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BookExpo America: 12 Reasons You Should Attend

By John Kremer on Monday, April 18th, 2011 | No Comments

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The following is an article I wrote several years ago about BookExpo America. It’s still relevant, so I’m sharing it here. BookExpo America is the book industry event of the year for the United States — and one of the major book events worldwide as well. It showcases for book publishers, large and small. It’s [...]

Book Signings: Selling Books to Bookstores

By John Kremer on Friday, April 1st, 2011 | 1 Comment

Question: I am launching my marketing and publicity campaign for my first self-published novel. Your 1001 Ways to Market Your Books has become my bible. I recently scheduled my first book signing at my college alma mater in a couple of weeks–the day before graduation–a high foot traffic day. I have not finalized any distribution contracts and [...]

Book Publishing and Marketing: Getting Started

By John Kremer on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 | No Comments

Question: So far I haven’t been very successful at getting a lot of traffic to my publisher website (http://www.peacepowerpress.net), even though the reviews on B&N and Amazon are all 5-star. I asked friends and family to send an email to their entire list all on the same day, requesting people to buy my book on B&N. Maybe [...]

Book Distribution: What Are the Options?

By John Kremer on Saturday, March 26th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Question: I have a short one hundred page political satire book. I need to distribute myself. How do I go about this? I see a long list of people on your webpage at http://www.bookmarket.com/distributors.htm. All I need to know is the distributor that will put the books in the major stores at the least price. [...]