I requested this on a whim - I aspire to be an author one day and thought it might be good to read. I skim read it for the most part.

It was through, easy to understand, and packed full of information that was neatly organized and easy to follow.

I'd say it seems pretty useful for a self published author especially.

Book Marketing for Authors - Fauzio is comes highly recommended. She has been in business since 2005 and has helped promote over 2,000 books. She offers practical advice and gives examples that you can relate to. I loved her example of comparing marketing to your newborn. In chapter 2, She includes worksheets to help you follow along and track your own personal stuff.
The book is divided into three phases. Phase 1 is getting organized, where she gets you to thinking. She provides tools and gives recommendations on some of the things she uses. In Phase 2 you are putting these thoughts into action. Again, she provides both practical worksheets, tips and checklists.
I recommend buying the paperback edition so that you can fill out the worksheets and checklists.
Although I am not an author, I felt the book provided some great tips that I am putting into action for my book review website.

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I totally enjoyed reading this book as Fauzia took the time to break down actions for authors who want to understand online marketing and how they identify and engage their audience.
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This is definitely a book I will read again. I feel like she shared a lot of trade secrets that are useful to anyone seeking to promote a service or product...even though she specifically wrote this for authors.
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I loved all the tips for #BusyAuthors and all the practical steps given. Seriously, this book is a must read for all authors who want to sell million copies of their books. No exaggeration.
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Rating: 5/5
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Favourite Quote: "In the beginning, it's all work. You wonder is anyone other than your mother is reading your blog. You feel a little defeated because you don't see immediate results from all your outreach."

This is too expensive. Charging the same price for an ebook as a paperback is pretty damn rude anyway, considering the relative production costs, and when that price is $10 you better damn well be selling THE definitive book in the genre.

I was lucky enough to pick this up for free since I review for NetGalley, and I gave it a good read through before looking it up on Amazon to grab the image and link for this review, which is when I nearly died of shock at the price.

What I planned to say about the book was that while it's full of good advice, there's nothing here I haven't seen before. I was also curious to see how many reviews the book had garnered on Amazon; considering the incredible number of contacts and clients the author claims I find it rather curious that after almost a year of release, it only has 53 customer reviews on Amazon. Gathering Amazon reviews is critical to a book doing well, and a marketer of Burke's caliber should be able to pick up hundreds simply through mailing ARCs to her client list and asking for one. Maybe she didn't do that, though.

Or maybe all those people who might otherwise have reviewed just balked at the price tag. Who knows.

Fauzia Burke is a professional, and if you have the money to hire one of those, I'm not sure why you would need to read this book. If you DON'T have the money to hire one and you want to do it yourself, go read David Gaughran's Let's Get Digital and Let's Get Visible instead. You can get both books together for half the price of this one and they're packed with way more useful advice for the self-publishing author.

I'll give this three stars because it's not a BAD book, but I'd never pay that price for it and I couldn't recommend that anyone else do so either.