Stephanie Burdett Book Marketing

27/04/2022

Book blog tours are useful promo tools for fiction authors. Done properly, they can drum up excitement and deliver considerable online exposure for your book. If you're keen to organise a blog tour for your next book launch, but aren't sure where to start, check out my latest blog post for pointers.

Want to organize a blog tour but don't know where to start? Read on for step-by-step instructions for virtual book tours.

20/04/2022

Did you know you can add a "Look Inside" preview of your book to your website—with purchase links and everything? It's absolutely free and oh-so-easy with the Kindle Instant Book Preview widget. Read the post for step-by-step instructions.

Step-by-step instructions on how to install the Kindle Instant Book Preview widget on your author website. It's simple!

13/04/2022

Do you use Universal Book Links (UBLs) in your marketing material? Whether you publish wide or exclusively with Amazon, using UBLs can help you increase the chances of making more book sales.

Using Universal Book Links can help you sell more books because they direct customers to the correct regional purchase links.

08/04/2022

There are profitable niches in every genre—writing to market doesn’t mean you will have to switch to a genre you don’t enjoy writing. In an ideal world, you would have conducted your market research before writing your novel but, even if you have already written it, you can still position your book to sell well with a little bit of research. I discuss this topic in more detail over on the blog.

Writing to market is about finding Amazon book niches in your genre that are selling like hotcakes. Here's how to do it successfully.

31/01/2022

Build an eye-catching book description page that will convince your readers to purchase or download your book with Amazon A+ Content. Read my step-by-step guide to adding awesome images to your KDP book detail page and grab the free image sizes cheat sheet to save yourself hours!

Learn how adding Amazon A+ Content to your book detail page can help you reach more readers and sell more books.

12/05/2021

Want to increase your author email open rates? 💯 Email subject lines play a big part in whether or not your subscribers open your email. ✍️✨

Check out my list of things you can do to help make your subject lines more appealing to your subscribers.🤗

Do you put a lot of thought into your author email subject lines? What are some of your most successful? Let me know in the comments.👇💬

20/02/2021

Book teasers are essential for promoting your book. If you run ads or use book tour and promo companies a good teaser is a must. They are also great for sharing on your socials. Book Cave have some great tips on writing an awesome teaser in this post.

Short book teasers are great to use on your website to catch the readers' attention and entice them to learn more or to buy your book. But how do you write a great, attention-grabbing teaser? Here are some simple tips!

02/02/2021

What's your favourite social network? While organic reach may be near impossible on Facebook, it's possible to build a community and reach new readers on Instagram.

Here's some simple hashtag tips you can use to help you build your following on Instagram.👇

26/01/2021

Struggling with what to post on social media? Marking awareness and observance days can make for engaging posts. I've compiled a list of February hashtag holidays perfect for authors to share. PLUS I've added some ideas on what to post!

19/01/2021

Want to track how many people are visiting your universal book links so you can measure how effective your Facebook Ads are?
Well, you can when you use a Books2Read Universal Book Link in your ads. All you have to do is add your Facebook Pixel to your Books2Read/Draft2Digital account and it will be inserted into all of your UBLs, Book Tabs, and Author Pages, giving you a finer level of detail and insight into how well your ads and boosted posts are performing.

You probably already know about our Universal Book Links—the one-click tool that allows your readers to find your book anywhere it’s sold online. When you publish your book through Draft2Digital, you get a UBL automatically generated for you! And you can build and manage your UBLs, including cus...

15/01/2021

Did you know you can test your author email before sending it? A good email reputation is important because it affects deliverability. See how your email stacks up with this free email test.

https://www.mail-tester.com/