Tips to Promote Your Book Online

  • Assign an ISBN to your print book as well as your ebook.

  • Complete author page on Amazon and be sure you connect it to your blog or website.

Cover of your book is your most important selling tool

So be sure it's online everywhere

  • Your website

  • Barnes & Noble

  • Amazon

  • Goodreads

  • Powell's

  • Books A Million

  • Tattered Cover

  • other online retailers.

Categories

  • Be sure your book is listed in the correct category.

  • This can be challenging, but you need to be certain it's correct or librarians and retailers won't be able to find your book.

Create digital images beyond the cover image.

  • Put up table of contents or quotes from your book conduct interviews with contributors produce video trailers have someone interview you as the author and put up a 2-3 minute video.

  • For graphics, use Canva.com, a free online tool for creating blog and social media images.

Do a series of podcasts, Blabs, and Facebook video broadcasts to get your name out there.

Write a blog

  • You can take the contents of your book and create a series of blog posts just from that.

  • Invite guests to post on similar topics.

  • This gives you a variety of voices and perspectives, and you won't have to do all the work!

Hire a virtual book tour company

  • who can promote your book to bloggers for you.

  • They'll review the book, interview you, or ask for a guest post.

Do a Kindle bestseller campaign

  • This works best if you have a list of people who will buy your Kindle book on one pre-determined day for 99 cents.

  • There are people that will do the campaign for you.

Read blogs on similar content that are written by other people.

Become familiar with their style and offer to write a guest post for them.

Update your LinkedIn account

  • And participate in groups that are applicable to your book's topic.

  • You'll have a natural audience who might be interested in what you have to say.

  • NEVER try to sell your book on LinkedIn — just listen and contribute advice to build your reputation.

Use Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and other social media websites to interact with fans and offer great free content to others.

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