Think there is no such thing as a free book listing? Think again! For absolutely no fee of any kind self-publishers may display their book’s cover, a blurb and a link to their own website.

Mark Landsberg, founder of http://www.selfpublishersplace.com , says, “Book lovers deal directly with authors cutting out the expensive middlemen. We have a unique sales plan and work tirelessly to help authors promote their books. Our international forum is open to all. Whether you are a writer or a reader please check out our new site and let us know what you think. We value your input.”

Social Bookmarking and Article Promotion with Onlywire: The Only Social Bookmarking Tool You Need
By Robert Watson, published Jul 07, 2007, Reprinted from Associated Content

AC writers need to promote their articles, and one of the most popular ways to do that is with social bookmarking tools. You might not get a good deal of pageviews directly from these tools, but you will boost the pagerank of your articles, as almost every decent social bookmarking site has a pagerank of at least 5 (some are as high as 8 or 10).

You undoubtedly have seen many article submission and press release sites on the web, however, no good service, free or otherwise will succeed unless it is seen by users to be beneficial to them as well. Before posting your press release or publicity article to free posting sites, you should review the sites to make sure that they meet the following criteria:

1. Will your submitted article or press release translate into a quick sale, or at least a look at your book?

There are a lot of writers, authors, publishers, and marketers like myself that offer interesting advise on free or at least low-cost book marketng. Many can be found in excellent books like those from John Kremer, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, and Steve Weber. I also think that there also may be some overlooked things that can be done to generate links, both human and virtual, back to your book.

Maximize exposure on Amazon.com (and .ca, .co.uk, .fr, .jp, .de)

There are programs on Amazon that may boost an author’s book sales. Check out Amazon Connect at http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=15700651.

I initially authored this entry at Poor Richard’s Web Almanack under the title, Pretending to be News: Car Chases, as poke in the eye to the television news industry. The flip side is that it may be a lesson in lost marketing opportunities - James Ward, BiblioScribe.com

Pretending to be News: Car Chases

Perhaps so called “news agencies” should at least get revenue from the loss of journalistic integrity.

If LA Car chases are news for national consumption, then television broadcasters need to do a better job of using it to generate ad revenue.