Publishing is a business and your book is a product. In order to put your book into the hands of readers, you must stop dreaming and start thinking like a businesswo\/man. You\u2019ve heard people say, \u201cThink before you speak.\u201d Or \u201cThink before you act.\u201d Well, an author must think before s\/he publishes. And your thoughts really should reach beyond the bookstore. <\/p>\n
Try this exercise: Can you come up with five (5) ways to reach your target audience outside of the traditional bookstore? I\u2019d love to hear your promotional ideas. Send them to me here. <\/p>\n
Here are five of my ideas for promoting my writing\/publishing-related books:<\/p>\n
1: Write articles for writing-related magazines and newsletters. You could write articles for magazines and newsletters that your particular audience reads\u2014regional publications or religious\/spiritual, parenting, business, art, sports, health or travel magazines, for example. It\u2019s a great way to let your audience know about your book and to dazzle them with your expertise.<\/p>\n
2: Participate in writing\/publishing online forums and groups. This is a good way to meet up with the movers and shakers in your field or genre and to keep abreast of trends.<\/p>\n
3: Solicit book reviews and interviews in magazines and newsletters and blogs for freelance writers and authors. There are reviewers and blogs on every topic.<\/p>\n
4: Seek out book festivals and writers conferences and offer to give workshops. You can sell practically any type of book at a book festival and there are conferences on every subject imaginable. Members of your audience attend conferences to learn from experts like you. Contact the conference leaders and get speaking gigs.<\/p>\n
5: Keep adding to and improving my website so it continues to attract my target audience. I just sent my webmaster a list of changes to make at my website. I call it my spring cleaning.<\/p>\n
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