Improve on your book marketing with StumbleUpon Guest Expert: Anita Brady Marketing your book is not the same animal it was only a few short years ago. With the evolution of Facebook and the staggeringly fast bloom of social media sites, reaching your target readership can be a sticky web to untangle. But once you’ve […]
Preparing Your Manuscript With an eBook in Mind
Guest Expert: Jonathan Scott We work all the time with authors and publishers, turning their new or existing books into eBook formats, but so far I’ve yet to receive a manuscript that’s been correctly prepared for the process. When I say that, many prospective eBook authors or publishers cringe, thinking I’m going to ask them […]
Discover Your Next Book at Freado’s Summer Romance Festival
A celebration of sizzling romance books for your enjoyment this summer We are celebrating the best romance books of 2012 in the online summer romance festival that is being held on Freado from the 25th of June to the 31st of July. If you are a lover of books with a romantic theme you will […]
Climbing the Amazon ladder . . .
Guest Expert: Scott Hunter Following the milestone of 27,000 Kindle copies sold of my archaeological thriller, The Trespass, Freya has invited me to share a few marketing tips . . . Here, in no particular order, are some of the actions I have taken over the past eight months which I believe have contributed (and […]
My Views On Self Publishing: Dino Simonetti
Guest Expert: Dino Simonetti Consider this-when a writer asks you to buy a book, they’re asking you to trust them. They’re asking you to part with hard-earned dollar (well unless its an e-book). When a reader buys the book, we’re hopeful they’ll love it enough to tell their friends etc. to buy/read it as well. […]
Why Isn’t My Website Enough For Mobile Phone Users?
Guest Expert: Aggie Villanueva A common misconception is that smartphone users can browse websites as easily as computers. Most mobile users will not browse your website, and it’s because they cannot browse it successfully. Everything on the web is made for viewing on computers, not in any way created to be browsed by mobile devices. […]
The Book Marketing Technology Week in Review April 28 to May 4
Notable blog posts, articles and happenings on the web this week: Joanna Penn has put together a quick summary of Mark Coker’s ebook – ‘The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success’. The book is worth a quick read and the best part is that it is currently available free. Download the PDF version here. Microsoft has […]
How to Be a Best Seller on Amazon: An Interview with Multi-Category Best Selling Author Judy Powell
Today we’re pleased to present an interview with best-selling author Judy Powell. Judy came on to our radar when she recently subscribed for a BookBuzzr Author Pro Plus account. We were able to connect with her and request her to do this interview. Judy Powell is a writer and marketing consultant who lives in Ontario, […]
Expert Interview: Aggie Villanueva Author of ‘Amazon Categories Create Best Sellers’
Have you ever wished that your book broke into a best seller list on Amazon? Aggie Villanueva has written a book that gives you tips and ideas to use the categories feature on Amazon in order to break into a best seller list. We reached out to Aggie in order to get her to share […]
The New Summer Theme from BookBuzzr Can Help You Sell More Books
Aah summer! Rolling waves. Warm sands. Tall cool drinks. And a great book to read! Inspired by such a vision, we’ve created a new landing page widget theme which you can use for your book this summer. And judging by the fact that several authors have installed the theme on their blogs and websites even […]
The Book Marketing Technology Week in Review April 21 to 28
Notable blog posts, articles and happenings on the web: Beverly Akerman has written an inspiring and instructive article about how to become an ebook sensation in the Globe and Mail. Scott Turow, president of the Author’s Guild went on CBC News and discussed Amazon’s strategy of selling bestselling e-books at a loss to tie-up a […]