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The 21 Day Bestselling Author Platform: Book Marketing Strategies That Work Every Time
If book marketing feels like a chore, you’re doing it wrong.
Stop shouting into the void. Build a simple system that brings readers to you...At some point in the long march from draft to “publish,” you look up and realize you’ve built everything except the one thing that actually moves books. You’ve got a cover, a formatted file, a decent blurb—and no way for readers to find you, understand what you write, or stick around for the next one. You start Googling, fall into a swamp of advice, and wake up in a cold sweat wondering if you’re supposed to become a full-time content creator before you’re allowed to sell a novel.
This book is the antidote to that particular panic. It’s not a pep talk and it’s not a pile of marketing theory. It’s a three-week, do-the-work guide to putting the right pieces in the right places so your books have a clear, quiet path to readers. You will not be asked to post seven times a day, invent a persona, or build an empire. You will be asked to make a series of small, precise decisions that add up to momentum.
"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." - Oscar Wilde
Everyone wants to learn the latest marketing tricks or hacks, but successful authors will tell you it’s no big you need to build a strong author platform. But what if you don’t want to spend a year blogging or endlessly growing an email list? Why can’t you just set it all up at once and be done with it?
This book is designed for authors who need results fast, without years of trial and error. Forget begging for reviews, throwing money at ads, or endlessly promoting to strangers. These book marketing tips and strategies will help you create a sustainable system that brings readers to you and turns them into lifelong fans.
• A minimal author site that a home page that orients, book pages that sell, and one obvious next step
• An email welcome that earns its a straightforward opt-in, a short sequence that introduces your work, and a way to invite readers back without living in their inbox
• Store pages that pull their clean metadata, sane keywords and categories, a description that converts, and enough social proof to keep browsers from bouncing
• A review workflow you won’t how to offer advance copies, collect early feedback, and ask for reviews without chasing strangers
• A launch that doesn’t require a personality stacking a few proven promos, using ads sparingly and only when the page is ready, and giving your existing readers something worth sharing
• A pared-down approach to social and what to keep, what to drop, and a small list of “evergreen” pieces that continue to send the right people your way
This is the no-noise, do-this-and-it-works book marketing plan I wish I’d had before I wasted months tinkering with websites, social, and ads that didn’t convert. Launch your next book with confidence, knowing your author platform is a marketing machine that works while you write.
If you’re publishing your first book, this is the shortest route from “I pushed the button” to “people can actually find it.” If you’ve published before and stalled out on websites, list-building, or ads that never paid for themselves, this is a a foundation that makes every future launch easier instead of heavier.
Stop shouting into the void. Build a simple system that brings readers to you...At some point in the long march from draft to “publish,” you look up and realize you’ve built everything except the one thing that actually moves books. You’ve got a cover, a formatted file, a decent blurb—and no way for readers to find you, understand what you write, or stick around for the next one. You start Googling, fall into a swamp of advice, and wake up in a cold sweat wondering if you’re supposed to become a full-time content creator before you’re allowed to sell a novel.
This book is the antidote to that particular panic. It’s not a pep talk and it’s not a pile of marketing theory. It’s a three-week, do-the-work guide to putting the right pieces in the right places so your books have a clear, quiet path to readers. You will not be asked to post seven times a day, invent a persona, or build an empire. You will be asked to make a series of small, precise decisions that add up to momentum.
"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." - Oscar Wilde
Everyone wants to learn the latest marketing tricks or hacks, but successful authors will tell you it’s no big you need to build a strong author platform. But what if you don’t want to spend a year blogging or endlessly growing an email list? Why can’t you just set it all up at once and be done with it?
This book is designed for authors who need results fast, without years of trial and error. Forget begging for reviews, throwing money at ads, or endlessly promoting to strangers. These book marketing tips and strategies will help you create a sustainable system that brings readers to you and turns them into lifelong fans.
• A minimal author site that a home page that orients, book pages that sell, and one obvious next step
• An email welcome that earns its a straightforward opt-in, a short sequence that introduces your work, and a way to invite readers back without living in their inbox
• Store pages that pull their clean metadata, sane keywords and categories, a description that converts, and enough social proof to keep browsers from bouncing
• A review workflow you won’t how to offer advance copies, collect early feedback, and ask for reviews without chasing strangers
• A launch that doesn’t require a personality stacking a few proven promos, using ads sparingly and only when the page is ready, and giving your existing readers something worth sharing
• A pared-down approach to social and what to keep, what to drop, and a small list of “evergreen” pieces that continue to send the right people your way
This is the no-noise, do-this-and-it-works book marketing plan I wish I’d had before I wasted months tinkering with websites, social, and ads that didn’t convert. Launch your next book with confidence, knowing your author platform is a marketing machine that works while you write.
If you’re publishing your first book, this is the shortest route from “I pushed the button” to “people can actually find it.” If you’ve published before and stalled out on websites, list-building, or ads that never paid for themselves, this is a a foundation that makes every future launch easier instead of heavier.
335 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 20, 2025
About the author
Derek Murphy
50 books403 followersI wrote my MA thesis on Harry Potter and my PhD thesis on Paradise Lost. Now I write YA fantasy novels and design book covers. I blog about self-publishing, book design and book marketing, and was featured in CNN for renting castles.
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