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Marketing, Publishing, & Promotion

Author 101 - Bestselling Book Publicity     Add to Cart
The Insider's Guide to Promoting Your Book - and Yourself
Rick Frishman, Robyn Freedman Spizman

Adams Media, 2006

268 pages      $12.95     less 15% discount = 11.00
 

Publicizing your book is critical to its success. Whether you're going with an established house or self-publishing, you'll learn how to craft the right promotional campaign for your book - the campaign that will make your book as well-read as it is well-written!
 

Author 101 - Bestselling Nonfiction     Add to Cart
The Insider's Guide to Making Reality Sell
Rick Frishman, Robyn Freedman Spizman

Adams Media, 2006

222 pages      $12.95     less 15% discount = 11.00

They say everyone has a book in them - and this insider's guide to nonfiction publishing helps you write and sell that book.

Author 101 - Bestselling Secrets from Top Agents     Add to Cart
The Insider's Guide to What Agents and Publishers Really Want
Rick Frishman, Robyn Freedman Spizman

Adams Media, 2006

240 pages      $12.95     less 15% discount = 11.00

You're passionate about your book. You're determined to get it published, butyou just can't seem to do it by yourself. You need an ally. You need a champion. You need an agent. In this book you'lol learn what makes a good agent, what a good agent will and won't do for you, and how to find the right type of agent - not just for your first book, but for your entire career.
 

Book Proposals that $ell      Add to Cart
21 Secrets to Speed Your Success

W. Terry Whalin

Write Now Publications, 2005

182pages    $14      less 15% discount = 11.90     
 

Far too many writers give up not because their writing is lacking but because they haven't learned how to market it. Terry's book is a needed and valuable resource for all writers who want to get their books in print.

Christian Writers' Market Guide 2008    

Sally E. Stuart                                         

Shaw, 2007

630 pages    $34.99      less 15% discount = $29.75    
 

Includes a CD-ROM with contacts for over 1,200 markets. This is an essential resource if you want to effectively market your work. Because of the number of changes each year, I highly recommend you purchase an edition each year.

Complete Guide to Self-Publishing     Add to Cart

Tom and Marilyn Ross

Writer's Digest Books, 2002

524 pages     $19.99      less 15% discount = $16.99   
 

Now in its 4th edition, this book really does include "everything you need to know to write, publish, promote and sell your own book. Information on e-publishing is included.

How to Be Your Own Literary Agent     Add to Cart
An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book Published

Richard Curtis

Houghton Mifflin Company,2003

302 pages     $14.00      less 15% discount = $11.90    
 

Richard Curtis, a top literary agent for more than thirty years - provides a comprehensive practical overview of the publishing process, from submissions to contract negotiations to subsidiary rights to marketing, publicity, and beyond.

How to Write What You Love     Add to Cart
and make a living at it

Dennis E. Hensley, Ph.D.

Shaw Waterbrook, 2000

174 pages    $12.99      less 15% discount = $11.05     

Getting started and using the resources available to new writers, handling the financial aspects of being a freelance writer, finding the topics that will bring in money, gaining long-term payoffs through effective marketing and reselling.

The Making of a Christian Bestseller     Add to Cart
An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book the
Attention It Deserves

Ann Byle

FaithWalk Publishing, 2006

237 pages  Price: $12.99      less 15% discount = $11.05 

Ann, a seasoned journalist, asks the questions you would be likely to ask if you could sit down with 40 well-known writers and editors. Must reading!

Perfect Pages    Add to Cart

Aaron Shepherd

Shepard Publications, 2006

158 pages    Price: $16.00    less 15% discount = $13.60

A practical and helpful guide for those who want to self-publish their book and do their own typesetting using Word.

Publicize Your Book!     Add to Cart
An Insider's Guide to Christian Publishing

Jacqueline Deval
 

Perigee Book, 2003

308 pages  Price: $15.95      less 15% discount = $13.55 

Loads of practical ideas for getting the best media coverage, reaching readers effectively, selling more copies, and keeping your book in print.

Publishing Confidential     Add to Cart
The Insider's Guide to What It Really Takes
to Land a Nonfiction Book Deal

Paul B. Brown
Amacom, 2004
180 pages     $14.95     Less 15% discount = $12.70   

Step-by-step guidance with real-life examples, including a fully annotated sample proposal so you know what to include (and what to leave out),. You'll also learn about contract language and negotiations and how to become an integral part of your publisher's marketing efforts.

Sally Stuart's Guide to Getting Published     Add to Cart

Sally E. Stuart
Shaw, 1999 (rev. ed. 2003)
292 pages   $17.99      less 15% discount = $15.30       

No one I know is more knowledgeable about the business of writing and how-to's of effectively marketing your work than Sally. This valuable resource is highly recommended for both beginning and advanced writers.

Self-Promotion for the Creative Person     Add to Cart
Lee Silber

Three River Press, 2001

336 pages    Price: $15.00      less 15% discount = $12.75

How to get the word out about who you are and what you do quickly, easily, and cheaply.

Self-Publishing Manual     Add to Cart
How to Write, Print and Sell Your Own Book

Dan Poynter

Para Publishing, 2006

463 pages     $19.95      less 15% discount = $16.95
 

"The book that launched a million+ books," is now in its 19th printing with 15 revised editions.

Speak Up with Confidence     Add to Cart

Carol Kent

NavPress, 1997

256 pages    $14.00      less 15% discount = $11.90  
 

 Must reading for writers who want to expand the ministry of their books through speaking.

WriterSpeaker.com     Add to Cart

Carmen Leal

Shaw, 2000

278 pages  $14.99      less 15% discount = $12.75 
 

 I don't know anyone who is more knowledgeable about using the Internet to build our writing and speaking ministry - or anyone more generous in sharing that knowledge than Carmen Leal.

You Can Market Your Book     Add to Cart

Carmen Leal

Write Now Publications, 2003

 256 pages      $15      less 15% discount = $12.75 
 

 The "All the Tools You Need to Sell Your Published Book" sub-title is not an overstatement. This is must reading for all authors - both before and after their book is accepted and comes off press.

Your Guide to Marketing Books in the Christian Marketplace     Add to Cart

Sarah Bolme

Crest  Publications, 2006

 192 pages      $17.99      less 15% discount = $15.30
 

 This essential handbook is packed with valuable information on promoting books in the Christian marketplace. You'll find specific resources with contact information. Introduction by Sally E. Stuart..

See also

Craft & Writer's Life

Writing Fiction

Tapes for Writers