New 6th Edition Ships on May 22nd!

The new 6th edition of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books is finally on the presses. I'll be able to ship copies on May 22nd when I get back from BookExpo America. You can order the book anytime you want now at http://www.bookmarket.com/orderform.html.

I hope to see many of you at BookExpo America in Washington D.C. and at the PMA Publishing University prior to the trade show. Also at the Author 101 University or my Book Marketing for Novelists Seminar.

The Long Trail (not a typo)

Seth Godin writes about the long trail at his blog today. In marketing books, you have to look to the long trail -- what happens three or four years after the book is published. For self-publishers, especially, it's important to take a long-term view when marketing your books.

In his blog, Seth mentions the success of The Shawshank Redemption after its movie run. It's one of my favorite movies, one of those that makes a great DVD buy because it's worth seeing more than once.

Check out my Squidoo Lens

My Squidoo.com Lens now features a Google satellite map of my home town of Fairfield, Iowa.

Fairfield has more best-selling authors per capita than any other town or city in the United States over 10,000 in population.

If you want to know more about how to make your novel a bestseller, be sure to check out my Book Marketing for Novelists seminar in Washington, D.C., on May 17th. Details at http://www.novelbestsellers.com.

If you'd like to create your own free Squidoo Lens, go here: http://www.squidoo.com.