Can You Save Your Book?

 

 

Usually, when people take four months with a lame excuse to write me back, I ignore them, but there was something honest and wanting about a note that I recently received from an author. I had written to her after seeing a positive review of her book. I offered to help promote her book.

She told me she did not sell a lot of books. I told her let’s assume the book is very good. So, why so few sales?

I told her this:

You have to assess how well you are doing in each specific area:

* Professional book reviews
* Consumer reviews
* Book awards
* Social media
* Blogging
* Web site
* Media Interviews
* Speaking engagements
* Activity in author associations
* Networking
* Advertising
* Marketing materials
* Press kit
* Branding
* Distribution
* Price
* Genre
* Competition

So, please prove me right: that you are in need and believe I can help you.

I am happy to do this:

Utilize me for several strategic book  marketing consultations, to help you assess what can be done and to provide you with resources, information and ideas on how to do it. This will help you on future books as well.

Just trust in the process.

I have helped authors for three decades— thousands of authors. Search for me online. Pages of stuff pops up. Not one bad thing about me. Not even from my ex-wife or a bully that I punched in the face in the fifth grade.

Here is your choice:

A. Continue with the same, get the same results. Boo.

B. Stop everything and forever give up. Loser.

C. Utilize me to help you. Genius.

Please, no cheating, but the answer is C.

Next step: Belabor this offer, shelve it for a few months, and then feel a wintery mix of failure and angst.

No!!!

Break the cycle. Give me a shot. Give yourself a chance to succeed. You risk just a few bucks. Do it now.

That’s it.

Is this you?

Need Book Marketing Help?

Brian Feinblum, the founder of this award-winning blog, with 3.6 million page views, can be reached at brianfeinblum@gmail.com  He is available to help authors promote their story, sell their book, and grow their brand. He has over 30 years of experience in successfully helping thousands of authors in all genres. Let him be your advocate, teacher, and motivator!

 

About Brian Feinblum

Brian Feinblum should be followed on www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum. This is copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.  This award-winning blog has generated over 3.6 million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby  http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past three decades, including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.