Friday, February 22, 2008

Best Marketing Methods?

The best ways to distribute your books are not through Amazon, which will take up to 65% of the book price to process your order, nor is it the bookstores, which demand from 45% to 55% off the retail price when they buy.
What few authors understand is that direct sales, through an 800 number, or through a site that only charges a small percent (CSN books only charges 20% to process order), you are far ahead financially.
Of course, nothing beats the direct sales at small meetings, conferences, seminars and other speaking engagements. In those cases, if you have the right book deal, you keep 100% of the publishing profits.
Before you publish, check out the deal your publisher is offering, and compare it to others.

Thanks for reading...

Dr. Mike

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