You don\u2019t have to set aside time to promote your book. It doesn\u2019t always have to be a planned\/scheduled activity. You can engage in book promotion while you\u2019re doing other things\u2014traveling, parenting, working, exercising, volunteering and socializing, for example.
\nHere are a few ideas.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tHand out promotional bookmarks, buttons, magnets, etc. at work or at the gym where you workout. Leave some in the office at your children\u2019s school and in the restroom or banquet room at the community events you attend. When traveling, leave bookmarks here and there\u2014in airline terminals, restaurants, buses and so forth.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tHave your book in hand while waiting for your flight, at a bus stop, in the lobby of your hotel, in your doctor\u2019s office so others around you will see it. Find reasons to talk about it. Say, for example, \u201cI\u2019ve read this book dozens of times and still laugh at this part,\u201d or \u201cDang, I forgot a comma here.\u201d Of course, reveal that you are the author.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tHand out sample chapters to coworkers, other volunteers on a project, people you know (and don\u2019t know) at social events and fundraisers. <\/p>\n
\u2022\tSpeaking of fundraisers, donate copies to be auctioned off. You might put together a basket with a copy of your book, designer coffee, a relating coffee mug (for my mystery featuring a cat, I would buy a mug with a cat pictured on it\u2014or have your book cover put on a coffee mug). <\/p>\n
\u2022\tTalk about your book to clerks while shopping. When you pay for your purchase, you might pull your book or your beautiful promo pieces out of your purse or pocket and set it on the counter while digging for your credit card. Give the clerk enough promo pieces for all of the employees.<\/p>\n
As you can see, book promotion doesn\u2019t have to be a singular planned activity. It can become a lifestyle\u2014a habit.<\/p>\n
For more many more book promotion ideas and to help you develop a mindset for promoting your fiction or nonfiction book, be sure to read my book, \u201cPromote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for Promoting Your Book.\u201d There are numerous stories of successful book promotion told by authors and professionals. For example, one author, when she went out of town for a signing, always carried the poster or sign advertising her presentation on her flight home. Other passengers would ask about it and she would almost always sell some of the books she carried in a tote with her.<\/p>\n
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