by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 23, 2016 | Kick Butt Author Tips
How are you selling your books? Just waiting the Amazon order? If you are, you are shooting your book in its pages. There are distribution options beyond online retailers and brick-and-mortar shops. Have you:Created your own website and sell your book there.Summer is...
by bookshepherd_admin | Nov 17, 2014 | Book Marketing
Do you want your book in the airport? If you do, you need to know that Hudson News (NJ based) or The Paradies Shops (GA based) are the only players for airport book sales. Pitch it to headquarters—it’s all about the book … has to be designed and written...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 14, 2014 | Book Industry News, Book Marketing
Everywhere you turn, there is info via the Internet , on the bookshelf, via videos, and certainly from workshops. You would think that any beginning author would start with a quick search on the Internet to begin their quest. It would certainly reveal a plethora of...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Book Industry News
From the Book Shepherd: Do You Quack About Your Book … or Just Peep Here and There? As summer unfolds, many authors who entered their books in award competitions a few months ago are getting the news—some are finalists, some take first place. The Book Shepherd...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jul 5, 2010 | Book Industry News
The Web is for book selling. You’ve got to be strategic in how you market yourself and your work. Book selling is way beyond the bookstore—in fact, book stores are minor players for many authors. It makes sense to be on Facebook (growing in leaps and bounds), LinkedIn...
