Power Promote Your eBooks, Part Two

We have previously discussed methods of promoting your ebooks using review sites, search engines, etc.... to recap our advice from Part One of this article, after you have created your eBook, you can promote it using the following ideas:
  1. Signature Files
  2. Announcement Lists
  3. Ebook Reviews & Interviews
  4. Search Engines
  5. Directories
  6. Download Sites (free ebooks)
  7. Press Releases
  8. Affiliate Programs
  9. Resources (study epublishing)
  10. Web Sites
  11. Awards
  12. Contests
  13. Ebook Clubs
  14. Conferences
  15. Chatrooms
  16. Radio Shows (Online and Offline)
Now, we will discuss some resources to examine to help you promote your ebooks as well as other proven methods.

Resources

How to Publish and Promote Online by M.J. Rose and Angela Adair-Hoy available at Amazon.com (Excellent!)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312271913/

e-Lectrify Your Sales: A Writer's Guide to e-Publishing $uccess by Leta Nolan Childers from DiskUs Publishing
http://www.diskuspublishing.com/electrify.html

Practical Tips for Online Authors 2001 Edition by Lida E. Quillen from Twilight Times Books
http://www.twilighttimesbooks.com/practical_tips.html

Electronic Publishing, The Definitive Guide. The 2001 edition by Karen Wiesner's book (available at the end of this month.)
http://www.avidpress.com/wiesner.htm

"Marketing and Self-Promotion" by Astrid Cooper is enlightening
http://www.twilighttimes.com/ACooper4a.html

The July issue of eBook Ecstasy contains an article by Charlotte Boyett-Compo on "How Not to Promote Your Book." She suggests some ideas on how to advertise on the net. First and foremost, always include info on your books in your "sig" line. Send press releases to ezines, appropriate web sites, newsgroups and to your online friends who in turn will post the info other places you might not think of. Submit articles to paying and even non-paying e-zines and newsletters, especially if they will include the url to your website. Join online communities such as SFF Net if you write SF/F at http://www.sff.net

Web Sites

Authors Den offers great promo opportunities.
http://www.authorsden.com/

No doubt you have submitted your web site url to a number of search engines and web sites. If not, check out Virtual Promote.
http://www.virtualpromote.com/

Lorna Tedder's "Your Free Book Promotion Countdown Checklist"
http://www.geocities.com/~lorna_tedder/virgins.html

AWARDS

Here is a small list of ebook awards that you can apply for...
Independent E-Book Awards
http://www.e-book-awards.com/indie-intro.shtml

Frankfurt E-book Award
http://www.frankfurt-ebook-awards.org

Eppie Awards
http://www.eclectics.com/epic/

More awards are listed at:
http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/awards.html

Special thanks goes to Lida E. Quillen, publisher and author of Practical Tips for Online Authors www.twilighttimes.com/practical_tips.html for all of her contributions to this article.

I hope this gives you some ideas on how to promote your eBooks since this electronic medium is very effective! In Part Three, we will discuss other ways to promote your ebook using contests, ebook clubs, conferences, chatrooms, and online radio shows.

© 2001 Eva Almeida


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