One of the biggest challenges self-published authors face is effectively promoting their books. Advertising and discount-price strategies can only go so far. Constantly announcing your book launch on social media can quickly get you branded as a spammer. And none of...
7 Ideas To Keep The Party Going After Readers Finish Your Book | Self-Publishing Relief
You’ve done it! You’ve self-published a novel or nonfiction book that readers are actually buying and enjoying. But once your readers finish your book—now what? At Self-Publishing Relief, we recommend self-published authors use the final pages of the book, called the...
99 Virtually Free Marketing Ideas For Self-Published Writers | Self-Publishing Relief
Self-published authors embrace the freedom to write, package, and release books on their own terms. But with that freedom comes lots of responsibility, including the cost of book promotion. Lacking the budget of a traditional publisher’s marketing and sales...
How Self-Published Writers Can Build Their Reputations Fast! |Self-Publishing Relief
It’s a daunting prospect to start out as a self-published writer. Who is going to take you seriously when you don’t have a publishing track record? If you don’t have a mountain of book sales to point to, or don’t have any work already published in reputable literary...
The 9 Tasks That Must Go On Your Book Launch To-Do List | Self-Publishing Relief
If you’re definitely considering self-publishing your book, you should already be checking off items on your book launch to-do list! Much of the important groundwork for marketing your book should be in place well before your publication date. The experts at...
Does Traditional Advertising Work For Promoting Self-Published Books? | Self-Publishing Relief
Traditional advertising—magazine ads, website ads, radio spots, billboards, mailing lists, and essentially anything outside the realm of social media—can be a powerful engine for building your author brand and promoting your self-published book. But is the cost of...
50 Great New Blog Post Ideas for Self-Published Authors (Plus Book Marketing Tips!) | Self-Publishing Relief
Many self-published writers have author websites (and if you don’t, you should!) where they actively maintain blogs to help build an audience for their books. But sometimes even the best creative writers will run out of ideas for their blogs. Self-Publishing Relief to...
Get Expensive Book Marketing Firm Results On A Shoestring Budget
For many authors, the waves of marketing, promotion, and publicity required to launch any novel can feel like a marathon of hard labor. In fact, launching a book is such a tremendous amount of work that an entire industry has sprung up to handle the undertaking—book...
Help! My Self-Published Book Isn’t Selling!
After the many late nights writing and revising, the hours spent proofreading and formatting, and the pressure of choosing the best cover design—your self-published book is now available for sale! You anxiously wait for the sales to start pouring in...or trickling...
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