A year or so ago, I created a "sampler" for authors at Wings Epress to use in special promotional days where five authors were featured each month. My suggestion was to create an e-book to offer all readers who participate in the special days. This would give everyone something to take home and it would also provide the opportunity to give a simple promotional plug for the other authors who will participate in the following months.

When I started getting feedback from other authors, I realized this would be a nice item to create for other authors and almost any business owner.

I'm figuring the costs to create a custom product for other authors or businesses. This would be a great giveaway for authors who have multiple books in publication or authors who have various short stories they would like to share with their readers. You could sell this item or offer it as a way to entice new readers to buy your books.

I'm considering an introductory price of $20 per book or short story title that you want to include.

For example - 3 books and 2 short stories along with a 1-2 page author bio would be $100.

If you have special ideas and information that you would like to incorporate into a Custom Promotional Creation for your business or your books, feel free to contact me and we can discuss some options.

My goal is to make this a PERSONAL and CUSTOM creation that will reflect you and your style.

I have four promotional e-books. There is one for each of my Nikki Leigh series and one for my business books. These are very easy to email or they can be burned to CD to make a very nice promotional piece for you. They are great to send to bookstores or other businesses that you want to consider your book.

Mine include the following information

	The cover art and title
	The table of contents
	The Introduction (if applicable)
	Chapter 1
	Setting Information and Pictures (for novels)
	Author Bio
	Character Details (for novels)
	Details about each book in the series
	One page to promote each other book
	Contact information

The possibilities of what to include and what to promote are unlimited. What would you like to promote with a promotional e-book? Another possibility is to use this information to create a promotional trailer. For an example of a promotional trailer - visit - www.youtube.com/v/cXkhTX5s4l4. (Click the arrow to play the trailer.)

I'd love to talk with you about what you would like to promote. You can contact me at nikki_leigh22939@yahoo.com.

I can send you copies of my promotional e-books if you would like to see an example. Send me a message at: nikki_leigh22939@yahoo.com.

These are the covers for my promotional e-books. The Cape Hatteras and the Cape Ann promotional e-books have lighthouse pictures as watermarks, but I can't show that here. Let me know if you would like to see them.

Book Promo 101

Basics of Book Promotion

By Nikki Leigh

Nikki Leigh

Sampler

Cape Hatteras Series

North Carolina -

Outer Banks

Nikki Leigh

Sampler

Misty Cove Chronicles-

Historic Cape Ann, Massachusetts

Non-Fiction

Business Management

Shri Henkel

Postal address E-mail Address: P O Box 711, Fishersville, VA 22939 nikki_leigh22939@yahoo.com

Custom Promotional

E-Book Creation

Last modified: 04/22/08