You know the deal: a modern day writer is more than a writer. We publish, format, sell, market, and yes, design our own book covers. Some people will scold me for saying this, but sometimes it’s okay for a writer to design their own Book Cover. There is a gigantic BUT, though. Only do so if […]
Announcing the New Read My Book Widget for Facebook from BookBuzzr
Note: Soon after we wrote up this article, we received an email from author Emily Kinney which had us doing a little victory dance around the office: “I’ve had a Facebook page for my book, The Island of Lote, for a while, but I couldn’t post excerpts. The only version I had on my computer was a PDF […]
Directory of Book Editing Services
Suggest an Editor Are you an Editor? Do you know of someone good? Please suggest one in the comments section and we’ll add it in after vetting the link. 24×7 Editing On every editing assignment, 24x7editing ensures that your academic paper is not only structurally sound, but the tone, language, and other such concerning aspects […]
How to Get 18,000 Facebook Fans for your Facebook Author Page
BookBuzzr subscriber – Inglath Cooper has written over 10 books, won a RITA award, and is a song-writer and dog lover. She made waves a few months ago when her book – Truth and Roses – cracked the top 100 on Amazon. And what’s even more amazing is that Inglath has over 18,000 fans for […]
Expert Interview – Toni from Duolit
Duolit is comprised of a team of two ladies – Toni and Shannon. They help authors with lots of free book marketing advice on their website – http://www.selfpublishingteam.com.They even have a very useful ‘book marketing kit’ which you get if you sign-up for their newsletter. We (the BookBuzzr team) got in touch with them in […]
How to Market Your Book Gangnam Style
If you’ve not yet heard of Gangnam Style or Psy, you’ve got to get your nose of that book or whatever else you’ve been doing, come back to planet Earth and take a moment to watch the video below. It’s garnered 600 million views (yes … that’s right … it’s over half a billion!) The […]
Why Your Low Priced eBook Pricing Strategy is Wrong
This post is not about the economics of ebook pricing. There are other articles out there that have treated this topic in depth (ex: this article by Joe Konrath.) Rather, it is a hypothesis about the psychological reaction from readers to your ebook’s low price. John Locke and the 99 Cents eBook Revolution A few years […]
Conversation Triggers – The Secret Ingredient of a Rock Star Marketing Strategy
This blog post was inspired from a case study in Emanuel Rosen’s book – Buzz. First, a Little Story about How the Pros Do It A few years ago Clairol Herbal Essences -the hair color brand – wanted to come up with an innovative way to get people to talk about its product. What the marketing […]
How to Engage With Your Fans on Amazon and Other Book Marketing Tips – An Interview With Amazon Best Selling Author, Alexandra Anthony
Picture this: Someone writes a negative Amazon review for your book without even reading it. Other reviewers, who are fans of your book, jump in and defend the book on your behalf. A third person comments that she decided to buy your book based on the passion with which fans defended the book! As an […]
How Best Selling Indie Authors Deal with Negative Reviews on Amazon
“The artist doesn’t have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don’t have the time to read reviews.” – William Faulkner As an author you know that getting plenty of reviews for your book is important. They create social proof […]
My Experience Self-Publishing with CreateSpace
I recently released my newest book, Crochet Saved My Life, using Amazon’s CreateSpace self-publishing tool. There were pros and cons, ups and downs, but all in all I’ve been really happy with the CreateSpace experience. The Decision to Self-Publish As an experienced author with other published books I came to this title not sure what […]