How To Do a Book Launch – Episode #049

Thanks so much. My book launch is 11th Feb and I have local mayor coming! Thanks for the ideas :)

thanks great information
Debbie Fuggle

thanks for your great encouraging advice, my book launch is happening next week and I am greatly lacking courage,however my books arrived from the publishers today and I'm really happy with them so that, plus your energetic drive has persuaded me to go ahead with it!THANKS AGAIN! Here's to the birth of "Nomads of the underworld!"
Laura Giani , Italy

Hello my name is Don Shashitha Hettiarachchi. I'm from Sri Lanka. I'm 22 years old. So.. yeah you give valuable ideas to me. Because I'm also going to do the book launch on coming November sixteenth 2011. So this was great importunity to take some ideas. I decide to put your web site name" published Tv.com'' on my acknowledgement page.
I already typed my book and searching a good publisher these days. I have some questions to ask on you.
1) This is my first time I become to write a book , So how many copies I should print ? 
2) I'm hoping to spend  $: 3000  ( Rs: 30,000 )     for the print . Is it big amount for this or not ?
 As you mention I'm hoping to do it low budget . I already have a venue, I selected my high school to launch my book. I thing It will be easy to me also.  So I'm waiting for your suggestions , please reply me.. 
and also I attached my front and back cover pages to this note ,and my picture also

my book launch is coming up in november this year, i need some guides. thanks . howard usen Nigeria

Great episode with super ideas for the book launch! Looking forward to Virtual Book Launch video!

Great tips delivered in a nice and direct manner. Very useful. I would love to see the answers to the below questions though and also ask an additional one; should the author bring books along to the event or just take orders for books and send them to the customer later? My project management coaching book will be launched in London in January 2012.  Thanks.  http://www.susannemadsen.co.uk

Very helpful! One question: what average percentage of people purchase books at a launch? This is just to give me an idea of how many books to bring. When is the best time of the year for a book launch?

just a follow up question from the last question how many books should you put on display for a book launch thanks

when is the best time for a book launch at the moment i have a book in print and it will be ready to be realeases in two to three weeks do i wait after a month twoo weeks before or on the day when its realeased

Nice show Dale. Can I talk about my book at the book launch or get someone who wrote a review to do it?
Victor

Hi Dale!

Thank you so much for your videos. They are really helpful, especially this one!

Could you do a show on appropriate clothing for authors? For example, what should one wear (or not wear) to a book launch, to media interviews, etc?

My first book is coming out in about four months, and I don't know what to wear to the book launch party. Should I be professionally, semi-formally, or casually dressed?

Thank you!

I need to know the 'programme of events' of a book launch

great suggestions, about to launch my book it will come in handy

I'm interested to hear your response to Alina's question:
How can you convince a sponsor to cover some of the book launch event costs?
Are your answers posted somewhere I can't seem to find?

Thanks for your helpful suggestions!

Thank, you know I've been googling for the last few days and there's not much out there regarding how to run a good fun book lanuch and you've given me some great ideas. Mine's in a couple of weeks I'm trying out the short play if I can get someone game enough to do it. I'll definitely be posting on my blog how it goes to help others. Sharon

I have a book launch in the works now for my novel, JPAC the Last One Out. Your video has included very helpful hints and will certainly add to the overall "show".
One thing I have done is to paint 8 posters in photoshop depicting scenes and characters from the book. The main characters were painted on a 'movie poster' type storyboard which has been a great aid in generating interest in the book. Some individual characters have then been clipped out and posted to my twitpic, facebook, myspace pages to bring the story to life.
Thanks for the helpful hints!

Hi Dale, it seems that there is no sound on the pod cast after the frist 10 sec or so?! would love learn about how to do a book launch! Please kindly advise!
THANKS

How can you convince a sponsor to cover some of the book launch event costs?

Thankx,
Alina

Fabulous as always, keep up the great work!

~ Joyce from Canada

Excellent Dale,

I am about to organise my book launch now and you have given me some great ideas.
Book mark is great too.

Thanks buddy,

Kev Mc

All I wanted was to be first once Tommy, and I have done it ;). Some great ideas for a book launch in this episode. I'm quite interested to see what a virtual book launch would be like. Sounds like a neat idea.

Great insights, Dale. I'm doing a mailing to potential, bulk users, and hadn't thought of signing them or adding a bookmark (with info on how to order more, or in bulk). Thanks!

As i look down the right hand side of your web page i see the different episodes starting with Terry Hawkins and finishing with the pizza then back up again to the large screen. i'm starting to think your not running episodes but a serial. I feel it is a serial killing too. Come on compare the happy happy plant in Terry's episode with the sad scribbled scroungy drofed leafed orphan looking unloved behind the white board. Have fun you are doing us all good out here.
GIVE YOUR HAPPY PLANT SOME WATER SOON!

neil nicolson

a book launch sounds like a really great way to kick things off. thanks for this video Dale. I really loved it.

btw lol Connor you beat me yesterday hahah. im first today yay

Hi Dale! Michelle Bowden here! Thanks for speaking so generously about my book DON'T PICTURE ME NAKED! If any of your viewers would like to buy a copy they can go to www.michellebowden.com.au and I'd love to hear from them. Your words are as always so helpful - and as you mentioned so timely - I didn't think of clip boards for people to use for filling in the order forms! And I will offer an incentive for a box of books now that you've suggested it so thank you! By the way - another thing you can do is go to a beautiful wholesale stationer and get book bags with handles that match the colour of your book - so that people are all walking around with beautiful (but inexpensive) bags containing their book purchase!