Everything you need to know about organizing a blog tour. The thirteenth home of noah bradley by amber lee dodd. Greg strandberg is the author of several novels and nonfiction books including his third marketing book for authors. Celebrate lit tour christian fiction christian romance giveaways historical christian fiction the merchants yield 2020 a celebrate lit tour. Give a tour of all the non fiction books i have collab channels i am a part of project nerdy. When her nose isnt in a book, or shes not chasing her kids around, youll find her. The idea is to get other blogs to feature you each day during your tour stops.
There are countless fiction and nonfiction blogs that have emerged in the past few years, all written by passionate readers who want to share their love of books with other readers. Promoting a book may involve hosting a virtual tour with stops at book blogs and book promotion sites that promote your book. A book blog tour allows an author to appear on multiple book blogs in a. The forest of fallen stars elfie riverdell blog tour 14 write a comment. How to organize a truly successful blog tour reedsy. Virtual book tours are a promotional tool for authors to connect with readers via wellread book blogs and specialty. Theres no doubt that virtual blog tours should be a piece of your marketing.
Addressing a tight niche, in a technical market, her books marketing requirements are distinctly different from those of a fiction novel. The process of getting a nonfiction book published by a mainstream publisheras distinct from an academic press, or a smaller, independent publisheris quite straightforward. Services lolas blog tours organizing book blog tours. Love books group a love of books are our very core. A book blog tour allows an author to appear on multiple book blogs in a span of 1 to 4 weeks to promote an upandcoming book. Not only can you see all the book blog tour services and their genre.
Jennifer roland has asked these questions, found the answers and run a successful blog tour that promoted her nonfiction book. So, i took my friends advice and ive just completed a joint blog tour with. Not only that, they told me to blog most of my next book, the author training. I went to a baillie gifford prize for nonfiction shortlist readings event in 2016 where philippe sands spoke about his book east west street. Essentially, a blog book tour is a scheduled set of guest posts and interviews on other websites related to your target market. Owner, laura fabiani, is gracious and professionalqualities that make blog tour participants, like myself, able to explore books without the stress of receiving media.
Lone star book blog tourstabatha pope,blog tour coordinator. I am organizing a book blitz for flaca by leslie dj the book blitz runs from 20 april till 3 may. Secrets of a nonfiction blog tour shacks comings and goings. This is not to say that most people understand this process, or that. Its not just the blogs themselves that give you exposure, either. A virtual book tour is a promotion where you set a specified time, usually two to four weeks, and you put yourself on tour.
Im sure youre amazingly busy, but if you have time, im a new author, and i was hoping you might read my book. There are countless fiction and nonfiction blogs that have emerged in the past few years, all written by passionate readers who want to share their love of books. You will get a response from me within 48 hours, but usually sooner. We offer virtual book tours, marketing services for authors and publishers. Why all authors should consider doing a blog tour by nick jones.
One of the best innovations in online book marketing is the blog tour, or. A blog tour is very much like a traditional book tour, where the author would go from town to town to sign their books and meet new readers. How to get your book published in 6 painful steps sam. Or you can send me an email at lola atlolasblogtours. When you book a tour with lolas blog tours it means you have read and agreed with the information and terms listed there and will adhere to them. Our short video will clarify what we do and what we are known for. Premier virtual author book tours provides book marketing services to authors including virtual book tours, author web platform consultation, and amazon seo, social media, etc. Historical fiction virtual book tours, romance, mysterysuspense. What authors need to know about virtual book tours by dana lynn smith explains different kinds of book tours and how indie authors can use them.
The appearances on these book blogs consist of a variety of online activities for the author, from writing guest posts, engaging in interviews, posting book excerpts and more. Blog tours are especially effective for fiction and incorporate a variety of online book promotions. Atlanta, georgia, united states about blog hfvbt is a virtual book tour company catering specifically to the historical fiction genre created by amy bruno. Most writers are aware of virtual book tours for novels, some have taken a closer interest in them and some have run their own tour promoting. Online exposure is the main benefit of using a blog tour to promote your book. Frequency 1 post week since mar 2009 blog christfocusbookclub. The books focus on scripture, gods character, and our relationship with christ. Authors offer links from their websites to each of the blog book tour stops and save the blogger the energy in creating new content.
Fiction writers can use many of the same principles to blog novels as well. Secrets of a nonfiction blog tour shacks comings and. We also have giveaways of christian nonfiction books. In exchange, you should share a link back to the host blog on your own site and across your social media networks. What authors need to know about virtual book tours by dana. Again, ive heard other authors say similar things about blog tours. Nonfiction authors association blog publishers marketplace. But i do think nonfiction writers are in a good position to arrange their own blog tours like connie dowell described below. Links leading to indiebound or amazon do not result in any revenues for this. Please check out those included on and on the virtual book tour page.