J. Steve Miller

I read this doing research for a class I'm putting together for teens on financial literacy. I thought that the advice was good, but the format was difficult. The premise is about 4 teens meeting with a teacher on Saturdays to get lessons on financial literacy. The problem is that the book is structured like a dialogue and it was difficult to follow it. Also, I tried to find out information about the truth to the premis and I have no idea of the counterculture club (as they named themselves) are a nice fiction or a real group. Since the author isn't one of them, it's hard to know.… (mais)

Let's face it. If you're an author, you want to sell books. Whether it's for monetary gain, enrichment for others, gaining exposure, or whatever, the bottom line is that you want to sell books. And there's nothing wrong with that.

But the publishing and book arena has taken a huge hit ~ which isn't news to anyone that has been breathing.

eBooks are taking the industry by storm. Traditional publishers are trying to keep up with the new lower price of eBooks and still trying to sell paperbacks. Self publishing has seen a dramatic increase because it's easier than ever to get your books out there. Nowadays, anyone can get their book published.

But the key is selling that book. You can have fifty books to your name and have them published, but if they're not selling, what's the point? J. Steve Miller has written an excellent resource to help low-profile, not-yet-famous authors...

Sell More Books.

Utilizing today's social media potential, J. Steve Miller has compiled a comprehensive manual on what you should try, why you should try it, and how to git 'er done.
I highly recommend this to author who are serious about marketing.

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Sell More Books – Book Marketing and Publishing For Low Profile and Debut Authors – Rethinking Book Publicity After the Digital Media Revolutions. There it is. The complete title, including subtitles. Why on earth would anyone want such a long title, anyway? Well, for the answer, read this book! In fact, read this book for every other reason you can think of to address the myriad of questions that the title raises, because - pardon the cliché – this really is a must read for low profile and debut authors.
J. Steve Miller is thorough, inventive, practical and even entertaining in Sell More Books. Not only will you want to keep reading, you will want to re-read this book, making it one of your ‘go-to’ books on marketing. In fact, I plan to buy a print copy so that I can mark it up, even though I already own the e-version. It’s that good!
He covers all the book marketing basics, beginning with a solid foundation in publishing itself. (Something he advises you need to understand in order to understand the marketing end of things.) Every chapter is full of easy to read and follow ‘how-to’s’ , is full of examples, and then ends with an action plan. As a successful, multi-published author he goes on to add even more credibility to his ideas by referencing and calling on other experts in the field, and he has provided for changes in the industry by linking to additional information and expanded chapters which can be accessed online.
There are lots of great resources out there, but Sell More Books by J. Steve Miller is currently my favorite. I can’t recommend this book enough for anyone who is at all interested in marketing books – low profile, debut or just ‘wanna-be’. It is worth every word.… (mais)