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4 Things You Need To Know (before publishing your book)

January 15, 2015 By Heather Hart 5 Comments Click here for a FREE book marketing training

The saying “If you build it, they will come” isn’t true for authors. Just because you write a book, doesn’t mean that people will buy it or read it. In this post, I share four things authors need to know (preferably before they ever publish their book). 4 Things You Need To Know 1. Who […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Editing, Marketing Tips, Publishing Tips, Self-Publishing Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, marketing, publishing, self publishing

2014 Year in Review

December 31, 2014 By Heather Hart Leave a Comment Click here for a FREE book marketing training

2014 2015

The end of the year is the perfect time to reflect back on all you have accomplished. Shelley and I have been doing that. So in this post, I wanted to share some of our successes with you. Things we have accomplished in 2014 Shelley established Body and Soul Publishing LLC You can read more […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Business, Entrepreneur, General Tagged With: live events, networking tips, productivity tips, self publishing

4 Steps to Creating an Eye-Catching Book Cover

July 21, 2014 By Heather Hart 10 Comments Click here for a FREE book marketing training

There is a lot of work that goes into writing and publishing a book, and the reality is that every step is important. From writing and editing to formatting and book cover design, and beyond, cutting corners is never a good idea. In this post, we share how to grab your readers’ attention with an eye-catching […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Marketing Tips, Publishing Tips, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book cover, book cover design, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, marketing, publishing, self publishing, tools for authors

6 Steps to Choosing a Book Title that Sells

February 25, 2014 By Heather Hart Leave a Comment Click here for a FREE book marketing training

How do you choose a book title? That’s the question my dear friend Janet asked me a few weeks back. And it’s actually a really good question, so I wanted to share my 6 step process here. But first, let’s go over what makes a good book title. A good book title is: Relevant – […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tips, Self-Publishing Tagged With: publishing, self publishing

{Q&A Session} Self-Publishing Your Books

February 19, 2014 By Heather Hart 4 Comments Click here for a FREE book marketing training

We asked our following what questions they had about writing, publishing and marketing their books, and we answered them in a live Q&A session. The majority of the questions focussed on self-publishing books, so that was our focus. We answered questions about ISBN’s, book distribution, choosing a title, formatting, and more. Here’s what some of the […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Marketing Tips, Publishing Tips, Q&A, Self-Publishing Tagged With: authors, book marketing tips, Google+ hangouts, hangout, hangouts on air, hashtags for authors, live webinar, marketing, publishing, publishing tips, self publishing, Webinars

How To Change The Price Of Your Paperback Book

November 4, 2013 By Heather Hart 3 Comments Click here for a FREE book marketing training

Book sales are a great way to boost visibility and increase sales – and they don’t just apply to eBooks! Long before eBooks came around, paperback books were here. And believe it or not, people still read “real” books. There are people who like to hold them. Enjoy the smell and feel of them. Or […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Marketing Tips, Publishing Tips Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, marketing, places to promote, publishing, self publishing, tools for authors

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