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    Booketing: Book marketing for self-publishing success. A writer’s guide to promoting books. Write Free Book Series
    Booketing: Book marketing for self-publishing success. A writer’s guide to promoting books. Write Free Book Series
    Booketing: Book marketing for self-publishing success. A writer’s guide to promoting books. Write Free Book Series
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    Booketing: Book marketing for self-publishing success. A writer’s guide to promoting books. Write Free Book Series

    By Alex Foster

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    How to get customers interested in your book. Booketing is a complete guide to marketing your book as a self-publisher. This guide breaks down how independent writers can successfully market their books for increased sales and profits. If you are struggling to get your book noticed, Booketing can help!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlex Foster
    Release dateMar 16, 2016
    ISBN9781310528262
    Booketing: Book marketing for self-publishing success. A writer’s guide to promoting books. Write Free Book Series

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      Book preview

      Booketing - Alex Foster

      Booketing

      Book marketing for self-publishing success. A writer’s

      guide to promoting books.

      Write Free Book Series

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2017 Alex Foster

      All Rights Reserved

      www.itsawriterthing.com

      This book provides information, education and motivation to readers. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher and author are not engaged to render any psychological, legal, or any other kind of professional advice. The content of each article is the sole expression and opinion of its author. No warranties or guarantees are expressed or implied. Neither the publisher nor the author shall be liable for any physical, psychological, emotional, financial, or commercial damages, including, but not limited to, special, incidental, consequential or other damages. You are responsible for your own choices, actions, and results.

      Copyright © 2017 Alex Foster. All rights reserved. www.itsawriterthing.com

      You are encouraged to share all, or in part, any of the content of this book in the name of helping others if credit is given to Alex Foster and the book title.

      Introduction

      The Boston Matrix

      Word of Mouth Marketing

      The Tipping Point

      Connecting

      Champions (Social Share)

      Champions (Reviews)

      Pricing

      The Golden Trio

      Frequency and Growth

      Prep Work

      Timing and Environment

      Stopping

      Closing Comments

      Additional Tips

      Introduction

      Successful sellers in any market compete in one of two ways. They either create markets or take market share. Publishers create markets while self-publishers take market share.

      Writing a book is synonymous with running a small business. This book teaches independent authors how to market their book with the goal of being profitable.

      The bad news is also the good. If there’s one thing great writers are horrible at, it’s marketing. The main reason publishers exist is to represent the business side of writing, about which most authors know very little. Those that market themselves will be profitable as a self-publisher. The writing market is filled with writers, making it hard to get noticed, but not for writers who know how to market! That’s pure opportunity for the writer willing to learn the business side of their small business.

      The Boston Matrix

      The Boston Matrix is

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