Sell Your Self-Published Book the DREAMS Cycle ™ Way

Photo by Ylanite Koppens from Pexels You have a dream of becoming a bestselling author. Obviously, you need to start selling your book. What will drive you to put the necessary effort to become a bestselling author is your purpose for selling your book. In the last post of Selling Your Self-Published Book the DREAMS Cycle ™ Way , we explored the dreams you have regarding selling your book. My dreams for selling my children book Frankenstein’s Science Project were: ·          Sell a million copies of my book. ·          Become a famous author. ·          Do a book tour across the world. ·          Get reviewed by newspapers and magazines. ·          Get on the New York Times bestseller list. ·          Become an Amazon Best Sell...

Photo by Tamás  Mészáros from Pexels Deep down, wouldn’t we all love to sell a million copies of our book. That is certainly a dream I have for my self-published book, Frankenstein’s Science Project . Once my book was published through Lulu Press in January 2018, it was time to focus on marketing and selling this masterpiece. Publishers and successful authors recommend starting your marketing campaign 6-9 months before publishing . I had done some marketing activities prior to publishing the book, like creating an author website at www.normanmarcotte.com and an author page on Facebook. Unfortunately, I ran out of time for marketing activities as I really wanted to publish my book early in 2018 to coincide with the 200 th anniversary of the writing of the original Frankenstein by Mary Shelley . When I was ready to sell my book, I decided to follow the DREAMS Cycle ™ process. The start of the DREAMS Cycle ™ is D for “Dreams and Desires” as mentioned in a previou...