Thursday 17 May 2012

An Important Step Towards Getting The Book Acknowledged Among The Readers.


A famous age old adage says that a person cannot be lonely in the company of a good book.Books are a man's best friend that can never leave its reader lonely and secluded. A good book can be hugely satisfying, can teach you about things beyond your daily horizons, and can create characters so vivid you feel as if you really know them. While reading a good book a reader is taken to a world of his own where the characters of the book comes alive. Agood book leaves an impression on its readers that is hard to be erased. Nevertheless in this world of cut - throat competition where every writer is trying to outperform the other one , it is vital for an author to make his book marketable with various promotional materials.

In today's world as people are busy in their own lives and meeting their deadlines and targets they hardly get time to skim through the content of the various books. It is even difficult to get yourself acknowledged with the various books that are available in the market and that makes for a good read. In such a scenario there is the need of a strong marketing strategy that catches the eyes of enthusiastic readers who are on the look out of good books.

In todays life it is important to market your product through strong marketing skills and promotional material specific to the book so that it gets highlighted and catches the attention of avid book readers. The promotional material for the authors can include an item that can be given to all and sundry , small enough for people to keep. They include postcards , bookmarks , posters , business cards , greeting cards and leaflets. These things are graciously and is a good way of marketing the book. Of all other promotional materials that are handy include the postcards and glossy leaflets that catches the eyes of the enthusiastic readers.

Using promotional materials to market the books is the first step towards carving out a place in the hearts of readers. The various promotional material available in the market offers consultation to all authors in regard to press releases, media lists, publicity-campaign strategies for particular titles, media-submission guidelines and deadlines, author book signings, and much more. From pitching at important book conferences to ensuring major trade show presence; from targeted review follow-ups to radio and television attention (including shopping channels), to supermarkets, mail-order and 'non-traditional' channels, promotional material can create unique selling 'handles' for a book to attract media interest.

Promotional Material helps to create customized publicity according to the content of the book and highlights the theme of each book.


Friday 13 April 2012

Authors Bookmarks- A unique way to promote your book

“Books are priceless don’t spoil them.” All of us must have heard or read this saying in our school and college libraries isn’t it. Well, you know why this saying was pasted on the library’s wall, it’s because many of us bind the pages of a book and mark it with pen as a reminder to where we were reading. Ultimately, it spoils the beauty of a book and leaves it looking grimy. That is why only, our teachers always suggested us to use a bookmark instead. It is extremely easy to use and also keeps the book neat and clean. But with the changing times, the role of a bookmark has changed to a greater extent. Apart from serving its prime function, it is a great tool for book promotion.

Yes, these days bookmarks are gaining huge popularity as well as acceptance as promotional products. The major reasons for this is that, firstly, bookmarks are easy to print, secondly, these are easy to carry along and thirdly, these offer you good advertising space, fourthly, a free bookmark is kindly received. In addition to it, bookmarks act as a constant remainder about your product and of course it is a useful item for the recipient. Even if the reader is busy reading the book, he/she will be in constant interaction with your brand too. As a matter of fact, these days even the authors greatly use bookmarks for the promotion of their books known as authors bookmarks.

The author’s bookmarks are small, handy promotional products that can be distributed among the prospects at several occasions such as at a writer’s conference and at the bookshop, these can be inserted into the books of the particular writer as well as in related books. In addition to it, these can be kept in a library near the reading area, so that the readers can use it while reading.

The author’s bookmarks come in a variety of design, shape and colours these days. As per your requirements, you can design it yourself or can get it designed through professional promotional product designer and publishers. There are many such designers and publishers based in traditional market as well as online. As per your ease, you can contact them and get the authors bookmarks to rightly promote your book.

Monday 26 March 2012

The first step towards carving out a place in the hearts of readers

Writing about something is a reflection of who you are. People who write are usually passionate about what they do. Though writing is not an involuntary activity but it involves an activity like climbing the stairs. Through their work the writers tend to pen down their thoughts and imagination and we get inkling about their feelings and views. The happenings and events around them may make them inspire to pen down their opinions or it may so happen that you want to convey any message to anyone then also you may require the art of writing. Nevertheless a successful author is one who is able to rightly convey his message to the readers and leave an indelible imprint on their minds. Nevertheless this frenetic world of today, where there are innumerable time demands to be met by everybody it is essential to have a professional way of grabbing other people’s attention and that is done through Author Marketing.
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In this world of intense competition and pressure a unique book needs to carve out a niche for itself through various means of marketing and here comes the need of a professional for a proper strategy.  Authors’ Marketing offers consultation to all authors in regard to press releases, media lists, publicity-campaign strategies for particular titles, media-submission guidelines and deadlines, author book signings, and much more. From pitching at important book conferences to ensure major trade show presence from targeted review follow-ups to radio and television attention (including shopping channels), to supermarkets, mail-order and 'non-traditional' channels. Author  Marketing  can create unique selling 'handles' for a book to attract media interest.

The various professionals that are available in the market strive to create a detailed marketing campaign for the book by sale advertising and in store promotional campaigns; they have the best-selling tools to give the necessary momentum that every successful author needs. Author Marketing can also help to create customized publicity for the book so that theme of the book is highlighted and it is according to the scope of the project.

Monday 19 March 2012

Grab The Attention Of All With a Little Effort.

An author is able to etch out a mark in the hearts of its readers only when his book keeps the reader engrossed from the beginning till the end. You do not require the company of anyone else if you have a good book beside you that keeps you absorbed all the while. An author is successful in its mission if its readers are glued to their book, till the last page. Nevertheless in this age of digital media where everybody has succumbed to their sophistication, it is imperative for the authors to find a means of marketing their works to their anxious readers. author marketing includes variety of different ways to help grab the readers’ eyeballs.

There are ranges of different materials and services available as the author marketing made for the busy author to help in the promotion of their book. This includes postcards, bookmarks, posters, business cards; leaflets all intended to advertise about the author’s latest book. Ideally an item that can be given to all and sundry and can be kept in the wallet. These mode of marketing is helpful in a way that it is readily available to present to anyone you talk to, be it journalist, book buyer or reader.

It so happens that when we take a book in our hand we need to go through the short prologue of it before embarking on to start reading the book. author marketing can help garner the audience and create sufficient demand for the author’s creativity. Creating awareness about the book’s essence will help create awareness and inquisitiveness among its readers..

author marketing will help create a curiosity among its readers about their books and their contents. Today whether a self-published or traditionally published author there is requirement of a marketing means to get acclaimed. It is important for an author to connect to the like-minded people and there are ways to build this platform through various methods of marketing. When you are an author it can be overwhelming to realize that you are responsible for marketing of your own book.

Writing is like any other profession, it requires hard work, dedication, focus and plan. Writing in your own journal will not help you build a career; you will have to consider it as a business. You will have to understand what publishers think and ways to focus on their needs. If you want to self-publish, if you want to write copy, if you want to freelance … you need to understand the business you’re in and be dedicated to building your reputation as a writer.

Thursday 16 February 2012

Author Book Promotion – A Key To Successful Online Book Promotion

Once a book has been written and published, the one question that always worries a writer is how to take his work to the right readers? In this virtual age, promoting the book has become quite a major idea that has been revolving around the internet now days. It has been observed that right author book promotion strategy is the key to get success.
Earlier, there was a time when authors used to think that there work ends with getting their book published as there is little to do with its promotion. They would sit back and wait for the royalties to roll in. Now the time has changed and many strategies are being followed by authors in order to promote their books to cherish reader’s appreciation.
Social Bookmarking has been popular for long now as it shows itself as a great tool in promoting a book and the author. The medium allows people to go on particular page and tag their favorites that can then be shared with the friends. In fact, bookmarks can have various keywords attached to it which would work well to sell books. So, it can be said that social bookmarking attracts huge traffic and is seen as an excellent way to promote a book.
Moreover, the author can have personal website that would work as a channel for establishing communication between the author and the reader. The site should be regularly updated with the author’s recent work and may also include a bit of personal information like photographs of the author that would further form a bond between the readers and the authors. The author can allow the readers to download a part of the eBook free of cost. This way the author book promotion goes hand in hand as getting blurbs or quotes written for the book makes book look more credible and helps to increase sales.
Likewise, reviewing the books written by other authors also makes a great idea. In order to do so, you can become a reviewer on Amazon. Author name must be accompanied along with the book title; in this way when someone reads your reviews some of the readers may even click the click that may take them to the online edition of your book. This in turn, increases the popularity of your book thereby rolling in more royalty for the author. These are just few tried and tested ideas that can help the writer in right author book promotion strategy.These are some of the steps that will certainly help the author in increasing the sales of his/her book.

Saturday 14 January 2012

Complex book marketing ideas are better left for the professional book marketers

Book marketing has come a long way from the old world of mouth publicity and recommendations to the latest online promotion techniques. While earlier books used to sell on the name and reputation of the authors, new promotional book marketing ideas and concepts are used these days to narrowcast on the desired audience. Though, traditional means of book marketing are mostly trusted by the authors even to this date. The websites such as Kindle, Amazon are very popular among the readers which make it compulsory for the authors to make their books readily available on these online platforms.
There are many ways in which the sale of the books can be increased so that it reaches the larger audience. Most of the time books don’t get sold just because readers neither get to hear about them nor they have any proper marketing strategy to reach readers. Some traditional book marketing tools such as postcards, bookmarks, business cards, posters and leaflets can be useful but these tricks might not be as effective as new book marketing ideas such as PR activity which generates enough curiosity about the author and the book.
A personal website of the author can be a great medium for direct interaction between the author and the readers. The websites are easier to promote across the various online book stores. Do not shy away from making your book available through portals such as Kindle in the form of ebooks. These ebooks sold over these portals give handsome returns and royalty. According to figures, 60% of books sold in America over Christmas were Kindle books. Authors often shy away from kindle version of their books in the fear of illegal copying but the share of ebooks in book market is growing rapidly by every passing year.
A better way can be of availing services of professional book marketing people who are well aware of the latest trends in the market and can help you better if you are a busy author. These people assist you in increasing the sales of your book by various means. Apart from the traditional means such as leaflets, posters, bookmarks, post cards etc. these guys are very professional in their approach and have professional copywriters that can write blurbs for your book. These people help your book get reviewed by known reviewers, make sure that it gets top shelf placing at book stores or libraries and have link ups with book fair organizers that helps immensely in increasing sales. The book marketing ideas of these professionals are out of box and generate enough curiosity that your book gets attention and talked over among large readers’ circles.