How to Prepare, Pitch, Publish and Promote Your Book
•Als PPTX, PDF herunterladen•
0 gefällt mir•396 views
This document provides tips for bloggers looking to turn their blog content into a book. It discusses preparing blog content, pitching the book idea, negotiating a book contract, writing and promoting the book. Key aspects covered include selecting top blog posts, outlining the book, growing an audience, negotiating royalties and advances, self-publishing vs traditional publishing, and print vs ebook formats. The document advises bloggers to be easy to contact, build their network, and take responsibility for effectively marketing their book.
![Blog to Book Preparation ,[object Object]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Empfohlen
Weitere ähnliche Inhalte
Andere mochten auch
Andere mochten auch (20)
Ähnlich wie How to Prepare, Pitch, Publish and Promote Your Book
Ähnlich wie How to Prepare, Pitch, Publish and Promote Your Book (20)
Mehr von Philip Taylor
Kürzlich hochgeladen
Kürzlich hochgeladen (20)
How to Prepare, Pitch, Publish and Promote Your Book
- 1. www.kylieofiu.com Twitter: @kylieofiu Facebook: KylieOfiu
- 3. Write something that would make a good book
- 4. Be easy to contact
- 5. Be social
- 10. Authors need to be tough negotiators
- 11. Royalties and Advances New authors Royalties 10 – 15% advance $2,000 - $6,000 Experienced authors Royalties 15 – 40% Advance$6,000+ Tip If you are a big blogger or have a large online presence and network you can demand more than new author rates.
- 12. Check legal rights and issues to avoid liability
- 13. When Writing Your Book Write in your voice but do not assume readers of your book follow your blog. Be specific. Books can come from anywhere such as one idea or a series of posts.
- 14. To Stay On Track - Set specific writing time - Keep a notebook/use notebook app - Be flexible - Take breaks
- 16. Editing - Take a few days break - Use someone else - Be prepared for opinions and advice
- 17. Who You Deal With - Acquisitions editor - Editor - Chief editor - Marketing personnel - Publicist
- 18. Contact Contact will vary greatly during different times of the process from almost daily to nothing for weeks. Don’t worry about it.
- 19. You are the key to marketing your book effectively
- 20. Marketing to Media Find out who is in charge of the relevant section of the magazine/newspaper/TV show you want to pitch to. Check out their style. Work out an angle that would suit that. Pitch it.
- 21. Book Promotion Things I did: - Contact local media - Blog tour - Give aways - Got active on social media - Contact TV shows - Attend events - Book signings - Ask for reviews - Change email signature
- 22. Book Promotion Things publicist did: - Contact all media and did negotiations - Mass PR emails - Work on ways to promote your book at events - Pitched it to events - Sent out the giveaway copies
- 24. An interview a back ground of why you wrote it, what it’s about
- 25. A trailer of the book.Book Parties More effective for cookbooks or books you can demonstrate the ideas Public speaking Such as conference, other events or even schools
- 27. Mainstream vs. Self Publishing Promotion - Mainstream get your book into stores easier - Mainstream publishers often have more contacts - Many media outlets and book stores do not take self-published books seriously
- 28. Mainstream vs. Self Publishing Writing and Editing - Self-publishing you have to pay someone else to edit - Mainstream publishers often have 3 or more people edit your book - Self-publishing means no advance to help write the book
- 29. Mainstream vs. Self Publishing Other - Self-publishing you own all publishing rights to the book - Difference between the promotional work required between mainstream and self-publishing is negligible - Self-publishing means there is no pressure to finish
- 30. Print vs. eBook - Print books can help bring awareness to your brand/blog -eBooks make more money (if promoted well)
- 31. www.kylieofiu.com Twitter: @kylieofiu Facebook: KylieOfiu