The Problem with Seeking the “Right Ideas” for Book Marketing

Authors, comparison is the thief of joy, but go ahead and copy…

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Someone asked me this week for the latest and greatest, “right” right now, new ideas in book marketing.

Hahahahaha. Oh, here’s the key to the city! And some fancy chocolates.

The only right, right now I feel confident proclaiming is making yourself right, right now. That is the most useful right, right now for authors.

Lower the Bar on Your Author Business for Better Results

Because the secret is there is no secret. There is not a whopping collection of secrets that have always worked or a boutique bouquet of lovely, bleeding-edge secrets du jour. There are only all the things, infinite paths, and the path you’re on for you and your books and your goals.

That said, go ahead and copy!

There may be no one great thing for you to try next but there may be one great thing you see another author doing and want to try yourself. Go ahead. It calling your name and holding some appeal for you is…