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Honorée Corder: Author. Empire Builder. Publishing Strategist.

How to sell thousands of books with this "old school" strategy

Published 11 days ago • 1 min read

Reading Time: 20 seconds

Books that sell abysmally (and let's face it: less than 250 copies is pretty abysmal) isn't because the books aren't good (sometimes they're great!). Yes, I already told you it's because the author doesn't market it effectively.

It's not entirely their fault, really, because we've been sold a bill of goods ("hope is a strategy"!). Nope, it sure is not.

Which brings us to --

Today's tip: Book clubs are one of the most underutilized goldmines for book sales.

One author I know has visited more than 100 book clubs. The result? Her books have done exceptionally well. Why? Book recommendations are the #1 way people discover books—and book clubs use many hands to make light work! Search for book clubs that read your type of book and offer to come and talk about your book.

Readers love authors and authors love readers. Win-win!

Tip .5: Create a Book Club Discussion Guide and add it to your website.

To understand why this works (and how to build a complete system around it), Book Marketing Mastery gives you everything: the mindset, the strategies, the templates, and the step-by-step execution plan.

Get it here: https://honoreecorder.com/courses/marketing/ and use code subscriber to save 30%.

See you tomorrow.

Honorée Corder.
Author. Executive Book Producer.

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