Book Marketing Resources and Book Promotion Tips

Book promotion is a matter of making friends, lots of friends. This site helps you make more friends, sell more books, and have more fun.

Thanks again to all of you who wished me a great birthday on January 16th. I celebrated by giving a free teleseminar to answer all your book marketing and ebook promotion questions. You can listen in for free by clicking the link below: http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventID=25717449

Also check out this video of me talking about book promotion in 2012: http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profiles/blogs/video-interview-of-john-kremer-speaking-on-book-marketing-blog-to

John Kremer's special 40% discount offer
on book marketing consulting services during February: http://www.bookmarket.com/consulting.htm

If you need information on writing, publishing, and marketing your books, ebooks, or other information products, we can help. If you're tired of waiting for others to sell your book, you can take action to market your books without spending a lot of money or committing a lot of time. My job is to help the good stuff get through. - John Kremer, book marketing expert and author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books

When marketing books, remember what novelist Stephen King wrote:
"Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life."

Enjoy the Book Marketing Makeover Months in January.

Book Marketing Magic - 60% off in January

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John Kremer's 15,000 Eyeballs Program - Fantastic! Thank you, John. I'm learning a lot from you. My first submission to Huffington Post was turned down, but caught 2000 hits in two days when posted on my blog site. Not bad for a newbie. You got me thinking along the correct lines. I'm professionally connected in classical musician circles, writing to their concerns is natural. The analytics on my WordPress site shows that they are clicking through my partial and other fiction interests, and now the site is running strong. - David Beem

How to Create a New York Times Bestseller: http://www.bookmarket.com/newyorktimesbestseller.htm - now only $97

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1001 Ways to Market Your Books

"If you want to sell 128,000,000 books like we have, read and use this book." - Mark Victor Hanson and Jack Canfield, bestselling authors of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series

"I love the weight and smell of a book - and turning the pages" - Colin Farrell, actor

"The best fame is a writer's fame: It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough that you get interrupted when you eat." - Fran Lebowitz

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Get distribution for your books!

Book Marketing 105: Choosing a Book Distribution System - This vital mini-guide includes criteria for deciding how you will distribute your books. Also includes complete information on 30 distributors, 4 library distributors, 89 book publishers who also distribute for other publishers, 3 sales representatives to the chains, 27 bookstore wholesalers, 34 library wholesalers, and 23 Spanish-language wholesalers. Plus a sample book distribution contract. Ebook download, $30.00.

Top 700 Independent Bookstores - This database features 740 stores with address, book buyer, owner, event coordinator, phone, fax, email, website, and more! Cost: $40.00. This data file features an updated list of the largest indie bookstores that work with authors and buy books from indie publishers. The report comes as a data file download (your choice of Microsoft Access, Excel, or rich text format). The data files do require that you know how to use a database or word-processing program.

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You should check out the following articles I've written recently:

The Top 4 Book Marketing Tactics in Today's World. You can read it here: http://blog.bookmarket.com/2011/10/top-4-book-marketing-tactics-in-todays.html.

36 Ways to Help a Book Author You Love. You can read it here: http://bookmarket.com/loveawriter.htm.

101 Ways to Blog as a Book Author. You can read it here: http://blog.bookmarket.com/2011/06/101-ways-to-blog-as-book-author-plus.html.

31 Ways to Promote Your Facebook Page. You can read it here: http://askjohnkremer.com/31-ways-to-promote-your-facebook-page.

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Book Publishers for Authors

Business Book Editors and Publishers

Children's Book Editors and Publishers

Cookbook Editors and Publishers

Health Book Editors and Publishers

First Fiction and Debut Novel Editors and Publishers

Christian, Spiritual, and Inspirational Book Editors and Publishers

Reference, Humor, and Writing Editors and Publishers

Sports Book Editors and Publishers

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Ask the Book Printer

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If you have questions for John Kremer, go to Ask John Kremer to ask your questions: http://www.askjohnkremer.com.

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New: Book Marketing Plan -
The first ten things you need to do when marketing your book.

Index to the Book Marketing Tip of the Week ezine

Making Friends: The Essence of Marketing

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Book Marketing Resources and Book Promotion Tips