When people say “don’t judge a book by its cover” – they are dead wrong! A book cover that draws your potential readers to it – well, that can make all the difference to them buying your book, or not.
Just think about your own behaviour. You see a great movie trailer and so you say to yourself, “I must go and see that movie” – and then you often do just that! I know I do.
Book Trailers serve the same purpose.
They work just as well – driving your potential readers into the book store to buy your book. It’s something you can share on social media, YouTube, your website and almost anywhere else.
You can choose from all kinds of videos from a simple explainer-type concept to a fully animated production. They don’t have to cost an arm and a leg either.
Apart from a professional book cover, the other service every writer (who is serious about selling their book at least), needs to pay for, is a professional editing service. Of course, there are editors and editors! You need to find an editor who not only has the requisite knowledge to do your book the justice it deserves, but preferably, but also one who loves to read the kind of book you are writing.
The other issue you need to sort out is, what kind of editing do you actually need? Copy editing, substantive editing, proofreading, etc. You need to have some clarity before you contract the services of a professional editor.
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