Book Marketing Roundup

Welcome to my roundup of book marketing tips and resources for authors and indie publishers. 

I'm excited about hosting Joanna Penn's How to Promote Your Novel webinar on February 9! There isn't much training that's specifically geared to helping authors sell fiction, and I know we will all learn a lot from Joanna's tremendous success in selling her own novels. 

If you're a Nook owner or publish your ebooks in Nook format, check out the new Nook Lovers site, featuring free or inexpensive ebooks for the Nook ebook reader. See this page to learn how to get your ebook listed on this site, which was created by authors Stephanie Dray and Eliza Knight. Other places to learn about free and bargain Nook books include the free Nook book page on the B&N website and the Nook Facebook page.

If you are an iPad owner, check out Macworld's review of the new "iBooks Author" ebook publishing platform from Apple. 

Have you set up a customized vanity URL for your Amazon Author Central Page yet? Check out this article to learn how.  

Here's an interesting article from the Huffington Post about the factors that tend to limit the success of indie authors. And check out this article from Carolyn McCray on Digital Book World about how to increase your Kindle sales on Amazon.

That's all the news for now. For more book marketing advice and resources, be sure to subscribe to this blog so you don't miss any posts, and sign up for my book marketing newsletter.

Comments

[Deborah McCarragher]

Dana,

Thanks for sharing tips about renaming your URL on Author Central.

Great article with good advice!

[Dana Lynn Smith]

Thanks Deborah, glad you enjoyed the article. I wish you much success with your books!

[Jon Renaud]

I am Jon Renaud, an author and coffee/book shop owner in Colorado. I’m trying to reach out to independent authors who are interested in having their books carried in my store. If any of the authors you promote have a stock of books and would like to have them sold in Colorado, please contact me at foxxgrp@gmail.com.

Jon Renaud
Author – www.jonrenaud.com