GIANT Marketing Books Q&A!

Marketing! How do you do it? What do I recommend? I'm answering ALL your questions about how book marketing works as an author. I'm deep-diving into some of these topics, which combine multiple questions I got from all of you.

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01:46 How do you build a platform? When should you?
04:16 How important is social media?
05:23 How much does social media impact marketing?
06:26 Do you have any regrets on things you did to promote your book?
07:47 Practical advice for giveaways
09:19 Press Kits (deep sigh)
11:33 The #1 thing you should do to market your book
13:17 Joining debut groups & ARC giveaways
14:26 Starting a newsletter
15:11 Explaining marketing tiers + the TRUTH about how much marketing publishers do for debut authors
18:00 How much marketing did my publisher do for me?
19:48 Should you do a pre-order campaign?
21:59 How do you get into subscription book boxes?
23:14 How important is your platform when you are querying? Do agents care?
24:12 How do you build a brand? How did you decide on your brand?
27:45 How do you market your book?
28:52 Working with bookstagrammers & booktubers
30:11 Paying for online advertising
31:09 What roles do your agent/editor play in marketing your book?
32:55 How does marketing work for international authors (with US book deals)
35:19 Advice about author events

+LINKS+

My press kit: http://alexadonne.com/contact/press-kit/

NOT EVEN BONES by Rebecca Schaeffer:   / not-even-bones  

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