How to market your eBook: Tips for Authors

So you have authored an eBook? Congratulations! Have you started selling it on an online bookstore? Great! But often, hosting your book on a website alone does not help sell it. The problem with ePublishing is that unlike a traditional bookstore, your eBooks are not visible to your target audience. Here are some tips to get the word out and market your eBook.

Promote your eBook through a mini website

Market your ebook though your search optimized website to reach out to your potential audience. Create anticipation and hype by posting an excerpt of your eBook and pique reader interest. Of course, you must use SEO techniques to write your website content but do make sure you do not go overboard and use unscruplous tehcniques that might get you blacklisted on Google.

Get your eBook professionally packaged and edited. Give it a great title.

Outsource the editing, packaging and design of your eBook to professionals and save yourself valuable time. An error free professionally edited eBook creates a better impact. Make sure your title is eye-catching and gets your reader interested. A cover design that pops out will have great impact too, especially when your book is listed on an online bookstore along with dozens of other eBooks. Talk about judging a book by its cover!

Spread the word

The key to marketing is to spread the word through emails, external websites, social networks and blogs to promote you and your eBook on the world wide web.

Get your Book reviewed

Get your eBook reviewed and post the reviews on your website. Get feedback and create awareness through discussion forums.

Advertise and network:

Tap into the right forums to promote your ebook. Throngs of people frequent niche specific forums and meetings for help, advice and links to relevant reading material. Attend writing events and network with other writers to create further buzz about your eBook.

Some of these steps might look simple and some others might seem daunting, especially if you are a first time eBook author. Chillibreeze offers eBook authors several marketing services in the form of marketing packages. To find out more about our marketing services, contact us at ePublishing@chillbreeze.com