Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
75
Language
English
Published
Jan 31, 2015
Publisher
Silk Road Press
Description
Now available for pre-order from Amazon
Whether you write fiction or non-fiction, the book “blurb” or description is the second most powerful tool to sell your book. (A knockout cover is #1).
We’ve all been there. We’ve finished the book, edited it, got it ready to publish, and now we face the enormous hurdle of writing the book description. It doesn’t matter that the book might be 300 pages long, but that 100-200 word blurb suddenly feels as difficult as reaching the summit of Mount Everest.
The bad news is that those 200 words are among the most important words you will write if you want to sell your book.
The good news is that I’m going to show you how to do it, for both fiction and non-fiction books.
The better news: I just saw an ad for a blurb-writing course that costs $200. This book is only 99 cents.
FROM THE INTRODUCTION
As an editor I see a lot of blurbs come across my desk. As a reader I see even more. And as an author, I have written plenty of them myself and I don’t enjoy the process at all. I actively loathe dealing with blurbs for my books.
That’s why I’ve boiled the most important steps down to a system, and I’ve even got a few fill-in-the-blank formulas for you to use if you really need them.
Remember that unless you’re a household name, a reader is going to need really compelling reasons to plunk down some money for your book.
Even if your book is FREE, you need a powerful blurb. Why? How many free books are on your e-reader right now? How many have you actually read? Unless the blurb grabs someone’s attention, chances are he’ll download it and read it later (=never).
Make that reader itch to start reading so he can’t even wait for the sample to get to his Kindle.
Whether you write fiction or non-fiction, the book “blurb” or description is the second most powerful tool to sell your book. (A knockout cover is #1).
We’ve all been there. We’ve finished the book, edited it, got it ready to publish, and now we face the enormous hurdle of writing the book description. It doesn’t matter that the book might be 300 pages long, but that 100-200 word blurb suddenly feels as difficult as reaching the summit of Mount Everest.
The bad news is that those 200 words are among the most important words you will write if you want to sell your book.
The good news is that I’m going to show you how to do it, for both fiction and non-fiction books.
The better news: I just saw an ad for a blurb-writing course that costs $200. This book is only 99 cents.
FROM THE INTRODUCTION
As an editor I see a lot of blurbs come across my desk. As a reader I see even more. And as an author, I have written plenty of them myself and I don’t enjoy the process at all. I actively loathe dealing with blurbs for my books.
That’s why I’ve boiled the most important steps down to a system, and I’ve even got a few fill-in-the-blank formulas for you to use if you really need them.
Remember that unless you’re a household name, a reader is going to need really compelling reasons to plunk down some money for your book.
Even if your book is FREE, you need a powerful blurb. Why? How many free books are on your e-reader right now? How many have you actually read? Unless the blurb grabs someone’s attention, chances are he’ll download it and read it later (=never).
Make that reader itch to start reading so he can’t even wait for the sample to get to his Kindle.
Genres
Science Fiction
Business & Economics