In this rebroadcast episode, I talk with children's book author Tasha Fuller about how authors can be successful at book festivals. I chose to do this episode as a replay since we are entering spring and many cities and regions are beginning to launch their annual book festivals. If you're planning on attending a book festival this year, you'll want to hear these marketing tips that will help you to sell more books.

If you're about to write a book, are writing a book, or about to publish a book, Candy Zulkosky is going to tell you how book launches work and why they need to start from the moment you have a concept for your book. She talks about the timeline for a book launch, from getting a cover to getting testimonials from your audience.

You'll also learn:

• Why a book launch starts before the book is completed 
• How to get your book cover and what comes next 
• Building a community for your book launch 
• Where to focus your social media strategy 
• Producing a media kit
• Why it's important to have a separate website for your book 
• How to co-ordinate a successful launch day 
• Choosing your launch date
• What is a good frequency for emailing and posting to your audience 
• The importance of asking for testimonials 
• Setting up an Author Central page on Amazon 
• How long you should keep promoting your book
• The importance of having people to support you as you write your book

Today's guest is Hannah Carmack, author of the book "The Seven Sided Spy" (released by NineStar Press in January). Hannah talks about how she went through several rejection letters before a clever 140-character tweet caught the attention of a book publisher who offered her a deal for her book.

Chris Jones shares the top 5 lessons that he learned in 2017 that helped him to have a better year of writing and creativity.

Zack Miller is the CEO of Hatch where he helps entrepreneurs to start, build, grow, and thrive in their businesses. Zack is also a television show and podcast host, as well as an author. Today he's going to teach you how to get influencers to say, "Yes!" to contribution to and endorsing your books.

Get the complete show notes at: http://www.readywritelaunch.com/abw067