Marketing Solutions for Independent Authors
The most important aspect often overlooked by independent authors is marketing. Once your book is complete and available for sale, how will you let your possible readers know it's available? Let's look at the numbers. Bowker reported that more than 1,000,000 books were published in 2009. In 2013, more than 450,000 self-published titles were released. Trying to make an impression with potential readers against those odds can be daunting.
Intense Personal Marketing is the Key
By creating a presence online, through social media and link exchanges, an independent author can build a fanbase and generate opportunities for their books to find success. It's not easy and it takes a lot of hard work, but by publishing a book in the first place, the race is half won already. The first step is to get book and name in front of as many people as possible. An effective author website and twitter account are a great place to start. Don't forget GoodReads, Amazon AuthorCentral and the various other databases for self-published and independent authors. Advertising can be cheap and easy as well. Many websites offer small link advertising and promotion opportunities to create traffic both through visitors seeing the link and search engines registering the link. Other options include free giveaways, book signings, print advertising and blog tours.
New Apple can help put you on the right track
We offer solutions as easy as affordable advertising through our website, setting up your author website, helping establish your Amazon Author Central profile and setting up your GoodReads bio to creating a Google AdWords campaign and setting up a blog tour or book signing tour through your region. New Apple also offers professional editing services, book reviews and our Book Awards to help establish credibility for your work. Email [email protected] to discuss a quote for New Apple's comprehensive marketing solution.
Advertising on New Apple
By establishing links on various websites where readers, publishers and authors are likely to frequent, you can quickly build a network of links directing traffic to your books. New Apple offers advertising solutions ranging from $10 to $150. Click here for more info.
New Apple Book Awards
The most effective way to gain credibility and publicity for your book is through positive reviews and accomplishments. New Apple's Annual Book Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing were established to honor the creative achievements of the unsung books fighting for their place within the publishing world. Any English language book published within the last two years, currently available for sale by an independent author or small press is eligible for entry. This includes E-Books, Print-On-Demand and Self-Published works. Click here for more info
Book Reviews
Are you having a tough time getting your novel in the hands of readers who can offer you potential reviews? New Apple has created an active network of avid readers willing to read and review self-published books. New Apple can help facilitate the unbiased review process and generate multiple reviews on GoodReads and Barnes and Noble.
If you are looking for a professional review that you can use for your personal marketing, inclusion on your cover and post on your website and Amazon, then you may be interested in our Editorial Book Review service. Click here for more info
Book Tours and Social Media Review Queries
Through our extensive research at New Apple we would like to direct our Independent Authors to Xpresso Book Tours where their services include extensive Book Tours through the world of social media, cover launches and review queries where Xpresso can connect your book with thousands of bloggers, readers and reviews.
Cover Design
New Apple offers full service cover design for independent authors. With over thirty years of combined experience in graphic design, our artists can help build a cover that will enhance and finish your novel. The first thing people see when they consider a book is the cover. We know, we know... don't judge a book by it's cover. Unfortunately, most readers do. Email [email protected] to discuss our cover design solutions.
Author Website Design
An author website and blog are a great way to connect with your readers, sell your books and build your presence on the world wide web. New Apple can help build a simple one page website linking your readers to your work or they we can build a complete website devoted to your work, promoting your book sales and even integrate a simple shopping cart allowing you to generate sales directly. Email [email protected] to discuss our web design solutions.
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by Laurie Lewis
2018 New Apple "BEST NEW FICTION" Winner
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Matthew Grayken is young, successful, and dying, which is why he’s about to propose to a total stranger. He isn’t interested in love. He needs a caregiver to be his legal voice when he can no longer speak for himself.
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