Index to John Kremer's Book Marketing Tip of the Week
Book Marketing 105: Choosing a Book Distribution System - This vital mini-guide includes criteria for deciding how you will distribute your books.
Also includes complete info on 30 distributors, 4 library distributors, 89 book publishers who also distribute for other publishers, 27 bookstore wholesalers, 34 library wholesalers, and 23 Spanish-language wholesalers.
Plus a sample book distribution contract. Ebook download, $30.00.
Top 700 Independent Bookstores - This database features 740 stores with address, book buyer, owner, event coordinator, phone, fax, email, website, and more! Cost: $40.00.
This data file features an updated list of the largest independent bookstores that work with authors and buy books from indie publishers.
The report comes as a data file download (your choice of Microsoft Access, Excel, or rich text format). The data files do require that you know how to use a database or word-processing program.
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In this issue . . .
- 20-Minute Book Marketing Podcast series
- Hot blog posts on marketing, blogging, ebooks, and more
20-Minute Book Marketing Podcast series
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Enjoy these short interviews featuring real-life book marketing tips from various book authors. Great stuff in about 20 minutes.
April 26th - Kathleen Rehl on Honeycomb Marketing - http://askjohnkremer.com/20-minute-book-marketing-podcast-kathleen-rehl-on-honeycomb-marketing
April 27th - Jim Misko on Selling Books Via Costco - http://askjohnkremer.com/20-minute-book-marketing-podcast-jim-misko-on-selling-books-via-costco
April 28th - Kid Chef Eliana on Marketing Cookbooks - http://askjohnkremer.com/kid-chef-eliana-on-marketing-cookbooks
April 29th - Jane Lassar on Great Radio Interviews - http://askjohnkremer.com/jane-lassar-on-great-radio-interviews
April 30th - Joan Stewart on Selling Books on Goodreads - http://askjohnkremer.com/joan-stewart-on-selling-books-on-goodreads
Hot blog posts on marketing, blogging, ebooks, and more
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Blog posts and website pages I think you'll find useful in chargine up your book and ebook marketing efforts:
The Wall Street Journal Reports: 10 Ebook Novels in One Year - http://blog.bookmarket.com/2012/05/wall-street-journal-reports-10-ebook.html #ebooks #wsj
With over 1,000,000 Twitter tools to choose from, here are 4 to try out - http://blog.kissmetrics.com/million-twitter-tools #twitter #tools
What are you doing to work with other like-minded book authors to sell more books? Tweet #jvbooks
Book Promotion Carnival #16 - #bmtips http://askjohnkremer.com/book-promotion-carnival-16
Amanda Hocking on print book sales for her Kindle bestselling Trylle series: http://amandahocking.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-am-i-doing-now.html #ebooks to #pbooks
19 Ways to Build Relationships With Blog Comments - http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/blog-comments
Quotable Books
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