Want to immerse yourself in marketing knowhow? Check out this fantastic list of books to help you sell your own books. If you’ve read any of them, give us a link you your review or say a few words in the comments below 😀
The information here comes mainly from a great post by Chris The Story-Reading Ape, Susan Toy’s posts on book marketing, as well as a few more sources. I added the links to make it easier for you to check out or buy the books.
* Books with an asterisk are only available in paperback.
Freebies
First of all, a free resource, courtesy of our very own P.H. Solomon: recommended Reading for Writers.
Books on Publicity, Promotion and Marketing
- Author 101: Bestselling Book Publicity by Rick Frishman and Robyn Freedman Spizman (Adams Media, 2006)*
- Author’s Guide to Building an Online Platform: Leveraging the Internet to Sell More Books by Stephanie Chandler (Quill Driver Books, 2008)*
- Complete Guide to Book Marketing by David Cole (Allworth Press, 2003)
- Complete Guide to Book Publicity by Jodee Blanco (Allworth Press, 2004)
- Get Known Before the Book Deal: Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow…
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Many thanks for sharing! I’m glad you found my list useful 🙂
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It really is an invaluable tool for any author, indie or otherwise. It’s so easy to forget that there are traditional resources (besides blogs) where this information can be found. Marketing/publicity is a worthwhile investment for any serious author wanting to share their writings with as many readers as possible 😉
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How true. Sadly, this is a lesson not covered by most writing courses 🙂
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It’s about time the education system picked up it’s pants and realised that even traditionally published authors with ‘big name’ publishers still have to market for themselves (if they’re newbies). Writers don’t just write any more 😉
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Gasp! 😀
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LOL!
But you knew that 😉
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I had my suspicions 😉
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