Advertising a book is the key to sales. Singing River Publications provides resourceful marketing and publicity packages to assist its authors in presentation and promotion of their books. Purchasing one or a combination of the services listed below will help improve overall book sales.
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Book signings are a great way to get initial exposure for your book!
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- Arranges for the author to sign books with area bookstores, and/or bookstores that are fitting to the nature of the book. Time slot generally runs two hours
- Generates publicity via newspapers and other media for the event
- Pays for shipping of books to location of book signing
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- Pays for all expenses to get to and from location of book signing
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Talk radio sells books!
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- Schedules a guest appearance on a radio show either in person or via telephone
- Works with the radio station to gear the interview to the subject matter of the book
- Gives tips on effective interviewing
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- Pays all expenses to get to the interview
- Prepares to have a great time!
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Media releases are an extremely important and effective way to achieve media exposure and coverage.
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- Writes a succinct and informative article from a questionnaire provided to the author
- Generates a news release to either 250 or 500 media sources
- Covers all mailing, phone, and fax expenses related to the media release
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- Provides books as required by media for review purposes (royalties are not paid on publicity copies)
- Receives royalties as stated in your contractual agreement on all book sales stemming from reviews
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Over and above the sources listed in your contractual agreement, our staff makes your book available through one-time announcements to the sources listed below and provides copies for them to sell.
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- Makes your books available to a variety of area bookstores
- Sells your book at festivals, fairs, trade shows and convention gatherings
- Publicizes your book at Singing River Publication presentations
- Covers all mailing, phone, and fax expenses
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- Provides books to Singing River Publications for distribution
- Receives royalties for all books sold through these listed sources
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This event can be one of the highlights of your entire publishing process. It's an appropriate climax to all of your hard work and creativity plus an excellent opportunity to sell your newly published book. We can make this exciting event happen.
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- Works with author to set a date and provides invitations and/or a media release for the event
- Makes arrangements at an appropriate location for author to meet the public and sign his/her book
- Generates radio and/or television coverage for the event
- Plans and pays for food and beverages
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- Shows up and is the star of the event!
- Provides books to Singing River Publications to sell at the event
- Receives royalties for all books sold at the event
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Pitching your book to the media takes hours of promotion process. A personal publicist generally charges anywhere from $500 to $8000 per month for this work. While no personal publicist can guarantee book sales, our publicity staff does guarantee a resourceful, detailed and aggressive plan to drive the force of your book's success. Our fee covers six months of promotion: from approximately 60 days before through approximately four months after the release of your book.
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- Writes a professional media release based on author questionnaire and generates it to media sources
- Explores ways to tie your book to current news and events
- Personally arranges pitching your book through book reviews, interviews, articles and reviews
- Arranges for author to sign their books with book stores
- Arranges for radio and/or TV stations to interview author
- Provides sales distribution to area bookstores, wholesaler distributors, festivals, trade shows, and other presentations
- Covers mailing, printing, phone and fax expenses
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- Provides books to SRP needed for publicity (royalties are not paid on publicity copies)
- Receive royalties on all books sold
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A combination of the above two services.
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