by Jasper Longfellow on September 2, 2010
As the author or contributor to a book you are in a unique position to generate interest in your work, and to utilise all possible marketing opportunities.
Many authors don’t realise that chances exist on an everyday level to promote their book, without necessarily making lots of extra work for themselves. Here we give some ideas to help out authors identify and use such opportunities to promote their own book. Remember that for the majority of self published authors, the more you put into the marketing yourself, the more rewards you can reap.
Article writing is essentially marketing a product or website via the medium of articles written on the Internet. It can be done for free, as most article directories will allow you submit quality content to their databases for free.
All article marketing books agree that It’s a great way to get exposure to a product/website as normally article directories have great rankings with major search engines such as Google, and they also have thousands of loyal follows always look for information. Article directories such as Ezinearticles.com will in most cases allow you to submit a free article that could potentially rank on the front page of Google very fast if you have done a few of the basic article writing principles.
Think Local
What about contacting local parish magazines or community newsletters? Try cultivating a relationship with local libraries. Are they able to help by placing information on a notice board, in the window or by arranging a reading event? Contact local writers’ or readers’ groups and offer to speak about your experiences of writing and publishing. Offer the book as a recommendation for readers’ groups and go along to talk about it (this can be valuable process for you as an author as well, receiving feedback on your work). What about putting yourself forward as an after dinner speaker?
Richard Paul Evans came from an under-privileged background and the success of this book enabled him to fulfill another ambition. In 1997 he founded “The Christmas Box House International” – a non-profit organization that is devoted to building shelters and providing services for abused and neglected children. To date, more than 16,000 children have been housed in Christmas Box House facilities
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by Jasper Longfellow on September 2, 2010
“To people who are intelligent, writing a book is a great hobby. For some, they write about academic books or the like but others would prefer to write about their feelings and experiences in life. Many write to tell a story and share their knowledge. We must remember that there are many different books available that have existed through time. Books are a medium of information that even the ancient times have already enjoyed. Tips are available today on how to write a book that many people would be interested in.
The first that you need to consider is the topic that you will be writing about. What is the message that you want to impart to your readers? This is actually the very important step when you plan to write a book/ The moment you have decided the nature of the book that you are going to write it’s time to conduct your research. Try to read books from other authors but don’t ever copy their work. Read their work and be inspired.
Secondly, make sure you are able to manage your day-to-day activities as book writing will entail a lot of your time. There are occasions when you may have to forgo of the usual things you do just to be able to write. Knowing when you are most comfortable also helps. There are writers who write early mornings because this is when they feel they are more productive. There are also those who do it best at night just before going to sleep. These people usually like to reflect on the things they have done for the day and let these things inspire them when it’s time to write. The point is to find your best rhythm when you feel you can write the best lines.
Lastly, prepare an outline of your book, how you want to present you ideas and how to entice people to read more of what you have to offer. Your book should have implied categories and subcategories that would help your readers understand or digest the thoughts and ideas that you put into your book. Combine your research with your own feelings and thoughts about your topic. This allows you to be original but open-minded as well.
What’s important is for you to write a book because you love writing. You will produce the best results when you are passionate about what you are doing.”
The value of reading books can never be undermined. Have your children join the Mystery Guild book club, Book of the Month club or any other group of book lovers so they will be encouraged to make reading a hobby. Wide readers always learn more in life and it would be great to have your kids start early.
