If you have self published your first Christian book, you are probably thinking of the ways that you can promote and marketing it. Many times, a new author will start the endless task of self promoting and marketing their book. Some find success, however, very few. Understandable though because author promotions and book marketing is a whole new part of your publishing life and one that doesn't come easy or simply learned by reading a few articles like this one. Of course there are endless people out their that offer crash courses and the how to do it info, however, that many times leads one down an endless road.
Christian Book Marketing is essential for the self published Christian author. It is a must and it is important that you tap into the Christian marketplace. So how does one go about that?
- There are a few good sites out there where you can promote your book for free.
- Goodreads is a great site to promote your book.
- Christian Author Book Marketing is another great place to promote your book.
- Authors Den is very popular with authors.
- Setting up your own Twitter page is another great way to promote your book.
However, and as many ways as you attempt to self promote your book, you will find that it takes endless hours each day over a period of months to even make a dent in the process and 9 times out of 10, the rewards are only a few book sales here and there. Usually the ones that find success at self promoting are the ones that spent 8 hours a day on the computer promoting their book, cresting online relationships, joining sites, communities and the likes..
Many times author come by articles just like this one that provide you with all the answers with regards to promoting your new Christian book release. One site that comes to mind offers various marketing package and guarantees results, as long as you don''t read the fine print.
Another site offers to send your book through a massive email campaign, however, it's on a "yes we did it type relationship" as they can't prove that they actually sent the promotion piece out because then they would be revealing their mailing list.
So what should a self published Christian author look for in the self book marketing process?
- Be careful who you allow to promote your Christian book.
- When posting your book on a site for free, be selective.
- Make sure the site is a Christian site.
- Make sure the site has lots of Christian content on it.
- Make sure the site looks professional and has great Christian content.
- Make sure that the site is constantly being updated with content.
- How long has the site been online, this is important.
- Make sure that any links placed to promote your book work.
- Make sure that your promotion looks professional.
- Watch for sites that allow comments and those comments are simply people that are using the comment feature to promote products. This can lead to a negative.
The above are just a few things to consider and watch for.
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