BOOK LAUNCH DAY SPECIAL: Book Marketing Questions On Your Mind Today w/ Meg Oolders

Please join me for a special launch day podcast featuring Author of See Dot Smile and Substack writer at Stock Fiction, Meg Oolders.

Today is pub date for Get Your Book Seen and Sold: The Essential Book Marketing and Publishing Guide by yours truly and co-authored by Julie Murkette.  You can buy the book and ebook wherever you by books. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, bookshop, iBooks. Etc. We appreciate your support for the book and truly hope you find the information you need to get YOUR book seen and sold. 

To celebrate, Author/substack writer, Meg Oolders interviews me and asks book marketing questions for YOU!

You can find Meg Oolder’s book, See Dot Smile, a charming YA novel, that I ripped through and adore, for a limited time only on WattPad.  Meg will be removing the book from WattPad, where it is now, free, to her Substack, Stock Fiction, where it will be available when you become a subscriber. Get it free while you can.

Author & Substack Writer, Meg Oolders

Here are some of the topics that we covered in the podcast:

• Pitching yourself, your book, your message - how to and who

• Distribution - what it means for self-published authors today and why it is important to book marketing

• Old school book marketing ideas - research and pitching to selected, targeted media

• Where to spend your promotion dollars: it starts with knowing your strengths and likes as an author combined with where to find your audience. Some suggested areas to spend on promotion: Website, Press Kit, Bookbub promotions, Publisher’s Rocket research tool

• Self-publishing by crowd-funding - Is it an option for authors?

We also mention previous posts, resources and podcast episodes that you may want to visit:

Publishers Rocket software

Dave Chesson’s article on his favorite book promotion sites

My article on book distributors and aggregators

My interview with John Kremer, book marketing author where he talks about selling books at the train station that Meg Oolders mentions

SCBWI - The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

Notion - online software to create landing page with a form for endorsements

Thanks for listening and helping us to celebrate the launch of Get Your Your Book Seen and Sold.

Feel free to contact me with any questions at wjcwolk@gmail.com