Erika | The Author + Marketer
theauthormarketer.bsky.social
Erika | The Author + Marketer
@theauthormarketer.bsky.social
Book marketing tips, tools, + techniques
📚 Establish Your Author Brand
📢 Grow Your Author Platform
🏆 Successfully Market Your Book
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Hey author👋🏼, you know that thing you really hate doing (book marketing)?

Well, I do it for a living and share ✨FREE✨ book marketing tips, tools, and techniques here.

So follow me and stop stressing over how you should market your book 😉

#BookMarketing #BookMarketer #Authorsky #Writersky
After over 20 years in the music industry, Kevin Jonas released his first solo song.

A nice reminder that it's NEVER too late to write, publish, and market that book you've been thinking about 💙

open.spotify.com/track/3Fq2jP...

#ForAuthors #WritingCommunity #WriteOn
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November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The holiday sales have already started!

Which link is are you sending shoppers to?
(You should only focus on one.)

🔗 Your author website
🔗 @bookshop.org
🔗 Your publisher's website
🔗 Your favorite indie bookstore's website

#BookMarketing #ForAuthors #WriterCommunity #AuthorFriends
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Want a better chance of getting book reviews❓

Have final copies (digital or physical) ready to send to reviewers 5 months before your pub date!

#BookMarketing #BookReviews #ForAuthors #Writersky #Authorsky
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Think about how you feel when someone leaves your book a nice review...

...now go write one for someone else 💙

#Authorsky #Booksky #Readersky #Writersky #AuthorsSupportingAuthors
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Don't wait to see if your book was selected for a gift list....

✨Write your own themed holiday gift list✨

Here's a stocking stuffer list I curated for @familiusbooks.bsky.social that features small businesses and our own books (of course)!

#BookMarketing #BookishGifts #ForAuthors #BookPromo
📚✨The Best Stocking Stuffers for Book Lovers!

Perfect for readers and writers, these small gifts will bring ✨BIG✨ holiday cheer on Christmas morning.

Click the link to access our full Stocking Stuffer Gift Guide for Book Lovers!

familius.com/2025-holiday...

#Booksky #Readersky #Writersky
2025 Holiday Gift Guide: Stocking Stuffers for Book Lovers - Familius.com Shop
Discover the best 2025 stocking stuffers, from essential reads to reading essentials, that are sure to bring joy to any book lover.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you're tired of posting about your book, switch things up and post about ONE thing you love about your book...

💙 Is it a character?
💙 Is it a location?
💙 Is it a go-to drink that sparks your creative urge to write?

Share that instead, because people respond to happiness!

#BookMarketing
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I did the homework for you 💙

Here are bookish holidays in November that you can use to promote your book (and yes, I know I missed National Author's Day 😭).

#Bookish #BookishHolidays #Authorsky #Writersky #WritingCommunity
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
If you're not talking about your book, how will people hear about it?

#BookMarketing #Authorsky #Writersky
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If you DREAD 😱 the thought of #BookMarketing, it's because you haven't found the RIGHT way to market your book.

❌ Don't do podcasts if you don't like talking about yourself.
❌ Don't do in-person events if crowds make you uncomfortable.
❌ Don't do YouTube if you hate being on camera.
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Just following my own marketing advice and updating my headshot (after 3 years!)

#DigitalMarketing #SocialMediaMarketing #BookMarketing #Headshot
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
When I practice what I preach and reach out for collabs, I get to create a wonderful holiday partnership between Operation Literacy and @familiusbooks.bsky.social 🌲🎁

(Stay tuned for more info!)

#DonationMatch #HolidayDonation #Booksky #Readersky
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
No, I don't know EVERYTHING about book marketing.

Thank goodness for things like the Publishers' Summit I went to last week so I can learn with and from other industry experts 💙

#BookMarketing #Authorsky #Writersky #PubHouseLife #PublishingHouse
October 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
My day job is marketing and PR, so most days I am legitimately too sick of it to market and promote myself 🤮

Guess I'll just go curl up with a good book 💙

#DigitalMarketing #Booksky #Writersky #BookMarketer
October 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Are cover endorsements necessary?

It depends...

📘 Will it add credibility to your book?

📘 Is the endorser's name easily recognizable by your ideal reader?

📘 Will you need to redesign your cover if you add an endorsement?

📘 Will the endorsement arrive before your pub date?

#Booksky #Authorsky
October 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Hey author, 👋 don't know what to post in October?

Use these 13 October Bookish Holidays to talk about your book and your writing!

#BookMarketing #AuthorSky #WriterSky #BookPromotions #Bookish
October 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
On average it takes ✨THREE✨ exposures to a product before a shopper buys it.

So, have you talked or posted about your book lately?

#BookMarketing #SellYourBook #ForAuthors #WritingCommunity
September 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Today is not the day to promote your book.

#NeverForget
September 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Almost 3,000 books were released in a week (on this one platform alone).

THIS is why it's important to get specific with your book's subject matter. It makes it easier for your ideal reader to discover your book!

#Authorsky #Booksky #BookMarketing #NicheMarketing #WritingCommunity
September 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Thinking about using a pen name? 🖋️

Here's my take on pen names as a book marketer with over 6 years in the publishing industry. ⤵️

#BookMarketing #PenName #WritingCommunity #AuthorFriends
September 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
#BookMarketing is 🚫NOT🚫 your full-time job, but it will feel that way if you try to do everything at once.

Find ONE platform you enjoy and focus your efforts there.

You won't burn out and you'll find that sharing your #book, writer journey, and inspiration is actually fun ☺️

#Authorsky #Writersky
September 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
When someone tells you to reach out to your IT department to solve a problem with your email account 😅

But you don't have an IT department...it's just you...doing it all.

#SmallBusiness #Entrepreneur #Entrepreneursky
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September 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I did the homework for you and compiled all of September's bookish holidays 💙

Be sure add these to your book marketing calendar 🗓️

#BookishHolidays #BookMarketing #Booksky #Authorsky #Writersky #Readersky #Bookish
September 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Get better book selfies by ☀️Facing The Light☀️.

Your cover will look brighter...
Your cover art will be true to color...
Your title will be easier to read.

#BookMarketing #MarketingAdvice #AuthorFriends #Authorsky #WritingCommunity
August 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If your book releases today, drop the title in the comments. ⤵️

Taylor Swift's engagement 💍 wins social media content today, but I still want your book birthday to be special 🎂

#AuthorFriends #Booksky #Authorsky #Writersky #WritingCommunity #BookLaunch #BookBirthday
August 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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August 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM