20 Book Marketing Tips and Tactics for Self-Publishing Authors Book Marketing Tips And Tactics To Boost Book Sales It’s Not Only About Being a Great Writer, You Must Not Fail at Marketing Your Book and We’ll Show You How! You wrote a great book, now it is time to market the hell out of it. Submissions – JLA JLA is open to unsolicited queries. JLA has read through all queries submitted through 5/23/20. Instructions Please send all queries by email to weronika@janczuklit.com. Standard queries are tripartite: the novel’s hook, the novel’s substance, and the author’s bio. JLA does not accept queries via phone or snail mail.Please paste into your email the query, and below it, the first ten double-spaced pages of your manuscript.
Ginger Knowlton, Executive Vice President Ginger Knowlton represents a diverse list of authors and illustrators of picture books, middle-grade and young adult fiction and nonfiction. Her client list includes new and emerging writers as well as Newbery Medalists, Newbery and Printz Honor winners, Edgar and Lambda winners, New York Times bestsellers, and a host of other talented clients. Ginger has served on the Board of Directors of both the Association of Authors’ Representatives in NYC and the Friends of the Library in her hometown in Westchester County. Ginger is currently accepting email queries from authors and illustrators of all children’s book genres, including YA.
Submission Guidelines We prefer email queries. Please send a query letter and the first few (up to 10) pages of your manuscript or proposal in the body of an email (not an attachment) to one of the addresses below. Please note that due to the high volume of queries we receive, we will only respond to your query if we are interested in reading more. To submit to Stuart Krichevsky: email To submit to David Patterson: email Sophie Hicks — Sophie Hicks Agency Sophie Hicks started her own agency in 2014 after 25 years at Ed Victor Ltd where she worked first in foreign rights before starting her list and becoming Managing Director in 1999. Her authors have been New York Times and Sunday Times bestsellers on both the adult and children's lists and both the fiction and non-fiction lists, have been shortlisted for or won many prizes including the Costa Book Award, Carnegie Medal, Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Waterstone's Children's Book of the Year, British Book Award and Irish Book Award, have been selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club, and have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. Sophie is a member of The Book Society and Women in Publishing. She is looking for new adult voices in all genres with the exception of women's fiction.
FAQ What file types can Draft2Digital convert? The easiest and most popular format is a Word document. Upload your story in Word .doc or .docx format, and we'll convert it into an ebook. RTF should work fine, too. Anything Word can read, we can read. What if I don't need conversion? How to Market Your Book in 8 Simple Steps It’s an undeniable truth that if you want to be an author these days, you need to know how to market a book. It’s also true that marketing is one of the tasks that will stress authors out the most. We’ve talked before about the many ways you can go about marketing your book, but today we’re going to break down what exactly book marketing is — and what really drives its success. At its core, marketing a book is about communicating why people should want to buy your product, and giving them an easy way to do so. Put that way, it doesn’t sound so scary, does it?
Premade Book Covers My premade ebook covers are designed to get your novel out the door with a dynamic cover quickly and seamlessly. Each cover is unique and sold only once.* I’m initially focusing on romance, young adult contemporary, new adult, and women’s fiction, but check back often for new covers. (If you don’t see exactly what you want, I’m also available for custom covers—contact me for a quote.) How It Works: Fill in the form below with the required information.I’ll add your information to the cover you chose and email you a low-res proof copy.After you approve the cover and send payment (PayPal or check accepted), I’ll email you the final 1400 x 2100 pixel version in the format of your choice.Questions?