Sure, you should sell books to friends and family, generate sales with speaking engagements, employ social media to generate sales, and do a host of things to get the cash register to ring. But there’s a whole world of opportunity that goes way beyond what you’ve been doing or merely relying on bookstores, libraries, and your web site to ring up book sales. Below are nine areas to explore for increasing your book sales:
1.
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Read insightful, resourceful publications that help you stay ahead of the trends and see what works in the book world today. Check out:
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2. Publishing Associations
Join them. Utilize their resources. Attend conferences. Read their blog or newsletter.
Independent Book Publishing Association (IBPA) www.ibpa-online.org
Association of American Publishers (AAP) www.publishers.org
Association of Publishers for Special Sales
(APSS) www.bookapss.org
3. Influencers
Want a paid celebrity endorsement or hope to get
a freebie testimonial from a famous person?
Reach out to:
4. Book Clubs
www.meetup.com/topics/bookclub
5. Children's Book Sales
National PTA www.pta.org
Mom’s Club www.momsclub.org
Scholastic Book Fairs www.bookfairs.scholastic.com
United Through Reading www.unitedthroughreading.org
6. Homeschool Learning
Sell books to parents who homeschool their kids.
7. Corporate Sales
Consult these sites to crack the business and corporate sale market:
8. Government Sales
9. Fundraisers
Sell to groups to use your book as a fundraiser gift. Try:
Brian Feinblum,
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sell their book, and grow their brand. He has over 30 years of experience in
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Feinblum should be followed on Twitter @theprexpert. This is copyrighted by
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pageviews. With 4,400+ posts over the past decade, it was named one of the best
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including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book
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many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with
best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor
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Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Susan RoAne, Jeff
Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He recently hosted a panel
on book publicity for Book Expo America, and has spoken at ASJA, IBPA, Sarah
Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, and Connecticut Authors and
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