You Can Market Your Book: All the Tools You Need to Sell Your Published Book

I've worked through several books on author promotion and discovered _ You Can Market Your Book _ has dozens of productive links (leading to even more fruitful links) that I haven't be able to find anywhere else.

"You Can Market Your Book" is a thorough exposition of how to market your book to the Christian community. While the principles and techniques in the book are applicable to the marketing of any book, the resources listed and writing style clearly slants the focus to the Christian writer. The book covers all the standard stuff from selecting a good title to getting reviews, creating a press kit, book signings, developing a speaking platform, online promotion, and using subcontractors. Each section is well written and contains a wealth of detailed information. "You Can Market Your Book" is a highly recommended book and is simply the best marketing manual for the Christian publishing community that I have reviewed.

Every author should have this book. Carmen Leal gives easy-to-follow helps to help a writer get the word out--from getting reviews to doing interviews to creating an e-zine and other web support. Even though I've written 17 books, I picked up many great ideas. Writing a book is maybe half the work for a writer; getting the word out is just as important. So, aspiring authors should get it too, so they can prepare for what's ahead.

When my first book, To Love, Honor and Vacuum, was ready to be released, I had so many ideas floating around in my head about how to market it, but I didn't know what would work or where I should focus first.Carmen's book helps us refine our marketing plan, focus on the most important first, and then move outward. It's really helpful whether you're working in the secular market or the Christian market. The truth is that no one will do your marketing as well as you will do your marketing. This is your baby, and even the publisher won't care about the book as much as you will. So whether you want to market or not, you need this book. And when you buy it, you'll find out that you can, indeed, market your baby!

Other books have been written about marketing your book, but Ms. Leal addresses book marketing from the unique perspective of the Christian author. I found the contact information for Christian book reviewers, media outlets and websites very helpful (something I had not seen in other books). I would strongly recommend the title to anyone who wants to reach the Christian market with the book she feels she has been called to write.