An author biography is like a short sales pitch that introduces the author to their readers, readers to the author’s published work, as well as achieving an end goal such as directing interested parties towards the author’s website or blog. A strong author biography should connect the author with their readers, pique their curiosity, and […]
Continue readingYour synopsis should be short, sharp, and leave the reader wanting more. This is what will compel new readers to click on your book cover, read your full book description, author biography, sample material, and ultimately add your title to their shopping cart. A short book synopsis is an important sales pitch that will influence […]
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PageMaster Authors often have book signings and readings with their local bookstores or other settings and many have questions about how to start. Here are 8 tips to let you have a successful author reading. 1. Prepare Choose four or five short passages from your book, although you may only read a couple. People are […]
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At Pagemaster we help authors prepare for marketing their book we’ve already looked at How to Handle Questions and Answers at an Author Reading in this post we’ll look at how to interact with your audience. Here are some tips to interact better with your audience during the question and answer period. 1. Ask your audience […]
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Handling questions in your presentation can be a scary time for authors. The fear that someone will ask a question that you can’t answer makes this section one of the most dreaded sections of the speech. This fear is so real that presenters will often cut this area short or avoid it all together. Here […]
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This is the final post in this series. I hoped you enjoyed the posts along the way. They are listed in order at the bottom of every post in the series – I’ve got to love automation. Take your “Steps to Complete” in the Marketing Plan Overview you created and make them into goals for […]
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After all this work we’ve described in this series (see below) you may be a little lost with what to do with it. I’ve included a template for you to use to create a Marketing Plan Overview in the Book Marketing Workbook available at PageMaster Publishing Services. You can take what you’ve decided to and […]
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In an earlier post we looked at 36 Ways to Market Your Book, there are hundreds more you can come up with. When you decide to launch your marketing campaign you should do at least 3 marketing tasks a day durning that campaign. They won’t all be time intensive. It could be a simple as […]
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At PageMaster Publication Services we provide all kinds of publicity, sales and marketing materials for your books. It’s important to us that you not only get a great price but that there is exceptional value in the products you use. Now that you have determined the best publicity, sales, and marketing outlets for your marketing […]
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At PageMaster Publishing Services we want to see you succeed in your publishing goals. Bloggers, podcasts, webTV hosts need quality content and if you’re book fits their niche, most will gladly want to connect with you. I often review books on my blog and as a review I’ve come up with 7 Tips to help […]
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