Chris Webb

Promoting Your Book – The Power of Just One Recommendation

We always hope for positive reviews of our books, but there is a rare and magical event that only occurs every once in a while. It is the ability of a single review or recommendation to propel a book to bestseller status. Case in point: Charles Petzold’s most recent book, The Annontated Turing which as [...]

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More Great Book Video from Wiley UK – Wiley EMEA Sales Conference Day 3

Wiley UK is moving quickly to integrate digital content into it’s marketing and promotional activities. There have been several video examples shown this week, including this one for Computing for Seniors For Dummies. Do you think this approach is more effective than “traditional” marketing methods?

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How Book Authors Can Promote Their Work with Social Media

As I have written before, publishers are increasingly leveraging their authors’ own personal platform to market their books. With more than 400,000 books published each year, it is harder to make an impact without a platform strategy. Authors can learn a lot from the personal branding and social media marketing advice of Chris Brogan who [...]

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