Today’s Book Marketing Update is a concise one. But people are busy, right? So I rounded up the very best blog posts that you’ll want to read.
Stay safe and healthy and enjoy the strategies below.
Book Marketing
5 Ways to Sell Your Book on Your Own Author Website by Dave Chesson: When you sell books from your website, you receive 100% of the profit. But is it worth it? Read this post to decide for yourself.
Want additional tips on book marketing? Be sure to read this post that I wrote.
Publishing
Molly Stern Launches Zando: Zando is a new independent publishing company. Its founder says that the company will develop its own list as well as partner with “influential people, platforms and institutions to acquire and publish new titles under their own imprints.” Check it out.
How One Author Landed a Publishing Deal for a Gift Book: Q&A with Sarah Chauncey and from Jane Friedman: This author managed to land a publishing deal despite the lack of an author platform. But once she found a publisher for her book, she had to make up for lost time.
Ebooks
Top 8 Platforms to Sell Your Ebooks from Sabrina Ricci: This is a solid piece that introduced me to two platforms I hadn’t heard of before: Selz and Tradebit.
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