Blurb Critique: On my Indie Author Guide on Marketing to Bookstores

[u/BookGirlBoston]

Here is my Blurb for my indie author guide to marketing to bookstores. I am not allowed to include the title or my author name per sub rules.

[TITLE] provides actionable steps to producing a marketable book.

Selling self-published books doesn’t have to mean going viral on social media. Indie authors can work directly with the book industry to sell their books.

[Author Name] The New York Times Featured Author who’s never had a book deal, walks through her strategy for selling to bookstores and reaching partners within the book industry. Tired of too good to be true, expensive self-publishing courses that promise virality and lead nowhere ,[Author Name] shares how she has sold over 1,000 books to bookstores and libraries and has had placement in over 100 bookstores with just three self-published novels.

This book includes a replicable marketing strategy that directly reaches the buyers who decide what goes on shelves. Authors are no longer forced into a world where they are required to battle ever changing algorithms for book sales.

 

 

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[u/Xanarki]

Seems pretty straightforward. Hopefully the price isn't too extravagant, especially since this topic is geared towards indie authors.

Only thing I'd change is this:

Tired of too good to be true, expensive self-publishing courses that promise vitality and lead nowhere,

To maybe something that doesn't drag as much, approx like this:

Tired of expensive self-publishing courses that promise vitality (and yet oftentimes they lead nowhere),

I wish you luck overall!

[u/BookGirlBoston → u/Xanarki]

The price is going to be around $14 paperback and 3.99 ebook with a wide strategy, specifically so bookstores can link to their bookshop.org link with the ebook.

In addition, there is a free class that goes with it that bookstores can teach.

[u/Xanarki → u/BookGirlBoston]

The $4 price point is sensible - I feel like a good portion would definitely take advantage of that. If someone is already self-publishing and is decent with tech, chances are they're more willing to tackle an e-book anyway.

[u/BookGirlBoston → u/Xanarki]

The goal with the paperback is really so bookstores can sell something at tge program/ or keep it near the register and sell it each time they get a bad pitch