As a creative person, you don’t always follow trends. You write what you want to write. That can leave you asking, Is my book marketable?
The quick answer is that yes, your book is marketable. Keep reading to find out why we feel every book has a market and a couple essential steps to start finding your book’s audience.
Every Book Is Marketable
Ever think about writing a retelling of classic stories, with zombies or other monsters embedded? Do it. Seth Grahame-Smith did, and his book, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, sold more than one million copies worldwide.
Write something even weirder? Doesn’t matter. As long as your story is strong and engaging, people will want to read it. Just ask the likes of Kevin Donihe. His books and the work of similar authors are so weird they coined their own term–bizarro–to classify them.
Maybe you didn’t write a strange work of fiction. Perhaps you’ve written a cozy mystery, a closed-door romance novel, or a picture book. The same applies to you. Your book is marketable.
Yes, there are a million cozy mysteries and romance novels out there, but that’s because these audiences are constantly looking for a new book to read. And when they find it, they buy. So write, write, write!
Essential Steps to Marketing Your Book
Now that you believe your book is marketable, you’re probably wondering how to market your book. You’re not alone. This is often the biggest pain point for authors.
While we can’t hit every book marketing tip, you’ll find greater marketing success if you take two simple steps.
- Believe in your book. If you want people to love your book, you need to also. That doesn’t mean you say your book is the best book ever. You just need to know that it’s a good book and will benefit readers with a good time, life-changing advice, or whatever else is between the covers.
- Know your audience and go find them. Read enough Argyle Fox Publishing book publishing tips, and you’ll realize that your book isn’t for everyone. Figure out who your ideal reader is. Once you know that, find out where your readers hang out online and in person, go there, and talk to them about your book.
Do these two things and you’ll realize that we’re right. Every book is marketable, including yours.
Want a hand getting your book to the finish line so you can start worrying about marketing it? Get started by submitting your book for consideration.