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What Is a Book Promotion Site, How They Work, and A Few Examples

Book Promotion Site Examples For Your Book Marketing Plan

Hello Authors, have a listen to this post for a quick and easy explanation of eBook promotion sites, specific sites that I like and use, and how they work. Links to resources mentioned are below. ~Claudine

As a subscriber to Get Your Book Seen and Sold, you already know that book marketing is a big part of your job as an author. In this episode, I introduce more information about eBook, online, book promotion sites - how they work and what they do for you to sell more eBooks!

As mentioned in the podcast, Dave Chesson, the Kindlepreneur, put together a fancy-dancy, organized list of sites that you can download. Dave may ask for your email in order to get his spreadsheet of online book promotion sites, which is a lesson in itself. He collects emails of potential customers by offering a valuable free tool. 

Enjoy this introduction to book promotion sites… it’s a huge topic with many companies vying for your book promotion dollars in slightly different ways. Another book promotion site that has become one of my favorites is Written Word Media - ie. bargain booksy, free booksy. I interviewed one of their executives on the podcast here, Clayton Noblit, and I use them myself to promote Get Your Book Seen and Sold, We have been very pleased with the results. (The link is my affiliate link - I love ‘um, I use ‘um)

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Join The Witches of Pitches owners, Aileen Weintraub and Megan Margulies, in this podcast interview. Both ‘witches’ are essayists and authors in their own right and they have combined their powers to help other others.

They help with pitches, queries, book proposals - just about anything an author needs to get published - including tips on the publishing process and literary agent pitching.

Authors are simply starving for a very special service that Aileen and Megan offer called - kvetching. What is kvetching? You will have to listen to find out!

Remember my author-listeners, Aileen and Megan provide a la carte services as well as tailored help based on your needs or project…give them a shot. They also offer zoom classes that are on-point, interesting, educational AND affordable.

From the podcast:

Aileen Weintraub’s Book: Knocked Down: A High Risk Memoir

Megan Margulies’ Book: My Captain America: A Granddaughter's Memoir of a Legendary Comic Book Artist

What I love about this podcast episode is the openness and authenticity of Megan and Aileen and their desire to help authors achieve success. I especially love the conversation about ‘elevator pitches’ and the clever tips they share to create and use one.

For more fabulous posts and podcasts like this one, give a nod to my work today by upgrading to a paid subscription to Get Your Book Seen and Sold. Thank you!

Hello Authors, have a listen to this post for a few specific book promotion sites to promote your book.. ~Claudine

You can read this article with the links included here.

As a subscriber to Get Your Book Seen and Sold, you already know that book marketing is a big part of your job as an author. In this podcast episode, I introduce the concept of book promotion through websites created to offer you book promotion opportunities.

I explain the idea behind these sites - the fact that there are two sides to the sites: The side that services readers and the side that services authors who want to promote their books. Amazon is an example of a site where an author can pay for advertising for their books and also use the site as reader/customer. Bookbub is another such site.

The companies use their database of readers (book buyers) to offer promotion opportunities for the book sellers - that means you! Two other easy to understand Book Bub deep dives are here and here.

Enjoy this introduction to book promotion sites… it’s a huge topic with many companies vying for your book promotion dollars in slightly different ways. Another book promotion site that has become one of my favorites is written word media - ie. bargain booksy, free booksy. I interviewed one of their executives on the podcast here, Clayton Noblit, and I use them myself to promote Get Your Book Seen and Sold and I have been pleased with the results.

Thanks for the image for this post, Mahmudul Hasan on Unsplash.

For more information about book marketing fundamentals complete with exercises to help you create fabulous pitches and an updated book marketing plan, get a copy of my latest award-winning, best-selling book with co-author, Julie Murkette, Get Your Book Seen and Sold today.

Take the plunge and subscribe today with a juicy, paid subscription. The yearly is $75 which includes a free copy of my book w/ Julie Murkette and a 30 minute chat with me to ask all of your publishing and book marketing questions.

Hello Authors, have a listen to this post for an easy idea that will yield great benefit for future book sales - it’s a quick tip that you can start while on your holiday weekend. ~Claudine

You are listening to the audio version of the post, Three Easy (But Crucial) Book Marketing Tasks: Identify Audience, Message, Media Contacts

Authors: Book Marketing Starting Point and Tips to Create Your Book’s Building Blocks

As a subscriber to Get Your Book Seen and Sold, you already know that book marketing is a big part of your job as an author. In this podcast episode, I reveal an easy starting point to get your feet wet and get you more comfortable with the idea of “selling” your book! (I put “selling” in parenthesis because you are not selling exactly, you are sharing your message (through your book) with the readers who already desire to hear it!)

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For more information about book marketing fundamentals complete with exercises to help you create fabulous pitches and an updated book marketing plan, get a copy of my latest award-winning, best-selling book with co-author, Julie Murkette, Get Your Book Seen and Sold today.

Take the plunge and subscribe today with a juicy, paid subscription.

Enjoy this interview as the generous, best-selling author, Mariah Fredericks illustrates by example how to be a successful novelist - her writing method. her research method, her love of writing - her NEED to do it - and graciously offering her time for a podcast interview with a fan!

Best-selling author Mariah Fredericks released her 16th book, The Wharton Plot, in January 2024. I ripped through her latest, fabulous book that focuses on a true crime during the gilded age in NYC. The book is much more than that, though, it a behind the scenes look at the life of a famous American author, Edith Wharton - her broken marriage, her lover, her famous and not so famous friends, her career later in life, and her place as a famous woman in an age when women did not have careers. As usual, Fredericks seamlessly weaves all of the themes together in a fabulously written, engrossing and entertaining novel.

Fredericks uses the backdrop of a real-life murder to introduce us to Wharton as she tries to solve the crime. The reader comes to understand Wharton on a deeper level. Fans of Age of Innocence, by Wharton, will love reading about its author behind the scenes. In the podcast, I ask if the audio book narrator of The Wharton Plot is the same as the narrator in the The Age of Innocence Movie (The narrator is NOT the same as you will hear. Wait ‘til you hear who it is).

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Authors: Specific Example Of A Media Pitch That Landed And Led To Book Sales

As a subscriber to Get Your Book Seen and Sold, you already know that you can continue to market your book forever! In this quick podcast, you will hear the story of a specific example of a media pitch that landed. As you will hear, YOU have the power to successfully market your book.

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For more information about pitching complete with exercises to help you createfabulous pitches and an updated book marketing plan, get a copy of my latest award-winning, best-selling book with co-author, Julie Murkette, Get Your Book Seen and Sold today.

Take the plunge and subscribe today. Thanks for listening.

Hello my authors! It’s one thing to tell you what to do to publish and promote your book, it’s another thing to hear from an author in the trenches going through what authors go through to write, to pitch their book to an agent, to promote their book and to navigate the business of being an author.

Author of Still, Geraldine Donaher, chats about her upcoming FREE workshop on Story Structure where she introduces a practical plan for authors to make sure they have the important elements for their books. We talk about the journey of an author navigating the world of agents. writers workshops, pitching, promoting and the business of being an author in today’s world.

Geri is working on finding an agent for her latest book, Mouth Shut, Head Down, a YA Thriller and shares her process of finding an agent. She also chats about what she learned since writing her first novel, Still - a fiction book that loosely follows her life as a former nun and coping with the loss of a baby. Plus, she shares the benefits of joining writing groups - what works and what does not work. In all, being an author is a process that evolves with the more information your learn, staying open, and getting more confident. You’ll see what you mean as you listen to the podcast.

Geri mentions:

The Algonquin Workshops for Writers

Penn Writing Group

The Free workshop sponsored by Delaware County Libraries that Geri is hosting:

Open Night Mic For Writers: How Stories Are Structured

Friday, June 14th, 7:00 - 8:00

Registration required - get your spot today!

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Authors: Refresh Your Knowledge of Pitching To Media Contacts to Sell Your Book

As a subscriber to Get Your Book Seen and Sold, you already know that marketing your books never ends. In this quick podcast, you will get a refresher course on why and how you pitch media contacts.

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For more information about pitching complete with exercises to help you create fabulous pitches and an updated book marketing plan, get a copy of my latest award-winning, best-selling book with co-author, Julie Murkette, Get Your Book Seen and Sold today.

Take the plunge and subscribe today.

Enjoy the audio version of this post where I introduce the best book proposal book of all time, Write The Perfect Book Proposal by Jeff Herman and Deborah Levine Herman. One of the reasons I love this book is because it is brief, simple but packs a powerful punch…it teaches what every author must know about their own book to market and sell it. Then it includes actual book proposals that sold with notes and comments on why they sold.

For another brief, simple how-to book for authors that packs a powerful punch, get your copy of Get Your Book Seen and Sold today. In it, aspiring authors will get the leg-up on publishing and book marketing BEFORE their book is for sale.

A recent review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold gushed - “The authors have distilled a wealth of book marketing “knowledge into easy-to-follow steps, accompanied by helpful charts, graphics, and exercises. You’ll gain insights into defining your goals, audience, and message, laying a solid foundation for your marketing efforts. Real-life examples illustrate key concepts, guiding you on your journey.”

Consider a paid subscription to Get Your Book Seen and Sold Substack if you like what your hear.

Andreea Billig, owner of Self-Publishing Mastery and an author coach and publicist is offering a limited seat, online, in person, once a week for 5 weeks, 90 minutes each, Book Launch Book Camp Release Your Book With A Bang class starting May 23rd. (discount offered and mentioned in the podcast is below)

The podcast interview (and bootcamp) will expand the horizons of what you thought a book launch is. Andreea’s background in publicity for products, informed her ability to publicize her own books and the books of other authors and she wants to share that knowledge with you.

Authors can feel stymied by the idea of a book launch and how to go about planning one. Andreea shares secrets to a successful book launch - the before, during and after of the launch - and opens the floodgates to new and exciting ideas that will work for you!

To check out more information and free tips for a successful book launch whether you are planning a launch in the near future or just considering a book launch as part of a future marketing plan, check out Andreea’s link for the Book Launch Boot Camp and book your seat today.

Use the discount code “WOLK50” and receive $50 off the already low price of $397.

SECOND BONUS: Andreea will also ship a few, free paperback copies of Get Your Book Seen And Sold: The Essential Book Marketing and Publishing Guide to a few of the participants who use the code WOLK50 as she offers in the podcast - how nice of her!

The 5 five week Book Launch Boot Camp course includes live 90 minute sessions with Andreea where she teaches, as she describes in the podcast, AND offers one-on-one input within the sessions. You even get access to the Self-Publishing Mastery Facebook page and get to meet other authors and share ideas. Andreea has room for 23-25 participants for this class so don’t wait.

My Author Friends, this class is one of those classes that will catapult your learning and chances of having a successful book launch. Andreea is an expert resource who truly cares for authors. You can listen to a previous podcast that we recorded here. Andreea is the real deal. Read More Here: Book Launch Bootcamp.

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