How to Market Books: Edition 6
About this ebook
With the publishing industry changing fast, and the marketing and selling of content now delivered worldwide through technology, this much needed guide highlights the critical role of the marketeer, and the strategies and techniques at their disposal. The book’s approach is logical and calming; beginning with marketing theory and moving into how this works in practice. Readers benefit from a blend of practical advice on how to organise and deliver marketing plans – and an objectivity which supports their future management of issues not yet on the horizon.
Thoroughly updated, this 6th edition maintains the book’s popular, accessible and supportive style, and now offers:
- A fully international perspective for today’s global industry
- New case studies to illustrate changing industry issues and application
- Completely updated coverage of digital and social marketing and GDPR
- Topical updates, more case studies and tips on getting work in publishing on a companion website
- Detailed coverage of individual market segments, bringing relevance to every area of publishing
About the author
Alison Baverstock is Associate Professor of Publishing at Kingston University where she jointly established publishing education, and Kingston’s MA Publishing. She has researched and written widely about the creative economy and is a regular media commentator. In 2007 she received the prestigious Pandora Award for Services to Publishing.
Susannah Bowen is Head of Marketing (Higher Education) at Cengage Australia and Hon. Fellow, University of Melbourne. She has worked in publishing since 1996 in Australia and Europe.
With a foreword by David Shelley, CEO of Hachette UK
