Can You Get Other People To Sell Your Book?

Imagine having your own salesforce to sell your book?  Would you pay people to hawk your book?  Would you dangle a fat commission to those who peddle your book?  

How about listing your book with affiliate programs?  Here are five to start with:

Amazon Associates (https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/join/landing/main.html)

Barnes & Noble (http://affiliates.barnesandnoble.com/)

IndieBound (http://www.indiebound.org/affiliate)

Books-A-Million (http://www.booksamillion.com/affiliates/index.html)

Apple iBooks (http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources)

Other affiliate programs to consider include the following:

www.booksrun.com

www.commisionjunction.com

www.e-junkie.com

www.shoutly.com

www.affiliatesdirectory.com

www.smashwords.com

Simply, list your book with as many affiliate programs as possible.  Encourage people to sell your book and before you know it, you will have your sales staff to market your book!

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Brian Feinblum’s insightful views, provocative opinions, and interesting ideas expressed in this terrific blog are his alone and not that of his employer or anyone else. You can – and should -- follow him on Twitter @theprexpert and email him at brianfeinblum@gmail.com. He feels much more important when discussed in the third-person. This is copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog © 2018. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester. His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s Independent.  This was named one of the best book marketing blogs by Book Baby http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs and recognized by Feedspot in 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. Also named by WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.”