Book Marketing Resources

Book Marketing Resources

Booklist
- 15 weeks prior to publications

Foreword Magazine – 3-4 months before publication

Horn Book Review – (Children’s books)

Kirkus Reviews – 3 months or more before publication

KLIATT
- new original paperbacks

Library Journal – 3-4 months before publication

Publishers Weekly – 3 months before publication

School Library Journal

Foreword Reviews.com – $295 paid book reviews

Midwest Book Review – wants a finished copy of the book

OTHER REVIEWERS LISTED
BY CATEGORY

Book Zone
Pro Reviewer List
AUTHOR ORGANIZATIONS

Publisher’s Marketing Association

American Booksellers Association – The Book Sense Advance Access
Program offers an inexpensive mailing to independent bookstores
if you are a member of PMA – $100

AUTHOR AND WRITER WEB SITES

Amazon Advantage – Sell your book at Amazon

Para Publishing:
Self Publishing Guru Dan Poynter’s Book Writing, Publishing and
Promoting Resources – http://www.parapublishing.com/

Book Marketing-John
Kremer’s site offers a large amount of information and book promotion
resources. He offers excellent lists that you can purchase. One
list is of the Top 500 Independent Bookstores. – http://www.bookmarket.com/

Midwest Book Review – offers great information on getting your book
reviewed. He also DOES book reviews.

PUBLICITY TOOLS/SERVICES

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Free Publicity Articles from Annie Jennings

Pitching Tips To Land Major Placements

Tips For Leaving An Effective Voice Mail

How To Create Expert Status For Yourself

Media Training Tips for Radio

PR Leads – Want to know the secret to getting feature articles in today’s leading publications? PR Leads delivers and then some!

PR Leads sends you daily leads to what the hottest magazines and newspapers in your industry are writing about.

Radio Publicity – Best-selling author Alex Carroll is one of the world’s leading experts on radio publicity. He shows you exactly how to extract a mother lode from the radio publicity gold mine. It doesn’t matter whether you’re an author, speaker, businessperson, or promoter … He has an incredible manual on how to use Radio Publicity to market your book or ebook. He also sells a CD with a radio station database so you’ll
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Radio TV Interview and Report – Advertise yourself as a potential guest to tv and
radio producers

GuestFinder
- Another site to list yourself as a possible guest for radio/tv programs

IMediaFax
- Offers affordable press release submissions plus a free report on Trash Proof Press Releases

BOOK MARKETING DISCUSSION LISTS

Span Net Self Publishing Discussion List

Self-Publishing-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Book Signers Discussion List

Booksigners-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

BOOK MARKETING NEWSLETTERS

John Kremer’s Book Marketing Marketing Tip of the Week – http://www.bookmarket.com/tips.html

The Publicity Hound by Joan Stewart

Dawn Star Book Marketing Newsletter

SMALL PRESS BOOK AWARDS

Ben Franklin Award

IPPY Award – Independent Publisher Book Awards

BOOK PROMOTION ARTICLES

1 Year Book Production Countdown - Tells you what to do and when to do it to keep your book launch efforts on track while finishing your book

40+ Ways To Make Your Next Book Signing An Event! by Larry James Excellent article filled with tips and suggestions to make your book signing a memorable event.

40 Ways to Use your Book Review – Excellent special report written with tips from John Kremer, Shel Horowitz, and others

Be Your Own Publicist by Cecilia Tan