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Comment on Amazon Kindle Sales vs. book sales in general… the printed book ain’t going away by The Literary Herald « kindlecapers

The Literary Herald « kindlecapers — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:09:16 +0000

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Comment on e-books and their impact on print book sales by Judith Briles

Judith Briles — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:25:59 +0000

Both formats do have their own advantages and thus I do not believe that with the advent of ebooks, paperbacks will soon be “forgotten”. Much like anything in this world, people have varying preferences and thus the surpassing of a possible competition will not easily eliminate the other, especially if the latter has already established for many long generations. For a self-publisher, their reach will be extensive if books are formatted as ebook and the peprback versions, only if they can risk the cost of doing both.

Comment on Blog SEO and Book Marketing for Self Publishing Authors by Judith Briles

Judith Briles — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:30:54 +0000

very useful ideas. I find these very helpful since I myself have a blog/website to share to my readers. I do believe that it is not enough to have a blog to promote your book but it is also strategically finding a way to come to your readers and make them find you easier. Thanks for these.

Comment on Blog SEO and Book Marketing for Self Publishing Authors by Ray Robinson

Ray Robinson — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:36:39 +0000

Thanks Chris! Self Pub Today readers - check out The Authors Edge - an absolutely GREAT site for ideas on marketing YOU and building YOU as a brand (and as a result, building your self publishing success).

Comment on Blog SEO and Book Marketing for Self Publishing Authors by Chris Simeral

Chris Simeral — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:11:50 +0000

Nice post, Ray!

I’ve been teaching authors about this very subject for years over on my blog — http://www.theauthorsedge.com.

SEO isn’t (or shouldn’t be, anyway) all that hard for most authors. I think that most authors get tripped up at the very, very beginning and do a poor job at choosing the right keywords to target (as you mention here).

The point about not being too broad or general is spot on. I remember when I started teaching this 3 years ago and was asking a group of authors to tell me what keywords they were trying to rank for, and got a WHOLE LOT of one-word answers — “love,” “success,” “marketing,” etc.

Needless to say, we had a lot of work to do after that session

Wanted to let you and your readers know that I do have a free 10-part author marketing course that focuses VERY heavily on SEO and getting your site ranked, noticed, and read.

In particular, this video gives some background into the “keyword-picking” section of that course:

http://theauthorsedge.kajabi.com/fe/13011-constant-publicity-insider-day-6.

Hope you find it useful.

Keep up the good work!

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Comment on e-book marketing and promotion by e-book marketing and promotion (via Self Publishing Today) « Greygirl13′s Weblog

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:10:31 +0000

[...] e-book marketing and promotion (via Self Publishing Today) In Uncategorized on November 18, 2010 at 10:07 pm Marketing and promoting your e-book e-Books are all the rage – and in many ways quite rightly so. The hardware is hot, with the Apple iPad, Barnes & Noble Nook, and Amazon Kindle literally flying off shelves. e-Books themselves are experiencing incredible growth – up 158% this-versus-last September and while still a small fraction of the overall book market ($39 million in September versus $1.1 BILLION) the market shows no sign of slowing. It … Read More [...]

Comment on e-book marketing and promotion by greygirl13

greygirl13 — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:06:51 +0000

great blog

Comment on e-book marketing and promotion by Ray Robinson

Ray Robinson — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:01:08 +0000

Ellen -

GREAT question – and it’s an excellent article idea… but a couple quick notes: 1) e-books to a large degree seem to be much better protected by DRM technology than music – so it’s pretty rare (unless a rights-management mistake is made) for an author’s book to get distributed for free and 2) copyright is as strong as ever – it’s enforcement that has always been the problem. However, in the case of e-books … see note #1. I’ll get started on a new article (I can be a little slow…) on how a self published author can make money from e-books….

Comment on e-book marketing and promotion by Ellen Landauer

Ellen Landauer — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:26:31 +0000

How about an article on how a self-published author can possibly make GOOD money when an e-book can be so easily distributed electronically?

This is so similar to what has happened in the music industry. Most people expect to get music for free. And it is so easy to do. Why would any hard-working author want to see their years of work freely distributed without their permission and no money coming in from that?

I have a book almost ready to be produced, but the situation with electronic media gives me much pause. What does a copyright mean these days…anything??

Thanks!

Sincerely,
Ellen Landauer