{"id":2991,"date":"2025-05-23T12:38:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=2991"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:38:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:38:46","slug":"book-review-get-your-book-seen-and-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=2991","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Get Your Book Seen and Sold"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Get Your Book Seen and Sold<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Claudine Wolk and Julie Murkette<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Nonfiction \/ Writing & Publishing<\/p>\n

ISBN: <\/strong>9781935874447<\/p>\n

Print Length:<\/strong> 122 pages<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reviewed by Toni Woodruff<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>A clear and direct answer to the unpublished writer\u2019s first question: \u201cWhere do I go from here?\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You can\u2019t get your book seen and sold if you don\u2019t get it out there first. And there are so many ways to get it wrong.<\/p>\n

This book by publishing & marketing professionals Claudine Wolk and Julie Murkette guides writers through the process of choosing the correct publishing path and navigating it with strategy and effect. It\u2019s easy to get lost in the sea of internet advice on how to publish and market a book, but with Wolk and Murkette by your side, you can know exactly where you\u2019re headed\u2014and even get further than you thought you could.<\/p>\n

In addition to discussing both traditional book deals and the logistics of self-publishing, this co-writing team explains a number of important truths of book marketing with honesty. Among the most impactful of their advice is rooted in choosing the exact right audience for your book: Your Ideal Reader. Don\u2019t cast too wide a net; don\u2019t think anybody who reads is your audience. Instead, tell me what your book buyers do in their free time\u2014where they shop, what hobbies they spend their time doing, what newsletters they subscribe to, and beyond. It\u2019s this specificity that Wolk and Murkette help you define with worksheets and actionable tasks.<\/p>\n

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In addition to putting all of the confusing parts of publishing and marketing in layman\u2019s terms, they also fill these pages with useful flowcharts, graphics, exercises, and easy to reference information. You\u2019ll not only gain a better understanding of what you\u2019re up against, but you\u2019ll also get friendly mentors in your ear telling you which marketing paths actually work.<\/p>\n

The book shares plenty of practical tips on structuring your media kit, finding which platforms to pitch for review, and timelines on when to get started. It even includes some of the platforms to pitch so you\u2019ve got a shortcut in the research department.<\/p>\n

Some of the advice on traditional publishing focuses primarily on major publishers, book deals, and advances, so the small press author may feel separated from some of this content. This is more of an introductory work on book marketing than it is a deep dive on marketing strategy, so first-time authors would likely be the best target audience for this book.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Get Your Book Seen and Sold<\/em> is clean and effective and does just what it sets out to do. I\u2019d be surprised to hear any first time author finding this book and not leaving it more informed and more ready to navigate the big, intimidating world of book publishing than when they started.<\/p>\n

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Thank you for reading Toni Woodruff\u2019s book review of Get Your Book Seen and Sold <\/em>by Claudine Wolk and Julie Murkette! If you liked what you read, please spend some more time with us at the links below.<\/p>\n

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Get Your Book Seen and Sold by Claudine Wolk and Julie Murkette Genre: Nonfiction \/ Writing & Publishing ISBN: 9781935874447 Print Length: 122 pages Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Toni Woodruff A clear and direct answer to the unpublished writer\u2019s first question: \u201cWhere do I go from here?\u201d You can\u2019t get your book seen and sold […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bookreviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}