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We offer book and author promotion
Promotion and marketing are the hardest part of the publishing
business. It's very hard to promote new books with a few ratings
and reviews.
When authors publish a new book or trying to promote non-selling
books, they want to see an immediate result from any type of
promotion. It is understandable. They work hard and they spend
months and even years to write one book, so when it's published,
they want to get feedback right away.
Facts:
When the manuscript is finished, it is but the first step before the
book can hit the store shelves. Next comes editing, book cover
design, book interior design and formatting as well as ISBN
registration and publishing. And, this is the easy part!
Promotion and marketing are the hardest part. The big publishing
sites are pushing out thousands of books a day. Therefore, it's very
hard to promote new books with a few or no ratings, less than 100
reviews, and less than a few thousand sales.
But in order to get high rates and reviews, the book has to sell as
many copies as possible. But how can it be done when readers are
not aware of the book? The only solution is to promote the book
every way possible.
Let's look at different types of book promotion:
NEWSLETTER CAMPAIGNS
It sounds great when a promoter tells you that they send out your
book to 15,000 readers, doesn't it?
The truth:
Reputable, effective, long-standing newsletter services such as
BookBub are very choosy, and they will only accept books that
have many positive reviews and 4 or higher rating. Their service is
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