If you’ve wanted to become a published author but haven’t had luck working with a big publication, you may want to consider self-publishing. By going this route, you can have sole control over every aspect of your book getting published. And while this can be beneficial in some areas, it can also make things harder for you if you’re looking to get a lot of traction with your book. Luckily, with a solid promotion plan, you can still market your self-published and printed book well.
To help you see how this can be done, here are three tips for promoting a self-published book.
Seek Out Media Coverage
When you’re ready to start promoting your book after it’s been published, one of the best places to start is with getting some media coverage.
In your city or community, there are likely new outlets and other publications that are anxious to share good news about the people in your area. So if you’re able to reach out to these publications and people about the new book that you’ve published, you should be able to get the word out about your book. And, because people love having some kind of connection to artists, it’s very likely that people in your community, upon seeing the media coverage you get, will be enticed to want to purchase your book.
Create More Content To Share
Social media is another great way that you can get the word out about your book. But to really get people excited about reading your self-published work, you’ll need to do more than just let them know what you’ve written and printed a book. Rather, you’ll want to find creative ways to make additional content relating to the book you’ve published.
For example, you could create a contest for your social media followers regarding your book, give background information about writing this book, share things about the character or overarching principles of the book, and more.
Get People To Write Reviews
Oftentimes, people are hesitant to spend their time reading from an unproved author. Knowing this, you should seek to get people to read and review your book for you. Even if it’s people you know personally or those that you’ve interacted with on social media while writing your book, having reviews coming in about your book will help others to see that people are actually reading what you’ve written and give them a better idea as to whether or not they’ll like the book, too.
If you’re self-publishing a book that you’ve written, consider using the tips mentioned above to help you with the promotion process and get more people interested in reading and sharing this work that you’ve spent so much time creating.
