Whether your book is self-published, POD or published in the traditional manner, you, the author, need to take an active role in marketing your book wherever you go.
Even if you've got a savvy agent and a big publisher, you've got to sell a significant number of your books before they will send you on an expense-paid cross-country tour. So you'll need a little guidance and some compelling marketing tools. A good public relations firm can create eye-catching press releases for you. But good PR pros are pricey and often geared to businesses, not writers. And you will need a great sell sheet and media kit, customized to your published project.
Try to find a sample sell sheet online. It's a trick. However, with my one-on-one coaching, I can help you create the press kits that get your book onto bookstore shelves and into the hands of readers. Your dance card will be filled will book signings and author chats. And you'll learn how to create the marketing components that you can use again and again, for each book you write.
If you need some help marketing your book, give me a holler at sandyhenrywrites.yahoo.com. And please check out my website: sandyhenry.com.
Biography
Sandy Henry is the author of a debut thriller, Something Borrowed, Something Blue (Llumina Press, 2004). Her new collection of short fiction, Gunsmoke: Legends of the Long Branch, took second prize in the 2004 DIY Book Festival (Fan Fiction category). She is currently at work on her new novel of romantic suspense, entitled My Bonny Lies.
This fall, Sandy is featured in Changing Course, the new collection of empowering works by bestselling author Yitta Halberstam (Small Miracles). The anthology includes essays and comments from such notable women as Betty Rollin, Joyce Maynard, Oprah Winfrey and Susan Sarandon. Sandy is also a contributing writer to the forthcoming Book Promotion From A to Z (Filbert Press).
Additional information is available at her website: http://www.sandyhenry.com.
With the new and exciting world of Kindles and Print-on-Demand (POD), Independent Publishing is becoming an enticing choice and a viable alternative to traditional publishing.
With the new and exciting world of Kindles and Print-on-Demand (POD), Independent Publishing is becoming an enticing choice and a viable alternative to traditional publishing.
With the new and exciting world of Kindles and Print-on-Demand (POD), Independent Publishing is becoming an enticing choice and a viable alternative to traditional publishing.
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