Build Your Author Platform
The New Rules: A Literary Agents Guide to Growing Your Audience in 14 Steps
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Reference, Guides & Handbooks
| Author: | Carole Jelen, Michael McCallister | ISBN: | 9781939529299 |
| Publisher: | BenBella Books, Inc. | Publication: | May 13, 2014 |
| Imprint: | BenBella Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Carole Jelen, Michael McCallister |
| ISBN: | 9781939529299 |
| Publisher: | BenBella Books, Inc. |
| Publication: | May 13, 2014 |
| Imprint: | BenBella Books |
| Language: | English |
A great book is no longer enough. An author platform is the most powerful key to success in today’s saturated market, and increasingly, publishers are demanding that new authors come to them with an existing audience of interested followers. Authors who are self-publishing have an even bigger need to build an engaged audience.
Social media makes building the writer platform easier than ever, but, unfortunately, most authors struggle to get it right. How can authors create their unique platform, connect with followers, write a manuscript, and grow their business?
In Build Your Author Platform: The New Rules, top literary agent Carole Jelen and tech expert Michael McCallister apply their combined 35 years of expertise to outline 14 practical, hands-on steps to create a presence that will produce high book sales and expanded audience.
From pre-publication through book launch and beyond, authors will learn how to:
Define goals and a unique brand
Employ successful website strategies, content, social presence, media authority, and training
Secure positive reviews
Attract viewers efficiently without cost
Filled with detailed lessons, examples, success stories, and techniques used by marketing departments at major publishers, Build Your Author Platform is an indispensable guide for anyone looking for insight into publishing, promoting, and marketing books.
A great book is no longer enough. An author platform is the most powerful key to success in today’s saturated market, and increasingly, publishers are demanding that new authors come to them with an existing audience of interested followers. Authors who are self-publishing have an even bigger need to build an engaged audience.
Social media makes building the writer platform easier than ever, but, unfortunately, most authors struggle to get it right. How can authors create their unique platform, connect with followers, write a manuscript, and grow their business?
In Build Your Author Platform: The New Rules, top literary agent Carole Jelen and tech expert Michael McCallister apply their combined 35 years of expertise to outline 14 practical, hands-on steps to create a presence that will produce high book sales and expanded audience.
From pre-publication through book launch and beyond, authors will learn how to:
Define goals and a unique brand
Employ successful website strategies, content, social presence, media authority, and training
Secure positive reviews
Attract viewers efficiently without cost
Filled with detailed lessons, examples, success stories, and techniques used by marketing departments at major publishers, Build Your Author Platform is an indispensable guide for anyone looking for insight into publishing, promoting, and marketing books.
