Saturday, October 14, 2023

Spotlight and Review: Get Your Book Seen and Sold by Claudine Wolk and Julie Murkette

 

Claudine Wolk & Julie Murkette’s

 

WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR

 

OF

 

Get Your Book Seen & Sold

 

Tour Begins September 18

 


 

 

 

Book Summary


It is easier than ever to publish a book, but many authors find out too late about the actual work-the book marketing-that needs to be done to achieve sizable book sales. Instead of embracing the opportunities to promote their books, authors are intimidated and shut down. Those days are over. This is the book authors MUST HAVE to give their books the best chance to be seen and sold.  


In this essential, easy-to-read, and easy-to-understand guide, the author will work through the graphs, examples, and exercises in the book and learn:

  • The fundamentals of book marketing: Message, Audience, and Hook 

  • How the book marketing fundamentals effortlessly feed into every aspect of book marketing

  • The breadth of book marketing options and how book marketing works, with examples

  • How book distribution IS a crucial part of book marketing 

  • To develop an elevator pitch and a formal pitch to media contacts

  • To develop with a doable book marketing plan

  • To develop media kit items for their book publicity efforts: Press Release, Author Bio, etc.

  • The types of book reviews and how to get them

  • To create a list of media contacts and how to use them

  • To organize their new entrepreneurial business as book marketer/author

  • Ideas to “shake their tree” to develop unique book marketing opportunities 

  • To examine the best social media channels to promote their books

  • Where to put their book promotion dollars

  • Most importantly, authors will learn something priceless...the correct starting point!


Authors, You CAN do right by your book! Go on and reach the book buyers that you had in mind when wrote your treasured manuscript and Get Your Book Seen and Sold today.


Publisher: Lost Valley Press (September 2023)

ISBN-10: 1935874446

ISBN-13: 978-1935874446

Print length: 122 pages


Purchase your copy on AmazonBookshop.org, or Barnes and Noble. Make sure you add it to your GoodReads list too.

My Thoughts:

Whether you're an aspiring author or an already established one, I think the one thing you can agree on is that marketing is hard. We aren't taught how to market our books, so the whole concept of getting them out there is a mystery. That's why it's so important to have books like this, books that take the mystery out of the process and show us how to get our books out into the world to be seen, hopefully, by many potential readers. I really like how this book is set up, how it's broken into parts and subcategories to cover everything you need to know about the process. I really like how it explains not just the marketing aspect but what comes before that - the publishing process. I think this is all information that everyone needs to know before they hit publish (if self-publishing) or send their baby off to a traditional publisher. It is such valuable information that everyone with a dream to publish can surely benefit from and will want to keep referring back to throughout their career.

About the Author

Claudine Wolk and Julie Murkette are experienced in sharing their knowledge of the publishing industry to give books the BEST chance to be sold. Julie is the long-time owner of Satya House Publications, which published and marketed the award-winning I See the Sun series of books, among others. Claudine Wolk is a published author, journalist, podcast host and book marketing consultant. You can find her writing in her weekly newsletter on Substack: Get Your Book Seen and Sold. Her book, It Gets Easier and Other Lies We Tell New Mothers, (Harper Collins) is translated into three languages and was released as an audiobook (Nov. 2022).


Find Claudine online at:


Substack: https://ClaudineWolk.Substack.com

Website: ClaudineWolk.com

Instagram: @ClaudineWolk

Facebook: Facebook.com/ClaudineWolk

Twitter: @help4newmoms


Blog Tour Calendar


September 18th @ The Muffin

Join us on The Muffin as we celebrate the launch of Claudine Wolk and Julie Murkette's book Get Your Book Seen and Sold. You can also enter to win a copy for yourself!

https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com


September 19th @ Karen Brown Tyson's blog

Join Karen as she reviews Get Your Book Seen and Sold. You can also win a copy for yourself!

https://karenbrowntyson.com/blog/


September 20th @ My Beauty, My Books

Join Nikki for her review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold

https://mybeautymybooks.com/


September 21st @ Knotty Needle

Join Judy for her review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold.

https://knottyneedle.blogspot.com


September 22nd @ Word Magic

Visit Fiona's blog for a guest post by Claudine about creating a list of media contacts and how to use them.

https://fionaingramauthor.blogspot.com


September 23rd @ Chapter Break

Visit Julie's blog for a guest post by Claudine about how to pick and choose where to focus your book marketing.

https://chapterbreak.net/


September 25th @ My Heart is Booked

Don't miss Danielle's book review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold. You can also win a copy for yourself!

https://www.myheartisbooked.com/


September 28th @ Deborah Zenha-Adams' blog

Deborah shares an excerpt from Get Your Book Seen and Sold. You also have a chance to win a copy of the book, too!

http://www.deborah-adams.com/blog/


September 29th @ Margay Leah Justice

Join Margay as she reviews Get Your Book Seen and Sold.

https://margayleahjustice.blogspot.com/


October 1st @ Balance and Joy

Join Sheri for her review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold.

https://www.balanceandjoy.com/


October 4th @ Author Anthony Avina's blog

Join Anthony for a guest post by Claudine about the trick to a great interview.

https://authoranthonyavinablog.com/category/blog-tours/


October 6th @ Carole Writes

Join Carole for her review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold.

https://carolemertz.com/


October 7th @ A Wonderful World of Books

Visit Joy's blog for a guest post by Claudine Wolk about a popular book marketing roadmap.

https://awonderfulworldofwordsa.blogspot.com/


October 7th @ Of History and Kings

Join Helen for her review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold.

https://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/


October 10th @ What is That Book About

Visit Michelle's blog for an excerpt from Get Your Book Seen and Sold.

https://www.whatisthatbookabout.com


October 13th @ CK Sorens

Visit Carrie's page for her insights into Get Your Book Seen and Sold. You can also win a copy for yourself too.

https://www.instagram.com/ck_sorens/


October 15th @ Madeline Sharples' blog

Join Madeline for a guest post by Claudine about how you can't do everything. Don't miss it! 

https://www.madelinesharples.com/


October 15th @ The Mommies Review

Visit Glenda's blog for her review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold.

http://www.themommiesreviews.com/


October 17th @ One Writer's Journey

Join Sue for her review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold.

https://suebe.wordpress.com/


October 17th @ Just Katherine

Visit Katherine's blog for a guest post by Claudine Wolk about how writing and book marketing are related.

https://justkatherineblog.wordpress.com/


October 18th @ A Storybook World

Visit Deirdra's blog for a spotlight of Get Your Book Seen and Sold.

https://www.astorybookworld.com/


October 19th @ Pick a Good Book

Join Debbie for her review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold.

https://instagram.com/pickagoodbook


October 19th @ Book Reviews from an Avid Reader

Visit Joan's blog for her review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold.

http://bookwomanjoan.blogspot.com/


October 20th @ Beverley A. Baird's Blog

Join Beverley for her review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold by Claudine Wolk and Julie Murkette.

https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com/


October 21st @ Free to be Me

Join Leslie for her review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold.

https://lesliesvoice.com/


October 21st @ Editor 911

Visit Margo's blog for a review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold.

https://www.editor-911.com


October 22nd @ Beverley A. Baird's Blog

Visit Beverley's blog again for a guest post by Claudine Wolk about the top ten insider tips for self-publishing and book promotion.

https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com/


October 22nd @ Jill Sheets' blog

Visit Jill's blog for her interview with author Claudine Wolk about her book Get Your Book Seen and Sold.

https://jillsheets.blogspot.com/



Thursday, December 8, 2022

Review and Book Blitz: From Promising to Published by Melanie Faith, MFA


 

Melanie Faith's

 

WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR

 

OF

 

From Promising to Published

 

Tour Begins December 5

 

 

Book Summary


You’ve been writing and honing your craft for months or years and are curious about seeking publication for your latest project. Perhaps you wonder about the next steps in the process. Look no further!

This book has a little something for every writer interested in expanding their audience and sharing their writing with readers, from pre-writing and writing your drafts to choosing your market and the writing life before, during, and after publication.


Topics covered include:

  • The Lovely Littles: Breaking into Literary Magazines

  • The Spinning Spider: Keeping Track of your Brainchildren

  • Options, You’ve Got ’em: Traditional, Indie/Small, University Press, or Self-Publishing 

  • Two Streams with One Stone: To Simultaneously Submit or Not

  • Monetize it! Part One: All about the Benjamins; Monetize it! Part Two: Risk and a Swimming Metaphor

  • The Myth of the Fancy-Pants Tools

  • The Art of Writing the Author Bio

  • Paradox Meets Passion: Writer vs. Author

  • The Slam-Bam Reply: Now in Two Painful Varieties; Creative Noodling

  • F.U.N

and so much more!


Publisher: Vine Leaves Press

ISBN-10: 1925965929

ISBN-13: 978-1925965929

Print length: 184 pages


Purchase a copy of From Promising to Published on Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop.org. You can also add this to your GoodReads reading list.


About the Author


Melanie Faith is a night-owl writer and editor who moves through the daytime world with her camera. She’s an introvert who likes to wear many hats, too, including as a poet, photographer, professor, and tutor. She’s been a doodler for years but just recently started to share her perfectly imperfect doodles. She loves to write about historical settings in poetry and prose, and this fall she taught both a Leaping Worlds class for historical fiction and time-travel writers as well as a university class about publishing. She especially enjoys creating nonfiction craft books that assist fellow authors on their writing paths, including books packed with tips about writing flash fiction and poetry. Her latest published craft books are: Photography for Writers, guides for teaching online and writing a research book respectively, and From Promising to Published: A Multi-Genre, Insider's Guide to the Publication Process (all from Vine Leaves Press). Read more about her books, classes, and arts projects at https://melaniedfaith.com.

 

My Thoughts:

This is probably one of the easiest to follow works on the subject of publishing and I've read a lot on my own path to publishing. It is such a mystifying process and sometimes, you just need it to be simplified in order to understand what, exactly, it is that you are undertaking. Melanie Faith does that in this book and in such a way that you feel like you're having a conversation with a friend not reading a technical manual that's written in another language (as I often have in the past). She uses her own experiences on the journey as a basis for the book, showing you how it can be done, and ends each chapter with exercises to try and give you your own foundation for your path to publication. And it's not a thick tome that will overwhelm you by its size - short and concise, but there's a lot of power packed within the pages. I'm sure I will be going back to this back again as I tread my own path toward (future) publication.


Blog Tour Calendar


December 5th @ The Muffin

Join WOW as we celebrate the launch of Melanie Faith's blog tour of From Promising to Publishing. Read an interview with the author and enter to win a copy of the book

https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com


December 5th @ Karen Brown Tyson

Visit Karen's blog today and read about whether to monetize your writing or keep it a hobby.

https://karenbrowntyson.com


December 7th @ Create Write Now

Visit Mari's blog today to read a guest post by Melanie Faith about how to self-motivate.

https://www.createwritenow.com/journal-writing-blog


December 8th @ Margay Leah Justice's Blog

Join Margay as she reviews From Promising to Published by Melanie Faith.

https://margayleahjustice.blogspot.com/


December 9th @ Blunt Scissors Book Reviews

Jennifer shares her thoughts about Melanie Faith's helpful book From Promising to Published.

https://www.instagram.com/bluntscissorsbookreviews/


December 10th @ World of My Imagination

Visit Nicole's blog to catch her review of From Promising to Published by Melanie Faith.

https://worldofmyimagination.com/


December 11th @ Shoe's Seeds and Stories

Visit Linda's blog as she reviews Melanie Faith's book From Promising to Published.

https://lschuelerca.wordpress.com/


December 12th @ One Writer's Journey

Sue shares her thoughts about Melanie Faith's helpful book for writers From Promising to Published.

https://suebe.wordpress.com/


December 13th @ Lisa Haselton's Book Reviews & Interviews

Visit Lisa's blog for an interview with author Melanie Faith about her book From Promising to Published.

https://lisahaselton.com/blog/


December 15th @ Mother Daughter Bookclub

Join Cindy as she reviews From Promising to Published by Melanie Faith.

https://motherdaughterbookclub.com/


December 16th @ The Faerie Review

Lily shares her thoughts about Melanie Faith's book From Promising to Published.

https://www.thefaeriereview.com/


December 18th @ Michelle Cornish' Blog

Come by Michelle's blog and read Melanie Faith's guest post about overcoming imposter syndrome.

https://www.michellecornish.com/blog


December 20th @ A Storybook World

Deirdra features a spotlight of Melanie Faith's book From Promising to Published.

https://www.astorybookworld.com/


December 21st @ Elle Backenstoe's Blog

Join Elle as she reviews Melanie Faith's book From Promising to Published.

http://ellebackenstoe.com/


December 22nd @ Author Anthony Avina's Blog

Visit Anthony's blog and read his review of From Promising to Published.

https://authoranthonyavinablog.com/category/blog-tours/


December 23rd @ Help Me Naomi

Noami shares a review of From Promising to Published by Melanie Faith.

https://helpmenaomi.com/


December 24th @ The Mommies Reviews

Join Tara she reviews Melanie Faith's book From Promising to Published and hosts a giveaway too.

https://www.themommiesreviews.com/


December 27th @ Mindy McGinnis' Blog

Join Mindy's blog today where author Melanie Faith shares tips on writing author bios that have personality and heart.

https://www.mindymcginnis.com/blog


December 27th @ Beverley A. Baird's Blog

Join Beverley as she reviews Melanie Faith's book From Promising to Published.

https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com/


December 29th @ Beverley A. Baird's Blog

Visit Beverley's blog to read a guest post by Melanie Faith about the benefits of hiring a freelance editor and how to find a good fit.

https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com/


January 2nd @ Elle Backenstoe's Blog

Visit Elle's blog again and read Melanie Faith's guest post about the benefits of beta readers and how to find one.

http://ellebackenstoe.com/


January 3rd @ Editor 911

Join Margo as she features a guest post by Melanie Faith about the taking-on-too-much spiral.

https://editor-911.com/blog


January 4th @ Liberate & Lather

Visit Angie's blog and read her review of From Promising to Published by Melanie Faith. She hosts a giveaway and also interviews author Melanie Faith about her book.

https://liberateandlather.com/blog


January 5th @ Word Magic

Fiona reviews this helpful writing book From Promising to Published by Melanie Faith. Don't miss it!

http://fionaingramauthor.blogspot.com/


January 7th @ Leslie's Voice

Join Leslie as she reviews From Promising to Published by Melanie Faith.

https://lesliesvoice.com/