Friday, August 21, 2009

OMNI Publishing Tips

OMNI Book Publishing
Hints to sell more books



Dear Author:

Another great way to connect with books that rank higher than yours and are in your genre is by writing "So you'd like to . . . Guides."

A "So you'd like to . . . Guide" is an article about a subject you are an expert in. For example, I might write an article titled, "So you'd like to be a published author guide." You may write "So you'd like to be a sky diver"... "So you'd like to raise baboons"... "So you'd like to be a ghostbuster."

When you write your article, link it to your book so the cover appears prompting anyone who reads your article to buy your book as well. But you also have to add another title as per Amazon's requirement.

So you will select some books that rank higher than yours and are in the same genre. Try not to select too many so your book will still stand out.

A key philosophy of social networking is to be social. We must collaborate with others - even competing books - to sell our own books. I have heard authors say that they don't want to belong to any networking site because there are too many authors going head to head. I suppose there are two ways of looking at this view - yes, there are many authors contending to sell their books, but they are probably selling if they are still in the site.

Try just one title, do your research well, and put it there and see what happens.

Here's looking at you!
Christina Coirolo
OMNI Book Publishing
888-541-2942 / fax 517-727-5959
www.omnibookpublishing.com