A Publisher's Conversation with Authors: The Key to More Book Sales Is Understanding Why Readers Buy Books
It is Tuesday. Time to tall turkey. Monday's madness is over, and Wednesday will take us over the hump, so Tuesday it is for some serious discussion with authors. Tuesday talks mean to address authors in waiting and self-published authors who would like to go a more traditional route or who would at least like to take their steps with a publisher by their side. Today's topic addresses an issue critical for planning your book promotion/marketing activities -- understanding the reasons people buy books. Without that understanding, you are shotting at a target blindfolded. It does not matter how good your weapon is if you do not know where the target is. So, let's look at what approaches are most effective and less effective, based on recent research as to how readers make a decision to buy a book, derived from a 355-person survey by Gigi . Personal Connections The #1 reported reason why someone purchased a book is that the buyer loved the author; this would apply to subseq