Conclusion of the Smashwords Book Marketing Guide

NOTE:  In January 2018, an updated and expanded edition of The Smashwords Book Marketing Guide was released, offering 65 book marketing ideas and new "Deep Dives" sections exploring social media strategy, how to work with beta readers, and how to earn free press coverage. 

To download the new Smashwords Book Marketing Guide for free, here are the coordinates:

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The new 2018 edition of The Smashwords Book Marketing Guide is also available as a serialized podcast on the SMART AUTHOR podcast, starting with Episode 10.

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The information that follows on this page is from the 2013 edition of the Smashwords Book Marketing Guide, which will remain here for historical purposes only.


Thanks for reading!

You've reached the end of the web version of the Smashwords Book Marketing Guide.  

I trust the ideas you learned here will help you become more successful as an author.  Do you have suggestions for additional marketing tips I should include in future revisions?  I welcome your feedback below.  If you found it useful, won’t you please tell a friend?  


Happy marketing,

Mark Coker
Founder
Smashwords, Inc.



Download these other Smashwords titles by Mark Coker:

The Smashwords Style Guide (How to format and publish an ebook for free)

Smashwords Book Marketing Guide (How to market any book, build your platform)

The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success (28 best practices of the most commercially successful Smashwords authors)

The 10-Minute PR Checklist (How to Earn the Publicity You Deserve)

Boob Tube (a novel about soap operas)



About the Author

Mark Coker is the founder of Smashwords, an ebook publishing and distribution platform.  Smashwords that has helped over 50,000 authors and publishers around the world release and distribute over 200,000 ebooks.  Prior to founding Smashwords, Mark served as president of Dovetail Public Relations, where he provided strategic communications counsel to dozens of Silicon Valley technology firms ranging from hot garage startups to some of the largest technology companies in the world.  In addition to the Smashwords Book Marketing Guide, Mark is also the author of the Smashwords Style Guide (how to format and publish and ebook), The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success (ebook publishing best practices), The 10-Minute PR Checklist, and is the co-author of Boob Tube, a novel he wrote with his wife, Lesleyann.


Connect with Mark Coker

For updates on Smashwords developments, follow me on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/markcoker

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