As I shared last week, reviews from book bloggers can be a valuable marketing strategy. You really have three opportunities here: 1) exposure to the book blogger’s audience, 2) a link back to your website (which helps your ranking with Google) and 3) they may post a review on Amazon. This last point is […]
Author PR 101: 5 Tips to Improve Your Chances of Getting Reviews from Book Bloggers Read More »
Book bloggers might be considered the poor author’s alternative to a traditional public relations campaign to promote your book but there is nothing poor about them. The right blogs at the right time with thoughtful reviews can really juice a book launch, or re-invigorate a campaign that’s leveled out. It’s a potentially huge opportunity precisely
Author PR 101: Resources for Finding Independent Book Reviewers Read More »
You are launching your new book, and you know how important reviews are, so you ask a number of your personal contacts to write a review and post it on Amazon. You offer to send them a copy; perhaps even draft a few ideas they might use. Three months and 2 reviews later you’re wondering
Getting People You Know to Review Your Book-What should you expect? Read More »
What if you saw a great deal on a Kindle book and wanted to give it as a gift to someone at a future date? If you “Give as a Gift”, a feature that Amazon enabled in late 2010, the recipient receives an email with instructions about how to claim their gift. Of course that
Stocking up on Kindle book deals to give as gifts in the future Read More »
