Using the Internet to Increase Your Book Sales

The Internet has a number of great resources you can use immediately to promote your book. Some, in fact many, are even free!

First, you will want to make use of some of the book listing services and directories out there. One great resource for finding places to list your book can be found at: http://www.ioba.org/newsletter/archive/v16/manley.php. Use this as a jumping off point to other listing services. Remember, the more places people can find references to your book the more likely they will be to consider buying it.

Secondly, you can get some great traction for your book by starting up a blog at www.wordpress.com or www.blogspot.com, or any of a host of others.

Thirdly, you can promote your book and your blog by sending out press releases whenever you have a new item to announce. This can be a great way to enhance the popularity of your existing web presence, as well as give a short-term boost to your web site's traffic. A few worthy sites to consider for sending press releases: http://www.prweb.com/, http://www.businesswire.com/, and http://www.prnewswire.com/.

For even more ideas on boosting your book sales online, check out our article on the Ten Quick and Inexpensive Things You Can Do to Promote Your Book.