You may have written the greatest book of all time—but if readers (aka buyers!) don’t know it exists, you won’t make any sales. Fortunately, there are ways to get the word out about your self-published book that won’t break the bank: Announcements on your social media...
How To Soft Launch Your Self-Published Book ǀ Self-Publishing Relief
Before you self-publish your book, it’s important to have a launch plan ready to go. This might include a publicized book launch event, a contest, social media blitzes, and more. At Self-Publishing Relief, our marketing experts know there’s a less common tactic that...
How A Loss Leader Helps You Sell More Books ǀ Self-Publishing Relief
When you self-publish, marketing your book falls squarely on your shoulders—and many writers have no idea where to begin. Fortunately, the marketing experts at Self-Publishing Relief have a few tips and tricks to help you boost your book sales. Let’s start with a...
How To Boost Sales Of Your Backlist Titles ǀ Self-Publishing Relief
Your newest self-published book should get lots of attention: announcements on your social media and author website, a mention in your newsletter, book readings and signings, book reviews, maybe even a podcast interview, and more. After all, the success of your new...
Self-Publishing A Book You’ve Already Published | Self-Publishing Relief
In recent years, the publishing industry has undergone major upheavals. Authors may discover the traditional presses that published their books have been sold to a larger publisher or succumbed to financial difficulties. Can those formerly published books—as well as...
How To Choose The Best Keywords For Your Book | Self-Publishing Relief
An important part of the self-publishing process is accurately filling out the forms on Kindle Direct Publishing, B&N Press, and any other e-book vendors where you’ll upload your book for publication. The title, categories, subtitle, and back blurb questions...
How To Improve Self-Published Book Sales ǀ Self-Publishing Relief
After navigating all the complex ins and outs of the self-publishing process, you’ve finally pressed “publish” and your book is available for sale. Yay, you! But, like many self-published authors, you may soon be surprised that your book isn’t flying off the virtual...
How Amazon Editorial Reviews Can Boost Your Book Sales Self-Publishing Relief
Too often, authors self-publish their books and think their work is done. But if you want your book to actually sell and bring in some money, you’re going to have to find ways to make it stand out from among the many thousands of other books your target audience can...
Help Readers Discover Your Self-Published Book ∣ Self-Publishing Relief
Rather than spending months trying to land a literary agent, and then waiting many additional months to be traditionally published, more writers are choosing to fast-track and self-publish their books. But the more books that writers self-publish, the more choices...
Outside-The-Box Book Marketing Strategies ∣ Self-Publishing Relief
Most writers are not marketing experts, but when you’re self-publishing your own book, all the promotional tasks fall directly on your shoulders. Being your own marketing manager may seem daunting—but it doesn’t have to be! The marketing experts at Self-Publishing...
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