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

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 aren't a celebrity or a world-known author, it is up to you to create that relationship. Finally, here's 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.This book will teach you:· Find and create speaking opportunities at appropriate venues· Handle yourself skillfully in front of an audience· Improve your speaking skills· Create speech topics for fiction and nonfiction books· Organize and present workshops· Get publicity for your presentations· Land speaking gigs at conferences· Bond with audience members· Write a pitch letter and press release· Sell more books at book festivals· And more!If you're ready to take your book promotion to the next level, this thorough guide is for you!

Patriciiciicia Fry has almost forty years of experience as a career writer. She is the author of more than thirty-one books, most of which relate to writing and publishing, and has contributed hundreds of articles to magazines and newsletters such as Writer's Digest, the Los Angeles Times, and The Artist's Magazine. Fry established her own publishing company, Matilija Press, in 1983, and is the executive director of the Small Publishers, Artists, and Writers Network (SPAWN). She lives in Ojai, California.