Editorial - The First Step in Book Marketing
This article is gold, but if you want more, John Kremer, is also the author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, Do-It-Yourself Book Publicity Kit. He shares tips giving actual author and publisher examples.
He says the book helps you learn how to -
- Edit and design your books for promotional clout
- Open new markets
- Get national publicity for your books
- Advertise your books effectively
- Sell your books direct to your customers
- Get nationwide distribution for your books
- Work with bookstores to sell more books
- Sell books to specialty retail stores
- Sell books to schools and libraries
- Sell subsidiary and foreign rights
- Sell books via the Internet
- Sell to premium and catalog buyers
- Spin off products from your books
He goes on to say
1001 Ways to Market Your Books also includes 200 specific marketing tips just for authors as well as a separate chapter on how authors can capitalize on the increased recognition a book gives their work.
Showing posts with label Writing For the Web. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Writing For the Web. Show all posts
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Research Sources
Sixty Sites in Sixty Minutes
Jenny Levine aka The Shifted Librarian, and Susan Skyzinski shared these for the Texas Library Association - good starting points for research and exploring.
Smarter Surfing - Better Use of Your Web Time
Comprehensive list of links and resources from Sreenath Sreenivasan, Professor of Journalism at Columbia University.
He says
Be wary when you surf. Watch for giant waves of misinformation and the jagged rocks of hidden agendas. But there's plenty of useful stuff; you just need to know where to look
Jenny Levine aka The Shifted Librarian, and Susan Skyzinski shared these for the Texas Library Association - good starting points for research and exploring.
Smarter Surfing - Better Use of Your Web Time
Comprehensive list of links and resources from Sreenath Sreenivasan, Professor of Journalism at Columbia University.
He says
Be wary when you surf. Watch for giant waves of misinformation and the jagged rocks of hidden agendas. But there's plenty of useful stuff; you just need to know where to look
Editing
Copy Editing for Magazines
Outline for a Copy Editing course. The Editor says
What follows is the syllabus for my course. I think it may be useful for anyone who wants to teach copy editing skills and also for people who are curious about jobs in publishing
She's not running the course - just offering the outline for anyone who can use it
Outline for a Copy Editing course. The Editor says
What follows is the syllabus for my course. I think it may be useful for anyone who wants to teach copy editing skills and also for people who are curious about jobs in publishing
She's not running the course - just offering the outline for anyone who can use it
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Writing For the Web - Freelance Job Links
This list includes telecommuting writing and editing jobs. I will add new links as I discover them
All Readers.comWrite Book Reviews
Deb Ng's Freelancing Writing Jobs Leads
Part of the Writers' Row site - forum and articles
Freelance Work Exchange
Freeelance Writing.com Jobs Board
The Golden Pencil
A b5 media blog with jobs and writers' resources
Life Tips
You can apply as a research guru, expert guru or celebrity guru
Love To Know
A Wiki site covering a range of topics from Weddings to Travel
Sun Oasis Jobs
Includes freelance and telecommuting
Write Jobs
Writer Find Jobs
Freelance & telecommuting jobs
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