
Blogging is one of the most effective
ways to promote your book. It gives your book an online presence while allowing
the author a platform to express themselves. Creating a blog is easy and I
would suggest using a free host website unless you want to go into other areas
of blogging.
Others are making money from your
blog through advertisements, links and affiliate sales. Think of your blog as
your voice to showcase your writing skill and the content of your book.
There are many free host providers
that have ready to use templates. The top two are Goggles blogger and
WordPress.
Using Article Directories
If starting a blog does not appeal
to you then use an article directory. They are free and easy to use. All you
need is to sign up and write relevant articles pertaining to the subject of
your book,
You can leverage on the directories
high standing on search engines to push your work. Each directory has its own
rules so be sure to work according to their rules and regulations.
if you are allowed post a link to
your book or sales page with a synopsis of its content. Article directories are
many but there are some top ones like Hubpages.
Promote your Book on Book
Promotional Website
Interestingly all of a sudden from
2013 a large number of book promotion websites have sprung up. Before 2012 you
could count them only a few.
The problem is that not many are willing
to promote your priced book for free. Unless some sort of payment was involved.
The numerous websites are willing to promote only your free book for free which
is okay.
But the question is what do you gain
form such free service when hundreds of your books are down loaded without
making a dime. The only advantage I can see is free publicity, which could lead
to more visibility during the promotional period and maybe a higher page
ranking but nothing more.
Which
is you Favorite Promotion Website
- Ask David
- Author Marketing Club
- Amazon Promotion
- The book place
Running a Free Promotion
For newbie’s running a free giveaway
of your book is one of the ways authors make the book accessible to the general
public. They are offered on Amazon for a period not exceeding 5 days and other
publishing websites.
During the period your book is
downloaded or bought free of charge. As said earlier it does not necessarily
translate to increased sales but more visibility.
On kindle direct publishing all you
need to do is log into the bookshelf, check book that you want to promote
select promotions and add the days when it starts and ends that easy.
Amazon has a very new promotional
tool where your book is not offered free but at a discount. This is good news
for people who are weary about giving out their work to thousands of readers
free of charge (speaking from experience).The discounted book is also offered
for a period not exceeding 14 days.
Services Offered on Book Promotion Websites
Book promotion websites though they
differ in look and structure have certain characteristics that cover similar
interests. They usually have some or all of the features that would be
highlighted. The content include book bargains, book of the day, featured books
both priced and free.
Some conduct interviews, free book
giveaways, kindle books. Others offer free listing, advertisements, book
placement, book reviews and best book deals.
Others are guaranteed book placement
for a fee, subscription and membership sites. Some publish news letters, with
placed advertisement in blogs and website. That covers the entire services
offered on must book promotion websites.
List of 30 Places to Promote your Books
- your daily eBooks
- Amazon promotions
- the frugal e Reader
- flurry of words
- the e Reader cafe
- Ask David
- the book place
- kindle book and tips
- the digital ink spot
- kindle book promo
- super eBooks
- awesome gang
- pixel scroll
- bargain book hunter
- sweeties picks
- author marketing club
- pixel of ink
- armadillo eBooks
- Pin your book
- jungle deals and steals
- Penny pinch in mom
- its write now
- Orange berry book tours
- I love books
- One million free eBooks
- hunt4freebies
- Momma says read
- eBook deals of the day UK
- Kindle freebies
- digital books today
Promotional
Tools
Promotion tools are the use of
podcast, news release, forums and discussion groups with links. Also use
article directories, blogs, social media and marketing platforms like click
bank (you pay up to $45 per publication).Some click bank members are willing to
highlight your book at an agreed percentage.
Book promotion websites have
categories or genre that are allowed on their website such as fiction, horror
poetry, romance non fiction, children’s, suspense and many more.
Each site would provide details of
content they will accept. Most do not accept erotica but some do. There are
many book promotion websites you can choose to promote the book. Choose the one
that best complements your writing style.
Top 2 Kindle Book Promotion Websites
A book promotion is critical to
finding that extra leverage to highlight your writing skills and make
reasonable sale. It takes lots of practice to get it right, so using
established promotional websites is a good idea.
There are several ways to go about
promoting your book. You can use paid advertisement which works well when you choose
the correct platform. Another way is through free kindle giveaways during your
free kindle promotion.
You might not make immediate sales
but it improves your visibility which in turn helps your book reach more
customers. Listed below is some of the free promotion websites you can use.
Orange Berry Book Tour
Orange berry is an exciting place to
start your book promotional campaign. They deal with both free and paid
promotions. The company was started by Pandora Poikiles and its VBT plan has
been consistent in online promotions for several years.
The well coordinated promotional
strategy utilizes several blogs and advertisement placements on websites to
promote your book and reach a wider audience. There charges are reasonable
running from about $3 dollars to $5 and in the case of intense campaigns could
run upwards of $29.99.
How to use there services involve
submitting your book and going through there instructions. They will create a
buzz by publicizing your book. You my even participate in there virtual book
tours which is an annual even that uses creative book marketing solutions.
One Hundred Free Books
The website deals with indie books,
best sellers and kindle downloads. They highlight various types of books,
special deals and top pick of the day.
Visitors are encouraged to subscribe
and can access free kindle books and be part of their book tour. The number of
free books you can find on the website can be overwhelming.
Pixel of Ink
The website pixel of ink is a top
book promotion site that really loves books. Getting featured in the book of
the day can attract loads of followers,
They have the bargain book segment,
books that are listed free and book rated as best bargain eBooks. The best
bargain eBook are usually books listed under $1, $3, and $5 depending on the
type of book fiction, romance or nonfiction.
The website daily publishes free
kindle books so to get on the bandwagon you can submit your free book to them
at no cost. Like most promotion website they do not accept porn.
Pin your book
You can register on this web
promotion site and log in to enjoy some of there services. The website features
best sellers, free books and books that can be bought at a bargain and they
have book discovery tours, kindle store.
The website is relatively new and
owned by the top promotion and marketing website author marketing club. Using
free promotion website can boost your sales and increase your viewership,
leverage on their experience to market your books.
How to Use Some Free Book Promotional Sites
There are many free eBook
promotional sites you can use. Some of which are highlighted below.
How to use addicted to eBooks
To use this site you need to first
sign up at the site, they would require a user name, email and password for
accessing the site membership area. After signing up you would receive an email
with your user name and password with a one time link where you can fill in the
details about your book.
Submitting your free eBook
Addicted to eBooks allows you to
upload the books image, set the price (free), a brief description, the dates
when the book is offered free and they even let you rate the content of the
book.
The rating covers areas such as if
the book is fiction or nonfiction if there is violence, profanity, and any
other rating. You are also allowed to place a link that takes the potential
buyers to the sales page on another site or sites.
How to promote kindle books
If your book is on kindle direct
publishing and you have enrolled in kindle select program which gives Amazon
the exclusive rights to your book for a period of 90 days renewed every 90
days.
How to use Amazon kindle free
promotions
First log into your bookshelf and then check the book
beside the book you want to promote, click the action button and a drop tap
would appear which has, edit book, edit price and royalties, promotions and UN
publish.
Click on the promotions and it will
open a small capsule, in the capsule you fill in the title of the book that you
want to be downloaded free and indicate the number of days/when it starts and
ends.
Remember Amazon allows only a maximum
period of 5 days free promotions. Once you submit the book would appear for the
free promotional; period in all the Amazon stores. Some of the web stores can
be found in India, Canada, UK, France, Spain and other countries.
Bargain
book hunter
Bargain book hunter is an innovative
marketing site that offers both free and priced promotions. They allow free
listings for kindle books on their free eBook hunter platform and needs a weeks
notice because of the high number of entries, so early notification by listing
your title early may guarantee better listing. Bargain book hunter accepts all
genre of books except erotica.
Bargain book hunter guaranteed
listing
guaranteed listing on eBook hunter
works for writers who want to jump the queue and guarantee speedy listing on
the website. it attracts a fee of $10 per title and accepts a block pf 3 titles
at the same time.
The titles should not have been
listed in bargain book hunter prior 30 days. For books in the range of 0.99 and
$5 they put in kindle book pack.
Ask David
The site ask David are into
community/publishers book reviews. The writer can list his free eBook on the
site. Although ask David template is lengthy it is user friendly, easy to
understand and direct.
In order to accelerate your list standing
ask David rewards users who include ask David links in their websites some
little advantage. They demand new reviews and not recycled ones and manually
check all reviews before publication. They also allow the user include several
website links and some content.
What
type of promotion do you prefer?
- Self promotion
- Paid promotions
- Free promotions
- All of the above
How
to use Different Publishers
I read somewhere that you can use
different publishers as a promotional tool, but the draw back is that this
method can be time consuming and daunting imagine publishing the same book in
sites like, Lulu, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Kobo, Digital down load websites
like bytecommerce or payloadz.
This method can guarantee loads of
publicity but the down side is how many payment methods or accounts do you run.
Having your book in several publishing sites does not guarantee sales but it
helps.
How to use Facebook to promote your
free books
Most of the websites that promote
free eBook listing also have Facebook accounts that writer can use. A writer
can leverage on their large fan base to promote the book.
Opening your own Facebook account is
also a good idea. Most accounts allow you to upload the books image, write a
small description and add new friends. Facebook has millions of followers so do
not be left out.
Books on the knob
The site features a wide range of
media namely music, games, technology and books. The site accepts books that
cover a wide scope of work and they also accept nook, kobo, epub and kindle
other e-reader and kindle fire. They alert subscribers to bargains.
How to use author marketing club
The site is a promotional site
writers especially when they want to offer there books for free. The site has
painfully put together in one place where you can submit your book for free.
The site has all the sites logs with direct link to submit pages. All
you do is fill their forms and answer basic questions.
You may be asked to sign up. Be
warned each site has its own strict conditions of use so read them before
taking any actions.
Although the methodology of listing
and promoting your book are similar they require patience and a little hard
work but the rewards is worth the effort. Traffic is the key to a successful
campaign so start promoting your book today
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