Comments on: Use crazy July holidays for book promotion

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 18:18:47 +0000

In reply to Horace Williams Jr. That's great news, Horace! Congratulations! Sandy

By: Horace Williams Jr

Horace Williams Jr — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 18:00:39 +0000

Yes. I created specific ads for both Mothers Day and Fathers Day and promoted my award-winning book on prayer. This resulted in over two thousand downloads Mothers Day weekend. Several pages of my book were read the past month- with a few reviews sprinkled in as well.

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:39:14 +0000

In reply to Kim Miller. Thanks for sharing your experiences! Sandy

By: Kim Miller

Kim Miller — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:08:38 +0000

In reply to Sandra Beckwith. Thank you for the feedback!

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:29:54 +0000

In reply to Andrew HIXSON.

Andrew, this would be a great question for the Build Book Buzz book marketing group on Facebook. Feel free to join and ask it there — we have lots of smart, helpful members: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BuildBookBuzz/

Sandy

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:27:10 +0000

In reply to Kim Miller.

Thanks, Kim. Looks like National Day of the Cowboy will be perfect for your book. I love the blog post — what a great idea! You were smart to use the movie as a jumping off point, but you also executed your idea beautifully. (And I’ll bet you had fun with it.) Congratulations!

Sandy

By: Kim Miller

Kim Miller — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:03:42 +0000

Thanks for the list! I’m going to use the July 28 National Day of the Cowboy in a blog post to promote my father-in-law’s book that we sell.

While it isn’t a crazy holiday link, I just wrote post (it’s “from” my husband but I really wrote it) that tied the book in with the release of the movie Book Club. Here is it http://alandremembered.com/5-why-reasons-a-land-remembered-should-be-your-next-book-club-selection/

You can use this as a sample if you like. We also get a lot of email signups by offering this list of discussion questions for book clubs.

By: Andrew HIXSON

Andrew HIXSON — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 07:21:55 +0000

I have written a novel called READ BETWEEN THE LIES where I have used the Rendlesham Forest incident as a backdrop to my story. I have updated it and moved the setting but the initial essence of what happened is really there. How can I promote this as I am hoping to have it published on the 23rd November 2018, with CreateSpace. I have already used most social media options and posted the first two chapters on CreateSpace’s review page, and so far had 160 views. But it’s taking it to the next level I need guidance on.

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:03:24 +0000

In reply to Laura Roberts.

I’m so glad you’re doing this (and having fun), Laura! I’d love to know more about what you do with these!

Sandy

By: Laura Roberts

Laura Roberts — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:20:32 +0000

Yes! I have started marking my calendar for the wacky holidays that seem fitting for my books. For my first novel, I participated in “Talk Like A Pirate Day” (Sept. 19) and “Day of the Ninja,” (Dec. 5) since the book features a war between pirates and ninja. You can definitely have a lot of fun with this stuff.