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When an author snail-mails me a new book, whether or not I’ve asked for it, I page through it to see if I can find a press release that will help me decide if I want to read it.
Nine times out of 10, the release is missing.
But if I find one and it includes seven tips from your nonfiction topic that interests me, or tells me about the wild adventure thriller your novel is going to take me on, chances are good I’ll set it aside to read later.
Seldom does a press release perform that important duty.
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog


Have you asked a question out loud to one of your devices in the last week? Did you ask Siri the weather on your Apple Watch? Did you ask Google Assistant to provide you directions? Did you ask Alexa for a flash news briefing or to play some music? These voice requests are becoming more and more common with some predicting that voice may be over 30% of search from 2020.
Think about that from a book marketing perspective. If someone is in their car and wants to listen to an audiobook, will yours come up in voice search? If you want traffic to an article, can it be found by voice? Like ensuring your book can be found through typing a Google search, it’s becoming increasingly important to be found in voice search. In this article, Zara Altair gives some tips.
In my last post, I discussed the top 7 email marketing strategies for self-published authors. The very first tip was, “the list is Number 1.”
But how do you create a mailing list? That’s a challenge many authors struggle with.
Thankfully, I came across a great post by Karolina Petraškienė on Omnisend with some helpful tips on building your email list.
Before I share the rest of Omnisend’s tips, let’s start with two important dos and don’ts:
Keeping your list healthy means that you approach those people who are aware of you, engaged with your author brand, and have signed up for your newsletter.
Not only does this make it easier to engage them, but a whopping 30% of subscribers change email addresses every year. So, no matter how long and hard you have been collecting your emails…
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