Promoting Your Book in Person: Where to Start

Promoting Your Book in Person: Where to Start

Authors who promote their book themselves have the advantage of authenticity when it comes to building a personal relationship with their readers. This is especially true at in-person events. Leverage these opportunities and forge a connection with these helpful tips.

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Promoting Your Book Online: Where to Start

Promoting Your Book Online: Where to Start

In today's digital age, there are countless ways to promote a book. Where do you even start? We break down the foundational online pieces that will help you start planning a consistent, strategic, and sustainable book marketing mix.

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The Essential Elements of an Author Website

The Essential Elements of an Author Website

Authors: when someone Googles you, your website should be the first hit. But what should it include? And how can you make it look good?

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How to Write a Press Release for Your Book

How to Write a Press Release for Your Book

Do's and Don'ts that will help you create a great hook, give you the structure needed to appeal to media outlets, and much more!

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Case Study: Using a Book as Your Business Card

Case Study: Using a Book as Your Business Card

How does the company with the largest network of digital marketing consultants in the world demonstrate value to its clients? By publishing a book with FriesenPress.

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6 Ways to Give a Better Book Reading

6 Ways to Give a Better Book Reading

Readings are a delicate art - even if you don't suffer from stage fright, a poor reading can turn away a potential audience. Improve your next public reading with these 6 tricks!

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What Makes a Book a Bestseller?

What Makes a Book a Bestseller?

Becoming a bestselling author is a dream of many aspiring writers, but both readers and writers alike may be surprised to learn that attaining bestseller status may not be as lofty a goal as one might think.

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VIDEO: Welcome to FriesenPress

VIDEO: Welcome to FriesenPress

In late 2014, FriesenPress President Tammara Kennelly spoke with students in the MBA program at her alma mater, Royal Roads University. The following video is an excerpt of that conversation - and a primer on self-publishing and the FriesenPress experience.

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Author Spotlight: M.P Fedunkiw Shares the Importance of Knowing Your Audience

Author Spotlight: M.P Fedunkiw Shares the Importance of Knowing Your Audience

Right from the first page, Fedunkiw intended to write for a particular audience; professional graduate students. “The voice that I have given the characters was very deliberate. You have to be a bit of a nerd to enjoy this book ... I like to think of it as cerebral humour.” 

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5 Creative Ways To Promote Your Romance Book On Valentine's Day

5 Creative Ways To Promote Your Romance Book On Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is coming up and you've got a romance book to market - lucky for you because timing is on your side. Valentine's Day is a great opportunity to get your brand in front of potential romance readers!

Here at FriesenPress, we've come up with a few out-of-the-box ways to promote your romance novel:

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