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7 Blogs About Marketing Books

by Anne Wayman on June 29th, 2008

If you’ve written a book, you’ve simply got to market it, even if you have a trade publisher. Unless, of course, you’re already a famous writer with a following, a presidential candidate, or lead figure in a major scandal of some sort.

Here are some blogs, in no particular order, about marketing your book:

1. Book Marketing - interesting posts about once a week
2. Book Marketing Bestsellers - John 1001-Ways-To-Market-Your-Book Kremer’s blog
3. If:book - about the future of books, sometimes includes marketing
4. O’Reilly FYI - publisher’s blog with some real insight into the business
5. Publisher’s Weekly - industry trade magazine with an excellent blog - a must for book marketers
6. TheBookSeller - UK based publishing - a wonderful collection of blogs about publishing
7. YourBookPublsihingCoach - good tips here

What’s your favorite book marketing tip?

Write well and often,

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