At the advice of a friend I am renting tables at Craft Fairs, during this Christmas season, and donating my book to local silent auction fundraisers. The Chamber of Commerce has a listing of local churches and businesses that do fundraisers and craft shows. Calling around to ferret out these events bears fruit. I will gift wrap one of my books to demonstrate the idea that it would make a good Christmas gift and then offer gift wrapping as an option. So, get yourself out there! Any other ideas we authors could use for marketing our books? Let me know.
Local book stores, Christian book stores, nearby libraries, and distribution points somewhat uncomfortably farther away are some that come to mind. Try to get on a local talk show or internet interview. Our local paper does community interest things on the internet (www.pal-item.com/pilive). Public TV may have a local program you could arrange an interview with.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kent, for these ideas. I have done and am planning on doing many of them. But the ideas of an internet interview and a Public TV interview are new to me. Thanks for that.
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