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How to Promote Your eBook in Time for the Holiday Rush

How to Promote Your eBook in Time for the Holiday Rush

by on September 7, 2012 in eBook Distribution

[This post was written by BookBaby staff member Meghan M.]

What you need to know now to get your eBook ready!

Maybe you have a heartwarming Christmas tale for kids or an eBook full of delicious recipes for Hanukkah.  Perhaps you’ve written a book dedicated to the seven principles of Kwanzaa.  Regardless of which winter holiday your eBook is meant for, you will need to carefully plan your eBooks’ release in order to make it on time. Here are some tips from BookBaby to make sure your eBook is ready for its biggest occasion of the year:

1) Allow yourself plenty of time.

This is number one on our list because we can’t stress enough how important it is to allow lots of time for each part of the publishing process! Although we live in a digital age, the teams working on your eBook are still human. Your conversion process is going to take time, as is getting your book live at each of our retail partners.

  • To publish before Hanukkah, we recommend you submit your eBook no later than the end of September.
  • To publish before Christmas and Kwanzaa, we recommend you submit your eBook no later than mid-October.

This time frame allows at least ten business days for your conversion to take place, along with room for proofing (provided you chose our Premium package, which includes a proof of your eBook) and time for the retail partners to make your eBook live for sale. This also takes into consideration the fact that some retail partners have reduced service levels during the holidays.

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Personality Sells Ebooks

Personality Sells Ebooks

by on August 29, 2012 in eBook Promotion, Self Publishing

[This piece is excerpted from 50 Ways to Promote Your Ebook, by guest contributor Patricia Fry. Download the whole book for FREE at http://www.patriciafry.com.]

Many authors of ebooks believe they are limited when it comes to promotion. They think you can’t promote an ebook the same way you promote a print book. But that’s not exactly true. Here’s an example of how to use print book marketing strategies to sell your ebook.

Go out and talk about your ebook.

Now here’s the ebook promotion suggestion you didn’t expect to see here—the one you have been avoiding, you say, “for obvious reasons.” Yes, I’m suggesting that you make public appearances with your ebook. Book speaking engagements at venues where your audience congregates.

So how does the author sell ebooks in the back-of-the-room after presenting a workshop or after entertaining an audience with stories from his fiction ebook?

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Promote Your Book on a Budget: 20 Thrifty Ways to Get Your Writing Out There

Promote Your Book on a Budget: 20 Thrifty Ways to Get Your Writing Out There

by on June 28, 2012 in eBook Promotion, Self Publishing

Some folks say that the success of a book is 10% quality and 90% marketing. As an independent author you’re probably not working with a big promotional budget. You’ve already paid for pro editing, pro book design, book printing, and more, and the funds for anything AFTER the book has been made may have dwindled.

I’ve got good news, though: while it wouldn’t hurt to have some serious cash to throw behind your promotional efforts, nowadays savvy and motivated authors can spread the word about their books in really effective ways for cheap, or even free!

 20 ways to promote your book without breaking the bank

1. Set up a professional author website- Domain name registration and hosting are quite affordable these days. A company like HostBaby (our sister company!) can help you create a great looking site in minutes, equip it with social media integration, a blog, and all the other goodies that’ll help you sell more books.

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How to Build Your Author Brand

How to Build Your Author Brand

by on December 27, 2011 in eBook Promotion, Self Publishing

Building Your Brand: how authors can promote their work while protecting their souls (This article is an excerpted section from CJ Lyons’ BREAK FREE FROM THE SLUSHPILE, copyright 2011. Thanks to CJ for allowing us to re-post. For more advice, check out www.cjlyons.net!) ———————- There are tons of places authors can find information on building a [...]

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How Authors Can Use ThingLink to Drive Engagement, Sales, and More

How Authors Can Use ThingLink to Drive Engagement, Sales, and More

by on December 21, 2011 in eBook Promotion, Self Publishing

Not counting the actual words, nothing says as much about an author as his or her images/press photos/book covers. Photos can provide potential readers with important clues about an author’s themes, style, and aesthetic, — but until recently, they couldn’t really do much aside from that. With ThingLink, however, writers can make their book covers and [...]

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Your Website is the Hub: Online Marketing for Authors and Writers

Your Website is the Hub: Online Marketing for Authors and Writers

by on December 2, 2011 in eBook Promotion, Self Publishing

Q: What’s the easiest and most effective way to promote your book, blog and brand? A: Let your fans do it for you. Your website should be the destination of all your social networking activity. Your personal website is where you have complete control over the user experience. Social networks are great places to find [...]

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Author Tip: Use Amazon Author Central to Promote Your eBooks

Author Tip: Use Amazon Author Central to Promote Your eBooks

by on July 28, 2011 in eBook Distribution, eBook Promotion, Self Publishing

Amazon Author Central allows you to add bio, photos, video, and a reading events schedule to your Amazon page. Give customers a richer experience when they browse your books, and then use that extra content to really draw them in! Check out Amazon Author Central now.

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Brian’s talk at the London Book Fair 4/13/11: “Fame, Fortune, and the Independent Author”

by on April 25, 2011 in eBook Distribution

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Easy Book Promotion: Strike When the Topic is Hot!

Easy Book Promotion: Strike When the Topic is Hot!

by on April 6, 2011 in eBook Promotion

Getting media attention for your book can be hard work. But if you happen to have written a book, essay, or poem about a trending news topic then half the battle is already won! If a journalist or TV news producer is covering a particular story or subject that you’ve touched upon in your work, [...]

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