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Summary: Just one idea...
Review: ... from this book is worth 100 times the price you pay. Sure, lots don't apply to you. But get the highlighter out, because SO MANY do, that you'll be busy from now til Christmas.
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Summary: I loved this book
Review: As a writer of fiction, I bought this book to help me sell my writing. Needless to say, I was disappointed when I realized that this book is geared for non-fiction, specifically self-help type writing. That isn't to say that this book can't help fiction writers, but the vast majority of these "weapons" are geared for people who can make a career of traveling to give talks. Tell me, how is a sci-fi writer supposed to do that? Perhaps it's a lack of imagination on my part, but if you're a fiction writer, save your money. Or, if you have some extra to burn, buy it, but keep in mind that most of these "weapons" come with the caveat, "This may not be helpful for fiction writers...." or "Fiction writers won't be able to use this...."
Just be aware.
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Summary: Pleasent Surprise and Very Helpful
Review: As a writer on my fourth book this was a pleasent surprise. I had read some of the authors other works and the original ones were helpful but the later ones were getting redundent. If you want some practical tips on promoting your writing then this is the book for you. Not much hype, more practical things you can go out and do. And every Author knows or should know they need to be half writer and half promoter and this book is an excellent foundation for that. It is also very inspirational. Worth checking out. You can be a great writer but if you dont promote it you have nothing. This book gives you a solid start if you go and do it.
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Summary: Guerilla Marketing For Writers
Review: Equip yourself with first-rate salemanship skills. Reading Guerilla Marketing For Writers is like taking a marketing course. The book is full of strategies for self-promotion. Beginning with an up-to-date assessment of publishing trends, Part I offers insight into all areas of the field. Included are "The Fifteen Most Important Marketing Secrets," and "The Guerilla Marketing Commandments". Part II explores your role as a marketer, and tactics for selling your books and gaining publicity. A section is devoted to setting goals and mapping a plan. Part III, "Weapons Galore To Help you Sell More," includes interview ideas, instructions for building a media kit, and information to include in a press reolease or bio. There are also suggested methods for evaluation and several pages devoted to articles and short stories. PartIV addresses professionalism and ways to market your identity. The book concludes with several useful tools, including a resource directory, subject appendix, and publicity questionnaire. I highly recommend this book. Few deal with marketing issues as creatively or clearly.
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Summary: Coldly Pragmatic
Review: Excellent book for anyone who recognizes the need to market and promote one's business as well as one's self -- and who needs to do it with a limited budget. I have been promoting people for 13 years and still found useful information in this book. I am not surprised. The Guerrilla brand is one of excellence and Rick Frishman is a bonafide PR superstar. It's easy to read -- every page points out something useful -- and the price is unbeatable. Why pay a consultant for all of this valuable advice when you can find it here? It's awinner!
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Summary: Help for Selling Nonfiction and Also Fiction
Review: GEURRILLA MARKETING FOR WRITERS is a helpful manual for someone who is planning a strategy for marketing nonfiction. Most of the suggestions in the book can be applied to marketing fiction also.The feature I liked most about GM for Writers was the motivational impact it had on me. As the author of a new novel (SOLOMON'S PORCH) without a big amount of money to spend on obtaining publicity, I found many useful suggestions. I especially liked the idea of being sure that I do five things every day to promote my book. There are 100 suggestions--weapons they are called--to help a writer promote a book. About 65 of these I found helpful. At the moment I'm turned off with the title of the book though and with the idea of weapons. The least attractive feature of the book was its redundancy. It seemed that I read some of the same ideas over and over and over. Actually the book is meant to be a reference work, and I feel sure I'll refer to it often. I do recommend it for any writer who wishes to promote his book.
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Summary: Filled with ideas!
Review: Guerrilla Marketing for Writers is filled with ideas for marketing your books. The ideas are broken down to help with budgeting. The authors helpfully label the ideas using titles such as "expensive", "low cost", "free", and "you get paid". While not all the ideas are appropriate for every book, the authors provide plenty of information to aid in deciding which ideas work best for various types of books and which budget. Guerrilla Marketing is a great starting point for any book publicity/marketing plan
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Summary: Another Great Book from Jay and friends
Review: If you are looking for a book filled with many ideas on how to sell more books-this is the book for you. Some of the ideas will cost money, others are basically cost-free to implement.Please note: The greatest method to improve you book sales (promotion) is YOUR imagination. You have to use your creativity. You have to improvise many of the ideas in this book to best suit your needs. So put on your thinking cap and get to work! The truth is, the greatest way to make your book a runaway best seller is by word of mouth. You have to create a great product, a book that people will LOVE. A book that they will love to tell their friends about. Once you have people talking, you don't need to do any more work-they will sell the book for you. Zev Saftlas, Author of Motivation That Works: How to Get Motivated and Stay Motivated
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Summary: What 3 Ways Can Your Book Change Lives Immediately?
Review: One simple line from this exceptional book got my mind moving: "The real dough is outside the cookie cutter."
"Yes," I thought, "that is true - and let's see how these ideas can help me to see and create there."
I learned quickly how to think like a guerilla - new, inclusive, big, follow through, way out and GIVING. YES! Simple to apply - and best of all, I can apply these ideas without spending a lot of money. Yes, I will spend time and energy learning... and it is time and energy I will be able to invest in each book that comes through my pen and into published form.
This is a large volume with lots of ideas you can implement for free. You can pick and choose from the wide menu to apply to your promotional campaign. I saw one fiction writer who said, "I can't use these ideas!" and I wonder - "Is that writer thinking outside the cookie cutter?"
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Summary: Whether You Sell out to a Publisher . . .
Review: or publish yourself, the author must do the Promotion. It is a sad
fact of publishing life: publishers do not promote books. They only
produce them and place them in bookstores. Fortunately, now there is a
Guerrilla Marketing book for those who need it the most-the
writer. These three marketing geniuses help you assess your
strengths, arm you with the tools you will need, show you how to
promote your book and generously share their years of experience
marketing books. This book is brimming with every conceivable book
marketing and promotion idea. Some are expensive and some are
free. Some are hard and some are easy. Some require you to personally
flog your own book and some are remote and anonymous. Enlist now and
requisition your weapons. Don't go into the publishing jungle
unarmed. As a publisher and an author of 113 books (including
revisions and foreign-language editions) and over 500 magazine
articles, I highly recommend this book to both authors and publishers.
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