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with Joanna Penn
Author, Speaker & Entrepreneur
@ thecreativepenn
If you don't get the fundamentals right, then even
if you do a huge marketing campaign, no one will
buy your book.
And in fact, if you ONLY do the things in this
part, you'll be streets ahead of other people.
2.1. Prerequisite
• Write for a specific target or category
• Find your comparison authors
• Understand where they hangout
• What do you enjoy doing in terms of
connection with people?
• How do you interact with others?
• Do you like images or words to convey
ideas?
• What sites do you hangout on for fun?
• Is marketing just about one book, or are
you building for the long term?
2.1. Prerequisite
• Rewrite and redraft. Repeat until you cant
do any more.
• Structural edit/Editorial review
• Revisions
• Beta readers
• Line edits
• Revisions
• Proofreading
• Publication
• Post-publication
• Make sure the cover resonates with the
genre you are writing
• Research your genre on Amazon
• Don’t your a painting that your child did
or you did yourself
• Ask your designer to optimize for the
thumbnail size image
2.2. Your book page on the retailer’s website
• It’s important to match reader
expectations and the promise of
what your book delivers with what
your book is actually about
• Brainstorm words & phrases
• Check the usage of keywords in
the search engines & Amazon
• Add the keywords into your book
metadata
• Setup author page
• Split one account into multiple
names
• Re-format your book sales
description
• Book sales tracking graphs
2.2. Your book page on the retailer’s website
• Get into the meat ASAP
• Pay attention to what will hook the
reader
• Make sure formatting is excellent and
easy to read throughout
• Lower price attracts reader to try a
new author
• Multiple books at multiple price
points
• Value pack bundling at higher prices
• Free pricing strategy
• An Amazon Kindle specific program
that allows you to put your book into
the Amazon Prime lending program
• Receive a percentage of lending
income from a fixed monthly pot
Want more?
http://viewBook.at/marketbook
http://www.TheCreativePenn.com/howtomarketabook/

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How To Market A Book By Joanna Penn (Part 2)

  • 1. with Joanna Penn Author, Speaker & Entrepreneur @ thecreativepenn
  • 2. If you don't get the fundamentals right, then even if you do a huge marketing campaign, no one will buy your book. And in fact, if you ONLY do the things in this part, you'll be streets ahead of other people.
  • 3. 2.1. Prerequisite • Write for a specific target or category • Find your comparison authors • Understand where they hangout • What do you enjoy doing in terms of connection with people? • How do you interact with others? • Do you like images or words to convey ideas? • What sites do you hangout on for fun? • Is marketing just about one book, or are you building for the long term?
  • 4. 2.1. Prerequisite • Rewrite and redraft. Repeat until you cant do any more. • Structural edit/Editorial review • Revisions • Beta readers • Line edits • Revisions • Proofreading • Publication • Post-publication • Make sure the cover resonates with the genre you are writing • Research your genre on Amazon • Don’t your a painting that your child did or you did yourself • Ask your designer to optimize for the thumbnail size image
  • 5. 2.2. Your book page on the retailer’s website • It’s important to match reader expectations and the promise of what your book delivers with what your book is actually about • Brainstorm words & phrases • Check the usage of keywords in the search engines & Amazon • Add the keywords into your book metadata • Setup author page • Split one account into multiple names • Re-format your book sales description • Book sales tracking graphs
  • 6. 2.2. Your book page on the retailer’s website • Get into the meat ASAP • Pay attention to what will hook the reader • Make sure formatting is excellent and easy to read throughout • Lower price attracts reader to try a new author • Multiple books at multiple price points • Value pack bundling at higher prices • Free pricing strategy • An Amazon Kindle specific program that allows you to put your book into the Amazon Prime lending program • Receive a percentage of lending income from a fixed monthly pot