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Sell Your Book on Amazon: The Book Marketing COACH Reveals Top-Secret "How-to" Tips Guaranteed to Increase Sales for Print-on-Demand and Self-Publishing Writers | 
 enlarge | Author: Brent Sampson
Creator: Dan Poynter
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 184
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ISBN: 1432701967
Dewey Decimal Number: 070
EAN: 9781432701963
ASIN: 1432701967
Publication Date: March 4, 2007
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Product Description
So You'd Like to. Become An Amazon Bestseller!
Don't wait. Publishing insider and CEO Brent Sampson reveals revolutionary advice guaranteed to increase your book sales on Amazon. Learn the powerful secrets used by successful Amazon authors every day. This informative and practical "how-to" guide shares new techniques that are proven to work.
Solutions Revealed!
Discover step-by-step methods for improving your exposure on Amazon and increasing your authority.
Secrets Exposed!
Increase your profitability by learning the secrets to short-discounting Amazon with just twenty percent.
Success Discovered!
Learn top-secret tactics that earn authors tens-of-thousands of dollars in royalties every month.
Amazon Approved
Find, understand, and control every Amazon possibility for maximum book sales.
Hi, I'm Brent Sampson.
Are you holding a manuscript in your hand that you wish Amazon was selling? Or do you already have a book on Amazon that you wish was selling better? In either case, Sell Your Book on Amazon will help you.
You will experience what I have seen first-hand as the president of Outskirts Press - that marketing success on Amazon can be the difference between hundreds and tens-of-thousands of dollars a month.
Amazon provides a phenomenal and global platform from which to sell your book. In fact, the opportunities may seem almost too colossal! But now, Sell Your Book on Amazon unveils it all for the first time. This book provides an easy-to-understand approach to increase your book sales on Amazon by exploring the steps you can take immediately.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Dan Poynter
Introduction
Get Your Book Listed
AuthorConnect & Author Profile Pages
Book Sales Page
Listmania!
So You'd Like to. Guides
Additional Amazon Possibilities
Pricing & Profitability
As Penny C. Sansevieri of Author Marketing Experts says, "Finally! A book that helps you demystify Amazon. If you have a book to sell, you simply must own Sell Your Book on Amazon."
Want proof? How did you get to this Amazon sales page? Maybe you clicked on it from a competitor's page or received a personalized email. However you got here, here you are! Sell Your Book on Amazon shows you ALL the ways to increase your book's exposure and make the tactics working for this book work for you, too.
Authors who know how to use Amazon's own system to their advantage simply sell more books. Once a book finds success on Amazon, it appears higher in the search results, leading to MORE exposure and more sales, and so on. It's the Amazon "virtuous circle" and the key to unlocking that brass ring is in your hands.
Introducing the exclusive TACTIC RANKING SYSTEM!
Marketing tactics are only as valuable as the profits they generate. Sell Your Book on Amazon ranks every technique so you can quickly and efficiently locate the marketing secrets that will lead to superior results:
***** Highly recommended. Receive the greatest exposure compared to time spent.
**** Very recommended. An acceptable investment is required for a profitable return.
*** Somewhat recommended. Check your profit margin. The expenditure may exceed the benefit.
Do you know how to beat Amazon at their own game? Do you know how Amazon Marketplace listings can offer "55 used copies" of your book when you haven't even sold that many? Do you know how to remove a 1-star review from your listing and get more 5-star reviews?
This book tells you how to do it all, plus so much more. It's a tremendous value with a wealth of information at your fingertips. Start increasing your book sales instantly by ordering today.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 125 more reviews...
 Every author should read this book January 9, 2009
Jaimal Yogis (San Francisco)
Sampson keeps it simple and lets you know exactly what you need to do to sell books. I especially liked that he rates different methods, letting you know what you should spend your precious time on. What else could an author want?
 Great book for navigating your way on Amazon January 8, 2009
Ken and Norah Fritz (West Richland, WA USA)
This book has really opened our eyes on how to market on Amazon. It's a great community for both the buyer and seller. The book's main focus is how to expose merchandise to potential buyers. For example, check out the link below and you will see that we have written a radio directory for the traveler or PC operator. If you are an author, make your book visible with a link after writing a book review. See it works?! You know about our book, now people will know your book. With an avalanche of marketing ideas, this book has information on: writing an author biography, the usefulness of book reviews, author connect, the power of blogging, and creating lists on listomania. If these words are teasers, then read the book. Brent explains how Amazon is set up and by understanding it's infrastructure, you can accelerate book sales. It requires work but it's a worthwhile endeavor. Amazon is a little difficult to navigate but Brent Sampson's book is a chart to insure your books sales won't hit a rock. Rather, you'll be on course to becoming a best seller.
- Ken Fritz author of The United States Radio Directory: A Traveler's Favorite Companion 2008-2009
Must-Have for Anyone Selling on Amazon December 19, 2008
Jaimey Grant (Michigan)
This book is an invaluable tool for authors wanting some inside information on how the Amazon system works. Increased sales start with increased exposure and increasing your book's exposure on Amazon can be tricky. With tips and guidelines covering everything that was available at the time of publication--2007; some things have obviously changed--this book can help any author increase exposure of their print-on-demand or self-published work.
Brent Sampson has an easy-to-read, witty writing style that is refreshing in what basically amounts to a "self-help" book. He uses a simple ranking method to rate each tip he gives, 1 star=can be expensive & not recommended - 5 stars=inexpensive & highly recommended. He includes diagrams and figures and explains in simple detail each aspect of Amazon from the importance of each section on the Book Detail Page to the value of So You'd Like to...Guides. By implementing only a few of his suggestions, I have seen a marked increase in exposure to my own books (Betrayal, Heartless, Spellbound, & Redemption), as well as my profile page. I'm truly impressed!
Thank you, Mr. Sampson! December 18, 2008
Joseph L. D'Agostino (Hershey, PA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The most beneficial tactic that I was inspired to incorporate into my publishing and marketing process was one that Mr. Sampson subliminally suggests pretty much throughout the whole book: Just do it!
Obviously, anyone who purchases this book is one who has a book that he or she wishes to publish. As such, that writer will more than likely be a newcomer to publishing, and perhaps be geared toward the "print-on-demand" method, as I was. Well, that's perfectly acceptable, and there is no dishonor in that. Your work will speak for itself; if it is worthy, if will merit acceptance.
Regarding the techniques and applicability of those techniques to the ever-evolving Amazon site, the new publisher simply needs to be on his or her toes and be flexible (for example, "Search Inside/Look Inside"). Being sharp and attentive, however, is expected of anyone who wishes to self-publish and self-market. Mr. Sampson, in his energetic way, prompts that approach. For me, this book was very informative, and it was a definite confidence booster.
Joseph L. D'Agostino, author of "Modern Music Systems: a new perspective on music scales, clefs, and chords"
For all authors, not only Print on Demand Self-Publishers December 16, 2008
LOTONtech (www.lotontech.com)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I stumbled upon the techniques described in this book myself, before reading the book. Contrary to what some reviewers have said, the techniques DO work -- as the sales rank of this book shows -- if only because "any publicity is good publicity".
Yes, in an ideal world, readers would inadvertently market your books via their Listmania lists, reviews, and so on; but you need to give the process a kick-start yourself as the author / publisher. Some readers might be put off by your self-promotion, but they would never have found your book in the first place without your own marketing efforts.
I think the techniques are legitimate, and not SPAM, providing you: DON'T review books you haven't read, DON'T include your book in Listmania lists of totally unrelated books, and DON'T engage in Sock Puppetry (pretending to be someone else).
As for the book itself:
The margins are wide and there are fewer words per page than most books. I wish I'd thought of that, as a way of increasing my page counts. The information is presented clearly, as you can see from the 'customer images' (which is another good marketing technique, and a nice touch).
Since it focuses on Amazon, this book is perhaps most relevant for authors who are self-publishing using CreateSpace -- because CreateSpace lists your books only on Amazon.com. Authors who have wider distribution (e.g. using Lulu) can think about how the same techniques apply to other retailers like Barnes and Noble. B&N have Essentials Lists, for example.
And now to explain the title of my review:
As Dan Poynter and others have noted in their books: even if you publish your book via a traditional publisher, YOU the author need to market your own book -- perhaps using these techniques. Unless you are already famous, most mainstream publishers will not market your book effectively. I know, because I've been there.
And now, my review would not be complete without:
Tony Loton, author --
Book Publishing DIY: The Do It Yourself Guide to Self-Publishing using Lulu and CreateSpace
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