BELLE MEAD, NJ, September 29, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- OVER ONE MILLION BOOKS AVAILABLE: With over one million books published in 2009, authors are asking how to sell books in a competitive marketplace.
National publicity expert, Annie Jennings, of the national PR firm Annie Jennings PR reveals 18 ways to sell your book. Below are more tips in the series.
Annie Jennings PR presents outstanding book marketing, book promotion and book publicity resources.
BOOK MARKETING TIPS, BOOK PROMOTION TIPS INCLUDE:
BOOK MARKETING - Tell Your Community About Your Book: Email blast to your community worked when par t of the "be everywhere at all time strategy with the consistency over time and content rich philosophy". Your audience knows who you are already as they are members of your community. They should know why they would want to buy your book once it is published. So when it's published and ready for sales, tell you audience. Not once but a few times. Point out the "must haves" your book reveals and why your audience needs to know. Readers will buy your book if they determine they MUST HAVE your info. Keep in mind that you are create your book for your readers.
BOOK MARKETING - DIGITAL MARKETING FOR YOUR BOOK: Create an Internet presence, that is, create "a digital thumbprint" for your book. Internet marketing for your book is essential to your success as an AUTHORITY, hence for your success in marketing for book sales. Seek out opportunities on the Internet. There is Internet marketing and Internet reputation or thumbprint and these are two different strategies.
BOOK MARKETING - AMAZON UPGRADES AND FEATURES: Buy them all. Amazon intends to be #1 in the book industry and you better be there with them. Be sure to invest in the extra book marketing and book promotion strategies that Amazon offers.
BOOK MARKETING - IS YOUR BOOK SPECIAL? TELL YOUR READERS WHY: Showcase your book's accomplishments that include reviews and rewards. Try to get book reviews as they are important to positioning your book as a good investment. You may wish to contact freelance journalists to review your book, especially if you cannot get a big media outlet (as those are generally given to the major publishers)
BOOK MARKETING - GET BUSINESS CARDS FOR YOUR BOOK: Why not? These little cards can act as mini-billboards Include your book's title, book sub-site, book website, your name as the author, your email and the BENEFIT to the reader, a nice quick summary. Post these little brochures/banners on your local community bill boards. Fun book marketing tips grassroots style. Plus if someone asks about your book, you can give them your mini-billboard. Don't be afraid to invest in high quality. Buy cheap, look like you are not worth it. Buy good quality products. They will pay for themselves in more book sales.
Annie Jennings of the National PR firm, Annie Jennings PR is a National Publicist specializing in promoting book authors and experts to the media.
ANNIE JENNINGS PR - FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL: The Annie Jennings website is packed with additional book marketing, book promotion and book PR information such as publicity special reports. Annie Jennings PR shares her publicity strategies with authors and experts so everyone can have access to PR strategies, both the basics and advanced PR thought, so they can share their messages with authors and publishers, including self published authors and print on demand authors for the betterment of all.
ANNIE JENNINGS PR - Created Mega Publicity Strategy In Use Throughout The Industry: Annie Jennings created the concepts of media websites and online press kits, defined how to create a powerful platform, developed the most advanced branding concepts using publicity and media exposure known to the industry, created the HOT 35! & HOT 50! Radio campaigns where you are only booked on TOP SHOWS in major BIG CITY markets and on regional and nationally syndicated shows and crafted the revolutionary Pay For Placement Publicity Program, also known as, Pay For Play Publicity, that has helped thousands of authors and experts build powerful and influential positioning.
ANNIE JENNINGS PR - SPEAKING EVENTS, WORKSHOPS & BOOK MARKETING, and BOOK PROMOTION TELESEMINARS: Annie Jennings has presented for The Harvard Club in Boston to CEO's on Communication Strategies as well has been an invited guest lecturer for NYU's Publishing Program and for the American Society Of Journalists & Authors. Annie Jennings PR has taught over 500 publicity, book marketing and book promotion Teleseminars for consistent standing room audiences, reaching hundreds of thousands of author and experts. Annie Jennings is the premier publicity expert in the country with her knowledge sought out by professionals and organizations everywhere.
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Book marketing expert, Annie Jennings PR provides access to media exposure for book authors in the areas of TV, radio campaigns, internet marketing, social media book marketing and print media outreach. Annie Jennings PR is famous for its pay for play biz model that thousands of authors and experts have used to build up their media bios and get media exposure. Contact Annie Jennings PR at http://www.anniejenningspr.com
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