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Step 1
CREATE a free website for your book. Microsoft offers free website hosting for small businesses. The service offers a free website and a free domain name.
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Step 2
EMAIL friends and family. Let the people closest to you know you've written a book. Include a brief summary of the book along with your contact information and how to buy your book. Also ask your friends and family to forward the email to everyone on their email list.
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Step 3
CREATE an email signature in your email account. The email signature will appear on your outgoing emails. Make sure you include your book title and contact information in the email signature.
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Step 4
MAKE a book trailer. A book trailer is basically a commercial for your book. You can use free video editing software like Windows Movie Maker to create the book trailer. When you complete your book trailer, submit it to video sharing sites like YouTube and Google Video.
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Step 5
WRITE articles based on your book's subject matter. Submit those articles to article directories like EzineArticles and GoArticles. People who need content for their websites and blogs post these articles on their sites. Each article you write includes information about you, your book, and a link back to your book's website.
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Step 6
OPEN free accounts with social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Ning, Reddit, Digg, etc. These are great places to share your articles and any other interesting tidbits about you and your book.
Comments
mamapr said
on 11/10/2009 ..wonderful tips! I'm currently writing my first book...
mkh1958 said
on 10/28/2009 Great info on how to market your book online without spending a dime! I have done most, but will incorporate writing articles on my topic! *****
Diablo2 said
on 10/24/2009 This article is a winner, especially step 4. Anything on utube can easily gain over 5000 views fast.
survivoryea said
on 10/24/2009 Good tips for marketing your own book-thanks 5*
dorigillman said
on 10/24/2009 great article on marketing your book online without spending a dime.