Marketing printed books in Nigeria can be a very tough task for Nigerian authors. With over 15 years experience selling and marketing books in Nigeria, we believe we have the expertise and the experience to give authors the book marketing strategies that work to sell their printed books.
Related: book marketing and publicity services
Marketing printed books in Nigeria: what is it all about?
Marketing printed books in Nigeria is all about the following:
Authors go through the hassles to write their books
They go through the financial pains to get the books printed
They received their books from the printer or publisher
Publisher or printer does not care about how authors will market or sale their books
Authors who have little or no knowledge about book marketing are left to gaze endlessly at the sight of hundreds of thousands of copies of their books lying on the floor in their houses
Nownowbooks and Sarefat Vision Investment Publishing (our companies) feel there should be a change
We have to put together a printed book marketing services or strategy to help authors market and sell their books in Nigeria
Related: Zarepath book marketing services
How we market authors’ books in Nigeria
The following are the ways we market authors’ books in Nigeria:
Publish and list it on Nownowbooks store online
We recommend publishing and making your book available for sale on our online bookstore in Nigeria at Nownowbooks store online.
The advantages are many. It will give your book a personal online page or link that you can always recommend to others and share on social media.
Your book page on our store will also be optimized for discovery on Google search. Remember that you are in this page because you discovered us through Google search. We will give you details and cost implications of this if you opt for this.
Use of Sales reps to sell books in Nigeria
We can also recruit sales reps to sell your books in Nigeria. We will help you to coordinate the sales activities from the beginning to the end stages.
Blog or website optimization
This is for those who have author websites or blogs. Your online portals like website or blog can be optimized to start ranking very well in Google searches.
There are so many advantages and benefits from this. When people visit your website through the search engines, it means they are already looking for you or your books.
You can either sell to them immediately or you let them opt in to your email list or join your group on WhatsApp or Telegram. When they are there, they become part of your community and you can always sell to them.
We advise authors to have author websites and blogs. You can get in touch with us if you don’t have one in place. Whatsapp number: 08034300979 or infobooksng@gmail.com.
Feature on TVC
We can arrange a feature for you in TVC early morning programs.
Facebook adverts
We can run a Facebook advert for you to target the right audience for your book. Remember that your customers are already on Facebook and Instagram.
Blueprint to sell your books
If you don’t want us to be part of the marketing of your book directly, we can check out your book and produce a comprehensive blueprint that you can follow to sell your printed books in Nigeria.
Ad on top of our blog posts and pages
We can also place your book ad on top of all our blog posts and pages here at our online bookstore in Nigeria and popular Christian personal development blog.
Get in touch with us today to sell printed books in Nigeria
Please contact us through the following feedback mechanisms:
Whatsapp: 08034300979
Email: infobooksng@gmail.com
