A book blurb is a literary equivalent of an elevator pitch. Imagine you’re in an elevator with someone and have less than 30 seconds to explain your book (without spoiling it). Of course, because it’s written and not spoken, a book blurb tends to be more dramatic and poetic, and le...
Blurbs help attract readers to your books, and our tests show that blurbs effectively make a book more appealing. At BookBub, we often run split A/B tests to see whatbook description copyresonates most with our subscribers. To do this, when sending our daily BookBub Featured Deals emails,...
There are only really three things that make people buy a book: They recognise the author’s name and liked their earlier work. They had the book recommended to them. It’s in a genre they like, it’s got an great title, an intriguing tagline, an attractive cover, a blurb that makes...
9、The Third Stage of Analytical Reading: Rules for Criticizing a Book as a Communication of Knowledge Ⅰ、Do not begin criticism until you have completed your outline and interpretion of the book. (Do not say you agree, disagree or suspend judgment, until you can say " I understand") Ⅱ...
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If you fail in your market research, then you may find you’re writing a book that nobody wants to read. In some cases, this might not be a problem (such as you are writing for passion), but if you want to make sales and know how to market a book, then your writing has to be...
She and Roy (Richard Dreyfuss) inexplicably are drawn to Devils Tower in Wyoming as they struggle to make sense of what has happened to them. She earned a Supporting Actress Oscar nom for the role.She also played the mother of the young lead Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) in the 1983 holiday...
You need to present yourself as someone humble but also worthy of a blurb. If it's your first book, mention it, but don't put yourself down. There's a difference between being humble and self deprecation; the first is great, the second makes your email easy to ignore. What you want...
That’s a huge accomplishment, and you should take thirty seconds to pat yourself on the back or dance in your chair. Done? Good. Now back to work. It’s time to learn how to market your book to gain the readership you deserve. The very idea of digital marketing can make some ...
Be judicious when it comes to editing which photos make the final cut. Self-publishing a book means it can be tempting to include all your images, but be careful to only pick the very best. Be selective and honest, with your eye on what looks good in the photo book as a whole even...