Welcome to my roundup of book marketing tips and resources for authors and indie publishers.
Ebooks in Libraries
When marketing guru and bestselling author Seth Godin was asked about big publishers' reluctance to sell ebooks to libraries in a recent online interview, here's what he had to say:
"Libraries are like the radio for books. Not a money-maker for all, but a great way to spread an idea. I don’t think you can find a single author who suffered any damage at all because too many people took his book out of the library. Ebooks for libraries need to be tweaked, not killed."
Big Changes Coming to Facebook
The new "timeline" design for Facebook profiles will become mandatory on March 21 and the new fan page design goes into effect on March 30. You can upload a "cover" image for the top of the profile and page. It can be a photo or a graphic you create. It's best to make the image 851 pixels wide by 315 pixels high; otherwise Facebook will try to enlarge or crop it. Learn about timeline here and about pages here. Below is a screenshot of my new Facebook profile. Facebook will automatically insert your profile photo in the lower left corner.
Here are some articles of interest to authors:
BISG Report: Book Purchases Up, But Not from Bookstores
Why I Joined Google+ Over My Dead Body by Sandra Beckwith, Build Book Buzz
How Ebooks Made Reading Sexy Again, The Telegraph
Barnes & Noble Misses Estimates, Though In-Store Sales Rise Slightly
That's all the news for now. Here's to your publishing success!
Dana- I'm always so appreciative on how you keep us up to date on things. Thank you. I've got my web gal doing banners for my facebook pages as I write this. :)
Posted by: Barbara Techel | March 15, 2012 at 12:48 PM
Timeline covers are a great way to advertise an author’s books. The space is big enough to let users know what kind of book the author has written or published. As long as one is clever and creative in using the Timeline cover to promote his/her book, there will surely be a lot of interested readers. =)
Posted by: Darryl Tay | September 05, 2012 at 03:18 PM