Subtitle: How to Leverage Book Fairs to Build Your Author Platform
Authors: Larry DeKay with Peggy DeKay
ISBN: 9780983414438
Genre: Nonfiction: Writing, Book Marketing, Reference
Publisher: Darby Press
Bonus Materials: Lists of book fairs, book festival, resources for authors, book expos and trade shows
Marketing whizzes Larry and Peggy DeKay have
published Book
Fairs for Authors: How to Leverage Book Fairs to Build Your Author Platform.
Here’s what I love about it above and beyond what I wrote about book fairs in my The Frugal Book Promoter: The couple includes
a lot of resources including lists of book fairs, book festivals, book expos,
and trade shows and tells how book fairs can “impact speaking opportunities.” Peggy
says, “Your book is not your baby… your book is your business.”
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Larry DeKay is a marketing strategist and event planner for The Business of Writing Today (Darby Press) and the Business of Writing Summit. He is also cohost of The Business of Writing Today podcast heard in over eighty countries. Peggy DeKay, award-winning author, speaker, and book coach, is his business partner.
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4 comments:
If they have lists, then I'll definitely pick up the book!
Diane, anyone with the marketing chops that you have will also want to get in touch with the DeKays. They do so much and are so inclusive! Hugs.
Authors who invest in their writing career meet with far greater success than those who do not. Like The Frugal Book Promoter, Book Fairs for Authors is a tool to help an author achieve book sales by participating in events (fairs) where sometimes thousands of readers and librarians converge to buy books. There are tips in the book like Chapter 10 on Tips for Engaging Buyers that make the purchase of the book worthwhile for all authors who do book signings anywhere.
Larry, I notice that--like me--you like to pass along marketing tips that are frugal as well as useful! It's a good book!
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