- ISBN13: 9780912411491
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Today’s most complete handbook on book marketing.Amazon.com Review
John Kremer’s home might be nestled in Iowa cornfields, but his advice on book marketing comes straight from publishing’s epicenter. 1001 Ways to Market Your Books is a tome of biblical proportion, a 700-page “organized potpourri” of useful ideas, examples, tips, and suggestions. You name it, Kremer covers it: publication scheduling, series and directory writing, attaining bestsellerdom, di… More >>
1001 Ways to Market Your Books, Sixth Edition
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#1 by Anonymous on June 23, 2010 - 11:37 pm
Sorry to rock the boat, John, but I am overwhelmed with every book marketing book and person there is. Some don’t even write clearly and succinctly. I don’t have time, and the books cover far too much information. Can’t anyone write an “Easy Bookmarketing” book, like I did for homeschooling (EasyHomeschooling Techniques)? Can’t anyone just give some basic 1, 2, 3 steps about the very most important money making ideas? Is it really this hard and this complicated?! I would like to see a thin book that only includes what’s absolutely necessary. I have several responsibilites and like I said, I just don’t have time! I even tore my books up into chapters thinking that would help but the whole system is disorganized. I don’t like to hear about other people’s experiences or be included in a book for big publishers – leave out the filler. To be fair, John is a very nice guy and has answered my personal emails several times. I feel the same way about all other book marketing books I’ve had.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Paul Escu on June 24, 2010 - 1:29 am
The book is written from the perspective of the publisher but if you happen to have your books published by a small publishing company (pod, or self-published) you will gobble any amount of help. The other great thing is that you can contact John Kremer in person and he seems to be the expert’s expert.
You want your book to be a bestseller? You need a little encouraging? From personal experience, pennyless and at the disposition of others, authors get a kick out of any kind of contacts. If you’re brave enough and if you want it enough, Kremer says, and spend 10 min a day marketing, you’ll get there (eventually).
1001 Ways is a very helpful (big) book and there should be something for everybody’s who’s interested in the ridiculously complicated field of writing.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Monty Rainey on June 24, 2010 - 4:27 am
When John Kremer decided to name his book, 1001 WAYS TO MARKET YOUR BOOKS, he sold himself short. If you only came away with 1001 ideas from this massive tome, I’d say you might want to go back and re-read it.
This book is, by far, the best book I have found on book marketing. For a promoter or author to attempt to market a book without first researching how to go about it, would be insane, and that research should begin right here. There are many books available on this topic, but none so comprehensive as this one.
Kremer’s book goes far beyond the basics of giving you a few pointers on how to market your book. Let’s face it, no matter how incredible your book might be, if no one ever reads it, your work is lost. This book will arm the writer with information on what they can do to insure their own success. Don’t make the mistake so many authors make of leaving their success up to someone else.
Here you’ll learn not only about marketing your book, but how to construct a top notch publicity campaign, various ways to promote your book, the best way to advertise, gaining distribution, and even how to capitalize on your writing after your book is published.
In short, if you are a writer or publisher, you HAVE TO HAVE this book. To attempt to market your book without it would be like running a race with cement shoes.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Anatoli Simyanovich on June 24, 2010 - 6:43 am
Quick fix marketing tips never last. 10 minute a day marketing is like telling a fat women to workout 10 minutes a day and look like Cheryl Tiegs in the 1980s. It is a farse and you shouldn’t buy into such objectivism. The cold reality of the situation is that over 30,000+ books are produced a week in publishing. Of course, only about 5% are actually quality books, but still the numbers are staggering. There are no quick fix lottos. The successful author is realistic and makes contacts, networks, and his tool is the grindstone. Some doors may open, most will close. This is nothing but a car salesman’s handbook and I highly recommend looking elsewhere.
Rating: 1 / 5
#5 by Armchair Interviews on June 24, 2010 - 6:49 am
f you were able to choose only one book on book marketing today, this would be definitely it. This 700-page monster has all the information any author or publisher will ever need to market and promote books, and to create a “state-of-the-art” marketing plan.
In spite of the huge amount of information Kremer offers, the book is well organized and the subjects easy to find, either from the table of contents or index. The author also includes articles by experts on various subjects, as well as an amalgam of up-to-date links and resources.
What sets this book part from others in the field, besides the amount of information, are the details. There are many books on promotion out there, but few go as deep as this one. In this sense, this is an invaluable reference
work.
Though it is impossible to list all the subjects covered, following are some of them:
– basic fundamentals of book marketing,
– planning, distributors and wholesalers,
– major book reviewers,
– arranging print/radio/TV interviews, book tours, book signings, advertising (direct mail, finding lists, telemarketing, print ads),
– offbeat marketing,
– book fairs and conferences,
– catalogs,
– Internet promotion,
– selling to bookstores, libraries, gifts shops and many other retail markets,
– subsidiary and foreign rights,
– and much, much more.
Kremer explores each subject in depth and offers clear, pragmatic advice on how to succeed at each level of promotion. Have your highlighter, pencil and Post-its ready, as this is a book you’ll want to dissect and examine section by section. A book that should be not on your shelf but on your desk at all times,
Armchair Interviews highly recommends 1001 Ways to Market Your Books!
Rating: 4 / 5