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Essential Book Marketing Resources for Self-Published Authors

by editor | Jan 19, 2025 | Articles, Book Marketing

Navigating the world of book marketing can be challenging for self-published authors. To help you on this journey, we’ve compiled a selection of insightful articles from City Book Review that offer practical advice and strategies to enhance your book’s...

Interview with Alex Hiam Author of Silent Lee and the Adventure of the Side Door Key

by editor | Jun 22, 2019 | Articles, Author Interviews, Book Marketing, Resources for Writers, Written

City Book Review-er Jane Manaster interviews Alex Hiam about his latest book for tweens, Silent Lee and the Adventure of the Side Door Key. See below for more information about Jane and Alex, and see our review of Silent Lee here. Jane Manaster: Why a female...
Writing is Only the Beginning: A Look into an Author’s Prepublication Journey

Writing is Only the Beginning: A Look into an Author’s Prepublication Journey

by Susan Burrowes | Jul 10, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, News + Features, Resources for Writers, Writer to Writer

I wrote my book quickly, taking months rather than years. I wrote it with the urgency of emotion, grateful that my addicted daughter was still alive and still willing to be part of our family after being sent to a brutal wilderness experience, a locked-down treatment...
How My Dream Came True, But Then I Lost My Mind: The Psychodynamics of Being a New Author

How My Dream Came True, But Then I Lost My Mind: The Psychodynamics of Being a New Author

by Joanna Charnas | May 30, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Guest Contributors, Writer to Writer

Getting a first book published at age fifty-five could make a person so happy, she’d do her Snoopy dance all the time and in inappropriate places: on line in the grocery store, while cleaning the litter box, and even a few paces in front of her house of worship. I...
How to Secure an Author Blurb

How to Secure an Author Blurb

by Savannah Harrelson, BookSparks | May 23, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing, Resources for Writers, Writer to Writer

As a first-time, indie, or even veteran author, the task of requesting and securing blurbs can be a daunting one. Putting your book baby out there for other authors to see takes immense courage and confidence in your work. That being said, it’s no doubt that blurbs...
Facebook Isn’t Showing Your Posts? Here’s What to Do About It.

Facebook Isn’t Showing Your Posts? Here’s What to Do About It.

by Karma Bennett | May 10, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing, Resources for Writers, Writer to Writer

12 Ways to Market Your Book (Despite the Facebook Apocalypse) You may have noticed that your posts on Facebook aren’t getting as much traction as they used to—epecially the important posts promoting your book. Yikes. It’s what marketing pros are calling “Facebook...
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