eBook Marketing in a Long Tail World
This post was written by Pandith Jantakahalli
More than a million ebooks are expected to be published in 2012. This number is it set to grow exponentially. This huge increase in the number of ebooks published, poses a huge challenge for publishers. How can publishers gain the attention of their audiences in a crowd of choices and alternatives? How can publishers market their ebooks in a cost effective manner? What tools can publishers leverage to market their titles even has their marketing budgets shrinks?
Publishers on iPublishCentral who sell directly to end customers are provided with a number of tools to market their ebooks. An overview of all the marketing tools available on iPublishCentral is provided below:
Widget: It is equivalent to placing a banner advertisement on website or blog. It is possible to generate a widget for each title on iPublishCentral. This widget can then be placed on other blogs and websites to provide the target audience with information about the book.
The widget can be configured to provide links to sample content, table of contents, and links for the buying the ebook. To see a sample widget that has been posted by the author on a blog for the ebook – click here
ViewInside: Enables a prospective buyer to browse through an ebook before it is purchased. ViewInside can be generated for each title on iPublishCentral. The publisher can control which pages the potential buyer can read. To see a sample ViewInside created by one of the publishers on iPublishCentral – click here
Access Code: Enables a publisher to provide access to a specific title without buying the title on iPublishCentral. The publisher can generate access codes with specific built in controls for access on redemption – can specify duration for which title can be accessed after redemption, can control number of times an access code can be redeemed, can restrict redemption to a specific registered user. Access codes can be used for a variety of purposes like - providing access to a professor so that it can be adopted as a textbook for a class/course, providing access to an electronic copy of the book when a print book is sold.
Discount Coupons: Publishers can generate discount coupons to run a variety of marketing campaigns. Discount coupons of various types can be generated – provide discounts only when value of ebooks purchased is above a particular value (Example more than hundred dollars), provide discounts when number of ebooks purchased is above a specific number (Example more than five ebooks), or provide discounts on every purchase. Discounts can either be set at a fixed dollar value (Example ten dollars) or as a percentage of the total cart value (Example five percent)
Free ebooks: Publishers can also mark an ebook as free to attract the attention of a specific target market. Publisher can either make it mandatory for readers to register on the portal before reading the book or make it a frictionless experience by eliminating the registration process.
The team at iPublishCentral recognizes the critical role that marketing tools will play in the years ahead and continue to provide additional tools. Do you have any thoughts or ideas on additional marketing tools that can be incorporated iPublishCentral? Please share your thoughts and ideas with us - feedback at ipublishcentral dot com or pandith.jp at impelsys dot com.
Tags: devices, ebook, ebook marketing, free ebooks, Impelsys, ipublishcentral, viewinsides, widget marketing
May 16th, 2012 at 5:30 am
“Do you have any thoughts or ideas on additional marketing tools”
Well one great way to market ebooks is to provide summaries of sample chapters of the book and give those away for free. Giving away several chapters of the ebook is a great hook if you are distributing an exciting ebook.
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