Successful Book Launch Secrets: Book Marketing Tips From a Bestselling Author to Help You Achieve Your Writing Dreams (The Christian Author's Guide 2)

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What If You Had a Proven Plan to Join Amazon's List of Best-Selling Authors?Writing a book? Or maybe you've already written one. Now don't you want to see it become one of the top-selling books in its category?Of course you do!Which is why it's worth knowing that hitting "Publish" is not a launch. Your book goes live on a Tuesday and nothing happens — no reviews, no ranking, no readers, because nobody was expecting it.That isn't a writing problem. That's a plan problem.Successful Book Launch Secrets gives you that plan.Donna Partow has launched more than 100 books for her clients. Every single one reached Amazon #1 bestseller status. She's sold more than 1.5 million copies of her own thirty-plus books, and she's been publishing since 1990—seventeen years before the Kindle existed.Some of her books were major bestsellers. A few flopped.She'll tell you about those too.Inside, you'll learn how to:Develop a marketing mindset without feeling pushy, fake, or "sales-y"Identify exactly who your book is for—and write to that one personPosition yourself as a trusted messenger, not another author with a productBuild relationships with readers and influencers long before you ask them for anythingWrite an Amazon book description that turns browsers into buyersGenerate honest reviews and social proof without breaking Amazon's rulesUse Kindle Free Promotion Days to build momentum instead of wasting themWin rankings and category visibility during the one week Amazon is paying attentionKnow when paid promotions are worth the money—and when they aren'tCreate social media content that builds excitement without shouting "Buy my book!"Turn one book into the foundation for more books, speaking, consulting, ministry, or businessAnd you won't be left holding a pile of marketing ideas with no idea what to do first. The book closes with a day-by-day launch plan:One month beforeTwo weeks beforeOne week before your soft launchSoft launch dayThe days between soft launch and official launchOfficial launch dayLaunch weekAfter the excitement dies downA launch doesn't begin the morning your book goes live. It begins long before that, and it keeps going long after.If the word "marketing" makes you squirm, read this part twice.Marketing is getting your message into the hands of the people who need it.You are not manipulating anyone into buying something they don't need. You are making sure the people who do need what God gave you can actually find it.Donna is a Hybrid Author. She's been published by Random House, Tyndale, Zondervan and Baker Books, and she's succeeded on her own, including The Special Blessings Prayer, twice selected as a BookBub Featured Book. She's done it both ways. That's why this book won't push you toward traditional or self-publishing. It shows you how to launch either one.Whether you're about to publish your first book, relaunching a title that never found its readers, or still trying to work out why your last launch went quiet, you'll know exactly what to do next.Your book deserves better than a quiet upload followed by hope and prayer.Give it a real launch. Read more