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How to Go About Promoting Your Book

Promoting your book doesn’t have to be a daunting task. It can be fun, but must be executed with precise planning. Promoting a book in the proper manner will generate interest. People will start buying the book, and you will reap the benefits of your hard work through money and popularity. When promoting your book, the possibilities are endless. The more creative your methods are, the more likely you are to catch people’s attention.

• One of the most important things about promoting your book, no matter how you went about having it published, is to always have a few copies on hand. Keep a few in your car when out running errands or traveling. And be sure that in case you run out of on hand copies, that you have a way for people to order your books.
• One of the best methods to get attention is to start distributing complementary copies of the book. People love freebies, especially when it comes in the form of a gripping murder mystery or a sensual romantic escapade. If the book is good enough, news will spread and people will buy the book. If you have copies to spare, you can leave sample books in your favorite coffee shops with flyers. The book may disappear, but giving it away is a good way to promote your book, because it gets people reading and talking about it.
• You will have to begin with distributing pamphlets and mass-advertising sessions. This is going to cost you money but like people are saying – nothing ventured, nothing gained.
• Book signings are another great way to promote your new book. But try to think outside the box. Book signings don’t have to be in a bookstore. Depending on what your book is about, try a specialty store. An example would be if you wrote a book on healthy cooking, try a book signing at a health food store. To arrange a book signing, try speaking with the manager of the place you want to sign at. In addition to having books to sign and sell, have a little write up on you and your book along with how people can go about ordering it.
• Radio and newspaper interviews can also help promote your book. There are always empty spots on radio and in newspapers that need to be filled, so why not speak with your local radio station or newspaper to see if you can help them out. Send reviews to local and national magazines.
• Participate in a book fairs. Also, try local fairs in your area like health fairs, job fairs, etc. that focus on the theme of your book.
• Optimize your web presence, if you do not know how, learn! It is becoming increasingly important to get internet exposure. There are many people who will hear the title of your book when a friend talks about it, and then decide to look it up online – and if they can’t find it, you have likely just lost a reader. Not only that, but offering your book online makes it possible for anyone anywhere in the world to find your book.
• Get on Amazon.com, and promote your book there. There is a “real name” feature that people can use to link back to your book. Write reviews on similar books and get into discussions. Be seen, and get attention that will lead back to your book. Having your book listed on Amazon is really the easiest way to ensure that there are always copies available. Most people who use the internet are at least a little familiar with Amazon and will be able to get your book delivered to them quickly.
• Get a website – this is very important, you need a website as soon as your book is out. Also, if you have a website dedicated to the book, and ordering available on the website, this is a great way to promote your book. Create a promotional website for the book. Domain names can be created for as low as $9 per year. Once the domain is created, it is best to fill it with excerpts from the book along with testimonials from respected authorities. Ensure that the URL of the domain is included as the signature in your emails and posts on discussion-boards. You need to connect your website directly to your book’s page on many sites i.e. Amazon.
• Post comments to blogs and websites that are related to your book. Promote your book in your comments, if appropriate, and hyperlink to your book’s website from your signature. Refrain from joining forums with the sole intention of promoting the book! In order for forum advertising to be effective, you need to become a valued member of the community.
• Ask people you know who have blogs to write reviews of your book on their blog sites. Your friends and family can help to promote your book by using their blogs and websites to spread the word.
• Start blogging! Start a blog that is dedicated to your book.
• Utilize social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. Creating a fan page and posting book excerpts as well as news & updates. Do not forget to join other fan pages & groups to network with other fans.
• Follow your book’s ranking on online ranking sites, especially sites that allow for reviews and comments. That may help you guide your book’s marketing strategy, so you can promote your book to the best possible audiences.
• Create a catchy video about your book, and don’t forget to show your actual book so that people can see what it looks like. Often people will remember what a cover looks like when they can’t even remember the title.
• Above all, have fun. Promoting your book is a great way to share yourself with the world, so enjoy it.

There are many resources available to market your book. The most important thing to remember is that you are the best publicist for your work. It’s your words and ideas, so you’re the best person to promote your book.

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Just After Sunset: Stories By Stephen King $9.99 Stephen King — who has written more than fifty books, dozens of number one <I>New York Times</i> bestsellers, and many unforgettable movies — delivers an astonishing collection of short stories, his first since <I>Everything’s Eventual</i> six years ago. As guest editor of the bestselling <I>Best American Short Stories 2007</i>, King spent over a year reading hundreds of stories. His renewed passion for the form is evident on every page of <I>Just After Sunset</i>. The stories in this collection have appeared in <I>The New Yorker</i>, <I>Playboy</i>, <I>McSweeney’s</i>, <I>The Paris Review</i>, <I>Esquire</i>, and other publications.<P>Who but Stephen King would turn a Port-O-San into a slimy birth canal, or a roadside honky-tonk into a place for endless love? A book salesman with a grievance might pick up a mute hitchhiker, not knowing the silent man in the passenger seat listens altogether too well. Or an exercise routine on a stationary bicycle, begun to reduce bad cholesterol, might take its rider on a captivating — and then terrifying — journey. Set on a remote key in Florida, “The Gingerbread Girl” is a riveting tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable — and resourceful — as Audrey Hepburn’s character in <I>Wait Until Dark</i>. In “Ayana,” a blind girl works a miracle with a kiss and the touch of her hand. For King, the line between the living and the dead is often blurry, and the seams that hold our reality intact might tear apart at any moment. In one of the longer stories here, “N.,” which recently broke new ground when it was adapted as a graphic digital entertainment, a psychiatric patient’s irrational thinking might create an apocalyptic threat in the Maine countryside…or keep the world from falling victim to it.<P><I>Just After Sunset</i> — call it dusk, call it twilight, it’s a time when human intercourse takes on an unnatural cast, when nothing is quite as it appears, when the imagination begins to reach for shadows as they dissipate to dar

Just After Sunset: Stories By Stephen King $9.99 Stephen King — who has written more than fifty books, dozens of number one <I>New York Times</i> bestsellers, and many unforgettable movies — delivers an astonishing collection of short stories, his first since <I>Everything’s Eventual</i> six years ago. As guest editor of the bestselling <I>Best American Short Stories 2007</i>, King spent over a year reading hundreds of stories. His renewed passion for the form is evident on every page of <I>Just After Sunset</i>. The stories in this collection have appeared in <I>The New Yorker</i>, <I>Playboy</i>, <I>McSweeney’s</i>, <I>The Paris Review</i>, <I>Esquire</i>, and other publications.<P>Who but Stephen King would turn a Port-O-San into a slimy birth canal, or a roadside honky-tonk into a place for endless love? A book salesman with a grievance might pick up a mute hitchhiker, not knowing the silent man in the passenger seat listens altogether too well. Or an exercise routine on a stationary bicycle, begun to reduce bad cholesterol, might take its rider on a captivating — and then terrifying — journey. Set on a remote key in Florida, “The Gingerbread Girl” is a riveting tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable — and resourceful — as Audrey Hepburn’s character in <I>Wait Until Dark</i>. In “Ayana,” a blind girl works a miracle with a kiss and the touch of her hand. For King, the line between the living and the dead is often blurry, and the seams that hold our reality intact might tear apart at any moment. In one of the longer stories here, “N.,” which recently broke new ground when it was adapted as a graphic digital entertainment, a psychiatric patient’s irrational thinking might create an apocalyptic threat in the Maine countryside…or keep the world from falling victim to it.<P><I>Just After Sunset</i> — call it dusk, call it twilight, it’s a time when human intercourse takes on an unnatural cast, when nothing is quite as it appears, when the imagination begins to reach for shadows as they dissipate to dar

Just After Sunset: Stories By Stephen King, Read by Jill Eikenberry, Stephen King, Karen Ziemba, Ron McLarty, George Guidall, Mare Winningham, Skipp Sudduth, Holter Graham, Denis O’Hare and Ben Shenkman $49.99 Stephen King — who has written more than fifty books, dozens of number one <I>New York Times</i> bestsellers, and many unforgettable movies — delivers an astonishing collection of short stories, his first since <I>Everything’s Eventual</i> six years ago. As guest editor of the bestselling <I>Best American Short Stories 2007</i>, King spent over a year reading hundreds of stories. His renewed passion for the form is evident on every page of <I>Just After Sunset</i>. The stories in this collection have appeared in <I>The New Yorker</i>, <I>Playboy</i>, <I>McSweeney’s</i>, <I>The Paris Review</i>, <I>Esquire</i>, and other publications.<P>Who but Stephen King would turn a Port-O-San into a slimy birth canal, or a roadside honky-tonk into a place for endless love? A book salesman with a grievance might pick up a mute hitchhiker, not knowing the silent man in the passenger seat listens altogether too well. Or an exercise routine on a stationary bicycle, begun to reduce bad cholesterol, might take its rider on a captivating — and then terrifying — journey. Set on a remote key in Florida, “The Gingerbread Girl” is a riveting tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable — and resourceful — as Audrey Hepburn’s character in <I>Wait Until Dark</i>. In “Ayana,” a blind girl works a miracle with a kiss and the touch of her hand. For King, the line between the living and the dead is often blurry, and the seams that hold our reality intact might tear apart at any moment. In one of the longer stories here, “N.,” which recently broke new ground when it was adapted as a graphic digital entertainment, a psychiatric patient’s irrational thinking might create an apocalyptic threat in the Maine countryside…or keep the world from falling victim to it.<P><I>Just After Sunset</i> — call it dusk, call it twilight, it’s a time when human intercourse takes on an unnatural cast, when nothing is quite as it appears, when the imagination begins to reach for shadows as they dissipate to dar

Selfwolf $25.85 In his third book of poems, Mark Halliday grapples with the endless struggle between self-concern and awareness of the rights of others. Through humor, ironic twists, and refreshing candor, these poems confront a variety of situations—death, divorce, artistic egotism and envy, personal relationships—where the very idea of self is under siege. “If Selfwolf were a pop music CD, it would be hailed as Mark Halliday’s breakthrough album. . . . This third collection of poems teems with unsparing confessions of misdirected lust, lost faith, regret and a winningly goofy cheerfulness in the face of all that bad stuff. . . . The informal, conversational quality of Halliday’s work almost hides its artfulness, which seems to be precisely his intention.”—Ken Tucker, New York Times Book Review”With unflinching, often comic honesty about how ‘ego-fetid, hostile, grasping’ we are, Halliday exposes the self’s wolfish hungers and weaknesses.”—Andrew Epstein, Boston Review”Mark Halliday’s new book offers more of his trademark riffs on self-consciousness. His subversive, surprising, hugely enjoyable poems will make you laugh out loud, squirm in uncomfortable recognition, and appreciate anew the comedy of our daily battles for self-preservation. . . reading Halliday is pure delight. . . . I love the daring and intelligence with which Halliday skates along the shifting boundary between self within and world outside. Selfwolf slows down our habitual negotiations between ‘in here’ and ‘out there,’ exposing the edgy comedy of how we survive.”—Damaris Moore, Express Books

Smart Homes For Dummies $21.99 The Barnes & Noble Review With all the talk of DVD, HDTV, multiple phone lines, home LAN connections, and much more, you can’t help but wonder how you will ever prepare your home for all of these technological advances. Call it a smart home, if you will, but state-of-the-art technology is making it feasible to run your home with a computer. Smart Homes for Dummies is one of those books that I find intriguing. Unlike other Dummies books that may explain how to design a quilt or care for a dog, this book is for people who are cutting-edge gadget junkies. In other words, you’ll love this book if you enjoy reading the following fascinating description of Bill Gates’s home: “As you come in the front door, you get an electric pin to wear. This pin drives your Gates home experience, because the house always knows the location of your pin…. When you enter a room, the art on the walls changes to match your taste, because wall-mounted display screens exhibit the art. And if you’re listening to music, the audio system plays the kinds of music you like.” We can’t all live in Bill Gates’s house (although I am sure everyone in Washington State could fit!), but you can have some of the elements of his hot home-networking technologies in yours. The possibilities really are endless, and Smart Homes for Dummies will put your creative mind into overdrive. One idea that is super-savvy involves programming your sprinkler to weather.com; your lawn will then be watered based on weather predictions. It can also be programmed to water more during high-temperature periods or to forgo a watering cycle if youlivein a drought area. Some of the ideas in Smart Homes for Dummies that are supposed to prepare you for the next century may, however, scare you. The idea of spending $199 just so you can have music chiming into people’s ears every time you put them on hold is rather alarming.

Smart Homes For Dummies $21.99 The Barnes & Noble Review With all the talk of DVD, HDTV, multiple phone lines, home LAN connections, and much more, you can’t help but wonder how you will ever prepare your home for all of these technological advances. Call it a smart home, if you will, but state-of-the-art technology is making it feasible to run your home with a computer. Smart Homes for Dummies is one of those books that I find intriguing. Unlike other Dummies books that may explain how to design a quilt or care for a dog, this book is for people who are cutting-edge gadget junkies. In other words, you’ll love this book if you enjoy reading the following fascinating description of Bill Gates’s home: “As you come in the front door, you get an electric pin to wear. This pin drives your Gates home experience, because the house always knows the location of your pin…. When you enter a room, the art on the walls changes to match your taste, because wall-mounted display screens exhibit the art. And if you’re listening to music, the audio system plays the kinds of music you like.” We can’t all live in Bill Gates’s house (although I am sure everyone in Washington State could fit!), but you can have some of the elements of his hot home-networking technologies in yours. The possibilities really are endless, and Smart Homes for Dummies will put your creative mind into overdrive. One idea that is super-savvy involves programming your sprinkler to weather.com; your lawn will then be watered based on weather predictions. It can also be programmed to water more during high-temperature periods or to forgo a watering cycle if youlivein a drought area. Some of the ideas in Smart Homes for Dummies that are supposed to prepare you for the next century may, however, scare you. The idea of spending $199 just so you can have music chiming into people’s ears every time you put them on hold is rather alarming.

The Sheik $0.99 Diana Mayo is young, beautiful, wealthy—and independent. Bored by the eligible bachelors and endless parties of the English aristocracy, she arranges for a horseback trek through the Algerian desert. Two days into her adventure, Diana is kidnapped by the powerful Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, who forces her into submission. Diana tries desperately to resist but finds herself falling in love with this dark and handsome stranger. Only when a rival chieftain steals Diana away does the Sheik realize that what he feels for her is more than mere passion. He has been conquered—and risks everything to get her back. The power of love reaches across the desert sands, leading to the thrilling and unexpected conclusion.One of the most widely read novels of the 1920s, and forever fixed in the popular imagination in the film version starring the irresistible Rudolph Valentino, The Sheik is recognized as the immediate precursor to the modern romance novel. When first published there was nothing like it: To readers the story was scandalous, exotic, and all-consuming; to such critics as the New York Times the book was “shocking,” although written with “a high degree of literary skill.” In the author’s native England, the bestselling book was labeled “poisonously salacious” by the Literary Review and banned from some communities. But the public kept reading.The influence of The Sheik on romance writers and readers continues to resonate. Despite controversy over its portrayal of sexual exploitation as a means to love, The Sheik remains a popular classic for its representation of the social order of its time, capturing contemporary attitudes toward colonialism as well as female power and independence that still strike a chord with readers today.

The Sheik $10.99 Diana Mayo is young, beautiful, wealthy—and independent. Bored by the eligible bachelors and endless parties of the English aristocracy, she arranges for a horseback trek through the Algerian desert. Two days into her adventure, Diana is kidnapped by the powerful Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, who forces her into submission. Diana tries desperately to resist but finds herself falling in love with this dark and handsome stranger. Only when a rival chieftain steals Diana away does the Sheik realize that what he feels for her is more than mere passion. He has been conquered—and risks everything to get her back. The power of love reaches across the desert sands, leading to the thrilling and unexpected conclusion.One of the most widely read novels of the 1920s, and forever fixed in the popular imagination in the film version starring the irresistible Rudolph Valentino, The Sheik is recognized as the immediate precursor to the modern romance novel. When first published there was nothing like it: To readers the story was scandalous, exotic, and all-consuming; to such critics as the New York Times the book was “shocking,” although written with “a high degree of literary skill.” In the author’s native England, the bestselling book was labeled “poisonously salacious” by the Literary Review and banned from some communities. But the public kept reading.The influence of The Sheik on romance writers and readers continues to resonate. Despite controversy over its portrayal of sexual exploitation as a means to love, The Sheik remains a popular classic for its representation of the social order of its time, capturing contemporary attitudes toward colonialism as well as female power and independence that still strike a chord with readers today.

The Sheik $19.95 Diana Mayo is young, beautiful, wealthy—and independent. Bored by the eligible bachelors and endless parties of the English aristocracy, she arranges for a horseback trek through the Algerian desert. Two days into her adventure, Diana is kidnapped by the powerful Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, who forces her into submission. Diana tries desperately to resist but finds herself falling in love with this dark and handsome stranger. Only when a rival chieftain steals Diana away does the Sheik realize that what he feels for her is more than mere passion. He has been conquered—and risks everything to get her back. The power of love reaches across the desert sands, leading to the thrilling and unexpected conclusion.One of the most widely read novels of the 1920s, and forever fixed in the popular imagination in the film version starring the irresistible Rudolph Valentino, The Sheik is recognized as the immediate precursor to the modern romance novel. When first published there was nothing like it: To readers the story was scandalous, exotic, and all-consuming; to such critics as the New York Times the book was “shocking,” although written with “a high degree of literary skill.” In the author’s native England, the bestselling book was labeled “poisonously salacious” by the Literary Review and banned from some communities. But the public kept reading.The influence of The Sheik on romance writers and readers continues to resonate. Despite controversy over its portrayal of sexual exploitation as a means to love, The Sheik remains a popular classic for its representation of the social order of its time, capturing contemporary attitudes toward colonialism as well as female power and independence that still strike a chord with readers today.

The Sheik $0.99 Diana Mayo is young, beautiful, wealthy—and independent. Bored by the eligible bachelors and endless parties of the English aristocracy, she arranges for a horseback trek through the Algerian desert. Two days into her adventure, Diana is kidnapped by the powerful Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, who forces her into submission. Diana tries desperately to resist but finds herself falling in love with this dark and handsome stranger. Only when a rival chieftain steals Diana away does the Sheik realize that what he feels for her is more than mere passion. He has been conquered—and risks everything to get her back. The power of love reaches across the desert sands, leading to the thrilling and unexpected conclusion.One of the most widely read novels of the 1920s, and forever fixed in the popular imagination in the film version starring the irresistible Rudolph Valentino, The Sheik is recognized as the immediate precursor to the modern romance novel. When first published there was nothing like it: To readers the story was scandalous, exotic, and all-consuming; to such critics as the New York Times the book was “shocking,” although written with “a high degree of literary skill.” In the author’s native England, the bestselling book was labeled “poisonously salacious” by the Literary Review and banned from some communities. But the public kept reading.The influence of The Sheik on romance writers and readers continues to resonate. Despite controversy over its portrayal of sexual exploitation as a means to love, The Sheik remains a popular classic for its representation of the social order of its time, capturing contemporary attitudes toward colonialism as well as female power and independence that still strike a chord with readers today.