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Do you want to sell more books and reach more readers?
Do you want to discover how to build an author career for the long-term as well as spike your book sales right now?

If you don’t know much about marketing, don’t worry. We all start with nothing.

I’m Joanna…

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1 author picked How To Market A Book as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I hated marketing, and I was scared it would turn me into a shrill and shallow person. But I realised I needed to learn to sell my work if I was ever going to make a decent amount of money with it—enough to justify the time I was spending on writing, editing, and publishing.

This book gave me the basic tools I needed to get over my internal resistance and start helping my readers better by letting them know about books they actually wanted.

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