Talk Up Your Book: How to Sell Your Book Through Public Speaking, Interviews, Signings, Festivals, Conferences, and More

ISBN: 1581159226

Author: Fry, Patricia

Condition: New

The most powerful tool in your book promotion toolkit is your personality. The fact is that personality sells books. Readers want a relationship with authors of the books they read. If you arent a celebrity or a world-known author, it is up to you to create that relationship. Finally, heres a book that tells you how to develop a greater rapport with your readers, and thus SELL MORE BOOKS through more effective live presentations, well-attended book signings, successful book festival experiences, and more personalized social media techniques. Learn how to get speaking gigs at conferences and how to land and more expertly handle radio, TV, and Internet interviews.This book will teach you how to: Find and create speaking opportunities at appropriate venues Handle yourself skillfully in front of an audience Eliminate your noodle knees Improve your speaking skills Improve and protect your speaking voice Come up with speech topics for fiction and nonfiction books Organize workshops and present them on your own Get publicity for your presentations Land speaking gigs at conferences Form a bond with audience members Write a pitch letter and press release Create better handouts and use them more effectively Develop better communication skills Attract more people to your book signings Sell more books at book festivalsIf youre ready to take your book promotion to the next level, this thorough guide is for you!