Plug Your Book! Online Book Marketing for Authors, Book Publicity through Social Networking

Plug Your Book was recommended to me at a writers' workshop. It is a step by step guide to marketing on line. This is useful information to me, even during the process of writing a book. I use each chapter like a cookbook, opening up a page, opening up a website, and exploring that website according to the principles Weber is explaining. I already knew how to purchase books on Amazon.com. But, through Weber's book, I have learned the process of peer review, how to participate in that process, and how to approach reviewers. All the chapters provide a foundation for me as I write a book. The chapter on author websites explains how an author website is not just an advertisement. There are specific recommendations for designing an author website, or design a website with a newsletter as preparation for publishing a book. I have given myself permission to take as many years as I need to publish my first book. Weber's book provides me, as well as other new authors, with multiple resources for the whole process of writing, publishing, and marketing our work.

This is an amazing source of information. If you are self-published author you absolutely MUST buy this book and read it. Then after you read it, keep it close at hand for ongoing reference.

I had never heard of Steve Weber before buying this book. To be honest, I was a bit put off by the cover art.

But the content is entirely above reproach. It's like having a mentor without the sucking up. It's like having a personal friend in the publishing industry alerting you to all those do's and don'ts that no one else would bother mentioning.

Because I honestly have margin notes and highlights and tabs on virtually every page in the book, it's almost impossible for me to choose the most important topics to share with you. But a few of the top tips include understanding the importance and power of Amazon's Top Reviewers, the key components of an "online press kit," how to create a "book trailer" for You Tube, blogging, podcasting, and so much more...

As I said: buy this book. It's just that good!

J.D. Mosley-Matchett, Ph.D.
Author of A month of Marketing Technology tips

This is the best guide on book promotion I've ever read--and I've read a lot of them! I can't wait to put Steve Weber's road map into play for my own book. If you're an author, don't delay. You need a copy of "Plug Your Book" by Steve Weber!

This book is definitely worth checking out, especially if you are an author and book sales are on your mind. The Net can no longer be ignored as an avenue (the MAIN avenue?) for promoting one's book. Learn all about it by starting here.

Steve Weber has done an absolutely amazing job of sorting out all the ins and outs of marketing online and has boiled it down into tips and techniques that are easy to understand and easy to deploy. I'd say it's a must-have for anyone who has written a book or is in the process of doing so. Whether you're a seasoned blogger and online marketer or a newbie to the world of book marketing on the Internet, Steve's suggestions are detailed, specific and so extremely valuable. He cuts through the "noise" and explains exactly how to be most effective and efficient with your online marketing. Best of all, Steve keeps it real, presenting what could otherwise be complicated and intimidating in reader-friendly, step-by-step simplicity. Thank you, Steve! Your book is a marketing masterpiece.