tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post6505561833047049040..comments2023-07-01T07:31:28.450-06:00Comments on LDS Publisher: Promo Contest Entry #4LDS_Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-9421494734557558162007-07-05T20:10:00.000-06:002007-07-05T20:10:00.000-06:00I will be commenting on all of the promo ideas aft...I will be commenting on all of the promo ideas after the 7th.LDS_Publisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-56275073427506126692007-07-03T10:45:00.000-06:002007-07-03T10:45:00.000-06:00Oh, I laughed out loud with this idea! How creativ...Oh, I laughed out loud with this idea! How creative! Even if no one eats a grasshopper you'll get a LOT of attention. I vote for this one. <BR/><BR/>But, rather than only have a jar of grasshoppers when you read the book, why not get some brave bookstores to display a sealed jar of live grasshoppers by the book? (You'd have to make sure it's sealed or people like me just might want to see what would happen if... LOL)<BR/><BR/>P.S. I'll let you come get all the grasshoppers you want out of my yard for free. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-16624995696928093482007-07-03T08:21:00.000-06:002007-07-03T08:21:00.000-06:00The biggest problem with many of the other marketi...The biggest problem with many of the other marketing ideas, is that while they are VERY creative, they cost more than what an author makes on the book.<BR/><BR/>In a typical LDS novel, an author will probably sell between 5,000 and 7,000 books. (Less for smaller publishers or newer authors, more for bigger and more established)<BR/><BR/>Assuming you make about $1 a book, that doesn't leave you much to market with. Anything that costs you more than $1 per book or $5,000 is probably out. (Unless you are self-publishing which is a whole other can of worms.) <BR/><BR/>I liked the talk show circuit idea. I think it would probably work very well for that book. But it would be MUCH harder for most novels to get any significant press coverage.<BR/><BR/>This marketing idea is fun, relatively easy (assuming you can catch grasshoppers or have a handy kid who can), and unique enough to grab attention.<BR/><BR/>A reading in and of itself, is a decent way to get some attention and sell books. But a reading with media coverage is so much better. <BR/><BR/>The whole, eat a live grasshopper/get a free book idea would definitely be a hook to media coverage.<BR/><BR/>Unless PETA or some other group had a real problem with it, I think this could work. What do you think LDSPub? Would you let your author do this?<BR/><BR/>I vote for this one.Jeff Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308834117176284991noreply@blogger.com