Marketing is promoting a service like an exchange.
It can be even more than that.  It can be about selling a brand, or even a lifestyle.
Yes I agree.  Self publishing of a book is a type of marketing.
You're quite right, especially if part of selling the book you're trying to get a message through, or starting to get the word out of you as an author.
Some of the best author solutions are Palibrio and Booktango.
I've never heard of those before.  Are those publishing houses, or services kind of like how an author can have their books published via Kindle?
Author Solutions
Author Solutions is the parent company of the self publishing companies/imprints AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford Publishing, Xlibris, Palibrio, and Booktango. Author Solutions also maintains partnerships with traditional book publishers Simon & Schuster (Archway Publishing), Thomas Nelson (WestBow Press), Hay House (Balboa Press), and Guideposts (Inspiring Voices); as well as with Writer's Digest (Abbott Press).
Author Solutions is headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana.
Founded in 2007, Author Solutions reports publishing 190,000
This strategy is not unique and has probably been around as long as farmers have grown more than they can sell at wholesale or consume on the farm. U-pick operations serve as an alternative selling method that, depending on the type of produce a farmer grows and the farm's customer base, it can supplement other marketing strategies. This strategy has several advantages:
- Direct sales to the consumer lowers operating costs and brings a profit even if prices may be lower.
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