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| Plug Your Book! Online Book Marketing for Authors, Book Publicity through Social Networking | 
 enlarge | Author: Steve Weber
Publisher: Weber Books
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  123 reviews
Sales Rank: 10613
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 204
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0977240614
Dewey Decimal Number: 070
EAN: 9780977240616
ASIN: 0977240614
Publication Date: February 25, 2007
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Condition: Brand New. Delivery is usually 5 - 8 working days from order, International is by Royal Mail Airmail
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 DON'T PAY for Book Marketing: these techniques are free, more effective, and more credible! December 16, 2008
Not only is this book packed full of useful information, but it is also a good read. From the very first pages, it will convince you of why -- and how -- you should harness the power of Amazon for marketing your book(s).
My only slight criticism is that it is very Amazon-centric despite the more generic title. I know that Amazon is the centre of the book-selling universe, but many of the techniques are also relevant to other retail web sites. For example, Barnes & Noble Essentials Lists (which are like Listmania!)
Steve does describe other ways to market and sell your books; e.g. from your web site or blog, via eBay, and so on.
Book marketing can take up a lot of your time, maybe more than the time spent writing the book! So one of the biggest challenges for readers of books about 'book marketing' is figuring out which techniques to focus on. This book has some nice graphs and charts that show the effectiveness of techniques such as 'recommendations'.
One thing for sure: you shouldn't waste your time on paid-for advertising when these free techniques are more effective... and more credible.
Tony Loton, author --
Book Publishing DIY: The Do It Yourself Guide to Self-Publishing using Lulu and CreateSpace
Smartly written, sensible advice, good insights December 12, 2008
"Plug Your Book" is a practical, insightful guide to promoting a self-published (or even a trade-published) book in the Internet age, with an emphasis on Amazon.com and other e-tailers and e-strategies along with some traditional approaches. It's clearly written, well-organized, and useful. A good value for an author looking to optimize sales.
I loved this book! December 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Love from Both Sides: A True Story of Soul Survival and Sacred Sexuality
If only I'd found Steve Weber's book last year! What a wealth of information for a first time writer. Writing a book is daunting - takes forever, yes? Then finding a publisher is almost impossible, right? - but once that happens, and amazingly it did for me, I was like a a deer-in-headlights about the marketing and publicity. But now that I've found Steve and his book, I think I'm in love. He charts out what needs to be done and makes seem so easy. Thank you so much!
Fantastic Book November 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recently finished writing my first book in nearly 20 years and was looking for information about selling it online. I bought Plug Your Book! by Steve Weber and I'm glad I did. I really had no idea just how drastically the book publishing industry has changed since the 1980's.
One strategy that I started using as a result of reading this book is writing book reviews on Amazon.com (hence this one). I had never written a book review in my life until I read Weber's book. Now I write them all the time.
This has been one of those rare buying experiences for me - the product I bought actually exceeded my expectations - by a long shot. This book is packed with useful information for authors and publishers. I really don't think you can get this kind of information anywhere else.
I highly recommend Plug Your Book!
Mitch Paioff, Author, Getting Started as an Independent Computer Consultant
Getting Started as an Independent Computer Consultant
Definitely a Valuable Tool!!! October 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found that the book had some very important and valuable information, giving both pros and cons of different aspects of online marketing...in the rapidly changing field of book publishing, this book is a must read. If you don't use all of the book's suggestions, (I ended up using a totally different web host than those originally suggested in the book because it seemed much more user-friendly to my neophyte sensibilities), it will certainly get you pointed in the right direction. Thanks a bunch to author Steve Weber for laying it all out!!!
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