1,546,356 books were published between January 1 and August 7, 2017. That's 7061 new books every single day of the year. Yikes!
The number of books published goes up almost every year. In 2013 (the most recent year data is available), 304,912 books were published in the US. As recently as 1990, the number was only 46,736.
In other words, an author or publisher releasing a book in the US today has to work six times as hard to get noticed as authors and publishers did just a couple of decades ago.
Fortunately, you have a roadmap: Grassroots Marketing for Authors and Publishers, from award-winning author Shel Horowitz. And many of the strategies it lays out cost little or nothing. The 6x9, $24.95 paperback book is 290 pages of solid information to help any book succeed.
Direct orders from this website (or by phone, 413-586-2388, 8 am to 10 pm US Eastern time) include a two additional chapters covering social media and other developments (click here to see them)
Marketing your books can be a full-time endeavor; make sure you spend your time and money wisely! Read on; you'll learn how to be an effective book marketer, and to watch your book sales—and your reputation—grow.
Book marketing and book selling can feel pretty overwhelming. You want to sell more books. Of the hundreds of ways to generate book sales, which ones will be effective—for your title, your market, your budget, and your own personal style?
