Writing books is one thing; marketing them is a completely different story.

By writing 1,000 words a day, I’ve already mastered the discipline part of writing. AI has helped me tremendously with book editing—making the process faster and improving the quality of my edits. The same goes for translations from German to English. My book cover design skills aren’t amazing, but they’re certainly above average. When it comes to writing style, I’m still learning something new every day—aren’t we all?

What I haven’t really tackled so far, though, is marketing. I had some ideas—creating this blog, using Twitter, making YouTube videos—and my STORY52 project is also part of my marketing efforts. But I never bought a good book on the topic, didn’t do deep online research, and never truly tried to market my books in a structured way.

As an independent author without a budget, you simply have to do it all: writing, editing, translating, designing—and marketing.

So from now on, I’m dedicating one article per week on my website to book marketing. This forces me to learn, and it also increases the value I offer readers on this blog. A win-win.

To get you started as well, check out this great resource I’ve already found: Book Marketing Bestseller

It’s by a guy named John Kremer, who also wrote 1,001 Ways to Market Your Books, a book praised by many authors.

At the moment, I’m working my way through his blog. His book is next on my list. You can find it on Goodreads here.

If I write about one marketing technique per week, I’ll have my own 1,001 ways to market books in about 20 years. Stay with me to see what number 1,001 will be.