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Different Ways To Market Your Book With Joanna Penn [Video]

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Different Ways To Market Your Book With Joanna Penn

There are many options for book marketing, so how do you choose the right ones for you? 16:33 – main content on marketing starts
I give my thoughts on the different polarities on the marketing scale to help you figure out what might work for your book, your stage on the author journey, and your lifestyle.

In the intro, Storybundle for writers – https://storybundle.com/writing ; Seth Godin on Tim Ferriss; Amazon’s investment in Anthropic; Claude 3 direct or Poe.com; Claude prompt library; join me and Joseph Michael for a prompt webinar, 4 April – https://www.thecreativepenn.com/april4
Plus, Spear of Destiny – https://www.jfpenn.com/destiny

Today’s show is sponsored by my patrons! Join my community and get access to extra videos on writing craft, author business, AI and behind the scenes info, plus an extra Q&A show a month where I answer Patron questions. It’s about the same as a black coffee a month! Join the community at https://www.Patreon.com/thecreativepenn

Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thriller, dark fantasy, and memoir as J.F. Penn. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker.

Traditional versus indie publishing
Short term versus long term
Income versus brand building
Paid versus free
The book versus you as the author
Stand-alone versus series
Exclusive versus wide publishing
Publish fast versus publish slowly
Write to market versus write first, market later
Online versus offline. Global versus local
Introvert versus extrovert
Digital versus physical
Data-focused versus intuitive marketing
Fiction versus non-fiction
Doing your own marketing versus hiring professionals

Let me know what you think — leave a comment or message me on X @thecreativepenn

This chapter is from my Author Blueprint, available as a free ebook at https://www.TheCreativePenn.com/blueprint or in print and large print from https://creativepennbooks.com/collections/author-blueprint
and also Amazon https://amzn.to/4a2JJ5f

There are more marketing strategies in my book, How to Market a Book, which is a few years old now, but the strategies and mindset are still valid, so I’d say 90% of it is still applicable, even if the tools have changed.

You can find the transcript and show notes in the podcast backlist: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/podcasts/

Buy writing books directly from me: https://www.CreativePennBooks.com

Buy my fiction and memoir at https://www.JFPennBooks.com

Join my community at https://www.patreon.com/thecreativepenn

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Where are the best places and sites to self-publish ebooks in 2024? From Amazon KDP to Lulu and beyond, discover how other less famous companies provide you the best royalties in self publishing today. Find out who has the best royalties for ebooks today!Sources: • Apple Books for Authors - https://authors.apple.com/ • Apple Affiliate Program - https://performance-partners.apple.com/home • Google Play Books Partner Center - https://play.google.com/books/publish/u/0/ • Kobo Writing Life - https://kobowritinglife.com/ o What is Kobo Writing Life? - https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017771754-What-is-Kobo-Writing-Life o Where else can Kobo distribute my eBooks? - https://kobowritinglife.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360059385751-Where-else-can-Kobo-distribute-my-eBooks o Reach More Readers with OverDrive - https://kobowritinglife.com/2021/02/18/reach-more-readers-with-overdrive/ • Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) - https://kdp.amazon.com/ o KDP Select Review - https://youtu.be/qgwwmePVCL0 o KDP's Digital Book Pricing Page - https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200634500 o KDP's When will I get paid? - https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GK2MKZUL6U3SFBPZ • Best Seller Book Launch Checklist - https://DaleLinks.com/Checklist • Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/ o Draft2Digital Review 2024 - https://youtu.be/chzrsIT5JZA • Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/ o Gumroad Pricing - https://gumroad.com/pricing o PayPal Fees - https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/merchant-fees o Stripe Pricing - https://stripe.com/pricing o Gumroad (marketplace) - https://gumroad.com/discover • Lulu - https://lulu.com/ o Lulu's Mandatory Ebook Distribution Requirements - https://help.lulu.com/en/support/solutions/articles/64000255463 o Lulu Pricing Calculator - https://www.lulu.com/pricing • Payhip - https://DaleLinks.com/PayHip (affiliate link)• StoryOrigin - https://DaleLinks.com/StoryOrigin (affiliate link)• StoryOrigin Sell Books Direct to Readers - https://storyoriginapp.com/features/sell-books-direct-to-readers • PayHip - https://DaleLinks.com/PayHip (affiliate link) o Payhip - Bookvault - https://bookvault.app/payhip/ • Laterpress - https://www.laterpress.com/ o Laterpress: Announcing user governance - https://www.laterpress.com/blog/announcing-user-governance Honorable Mentions: • Barnes & Noble Press - https://press.barnesandnoble.com/ • Draft2Digital - https://DaleLinks.com/D2D (referral link)• Streetlib - https://www.streetlib.com/ • Bookrix - https://www.bookrix.de/en/home • PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (referral link)🔴 The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com🟣 Join Channel Memberships - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKv8xcrFntOERL7NUXgkypg/join 🔵Join my Discord community - http://dalelinks.com/discord🔥 Check out my podcast channel - https://www.youtube.com/@selfpubwithdale Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding!- Dale L. Roberts---@KoboWritingLifeKWL @AmazonKDP @Smashwords @Luludotcom @GumroadUniversity @payhip @storyoriginapp @laterpress5604 #selfpublishing #indieauthors #writingcommunity

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