Rave book reviews from publishing industry leaders for Jump Start Your Book Sales

"About the only thing rougher than writing a dynamite book is selling it in dynamite numbers. And now, Tom and Marilyn Ross have written a dynamite book that tells you exactly how to get those numbers. These days, if you’re an author who doesn’t know how to market your book, you’re only half an author. Jump Start Your Book Sales is your missing half. In fact, it’s mandatory reading to give wings to your dreams."

Jay Levinson
Author, Guerilla Marketing series of books

"With generosity and good hearts, Tom and Marilyn Ross give away the keys to the kingdom of book sales in practical, helpful, down-to-earth, specific step by step, do this and then do that and then that, ways—with some ol’ anecdotes and whimsy thrown in. This is the primer and the advanced course rolled into one essential volume. It leaves no lock unturned, no question unanswered."

Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D.
Author of Women Who Run With the Wolves (New York Times bestseller for 3 years),
The Gift of Story and The Faithful Gardener

"Call it a jump start cable, crutch, helping hand, or how-to—whatever you call it, get yourself a copy today. This sensible, comprehensive step-by-step guide is an invaluable tool for anyone who understands that publishing is neither an art nor a science but a lot of sheer, hellish hard work."

Letty Cottin Pogrebin, President
The Author’s Guild of America

"Any publisher who needs proven ideas, techniques or even just a jolt of motivation needs this book . . . and that’s every publisher! Tom and Marilyn Ross give you the names, numbers and addresses—including Web sites—you need to get your sales into the fast lane."

Mary Westheimer
President of BookZone.com, the Web’s largest publisher community

"Any serious author or publisher should be able to make hundreds of times what this book costs from following its treasure-trove of promotional ideas and suggestions. My copy is riddled with highlighting and notes of things to follow up on."

Marcia Yudkin
Author of Six Steps to Free Publicity and eight other books

"Jump Start Your Book Sales is absolutely terrific. Every page overflows with sound, practical advice and actual usable information and sources. We will carry this excellent book in our Sharing Ideas Magazine catalog."

Dottie Walters President of Walters International Speakers Bureau and
Author of Speak & Grow Rich

"This book’s a gem! It sparkles brilliantly with unlimited points of light. Don’t enter the book biz without it!"

Irwin Zucker, President of Promotion in Motion
Past President/Founder of Book Publicists of So. Calif.

"No doubt about it, Jump Start Your Book Sales will help you sell more books—a lot more books. Whether you’re self-publishing your first book or you’ve been a publisher for twenty years, you’re sure to profit by putting a few of these proven strategies into action. If you really want people to buy your book, you need to buy this one!"

Stephen Hall Harrison
Publisher of Radio-TV Interview Report

"Jump Start is a great book. Even after twenty years in publishing, I am finding new ideas and leads on almost every page."

Bernard B. "Bear" Kamoroff
Author of Small Time Operator: How to Start Your Own Business

"Along come the Rosses with a reference information entrepreneurs will use, sparkling full of samples, examples, loads of detailed information needed by authors and small publishers to generate publicity, market their books and special reports, and make money in publishing. Bravo!"

Paul and Sarah Edwards
Co-authors of Getting Business to Come to You

"Tom and Marilyn Rosses’ newest book is an indispensable guide for authors and publishers. Creating books (publishing) is easy; it’s selling books that’s difficult; and making money in this industry is really difficult! Jump Start Your Book Sales is a practical guide and inspirational idea book for beginners and experts alike."

Gregory J.P. Godek
Author of 1001 Ways To Be Romantic

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"Whoa. If ever a book packs in the information, this is the one. We recommend Jump Start Your Books Sales to all our clients and it is required reading for our Account Management Team."

Tami DePalma
MarketAbility

"Wow! This is the book you’ve been waiting for. Everything you need to promote and market your book for maximum profitability. A winner!"

Nido R. Qubein, Chairman
Creative Services, Inc.

"Once again Tom and Marilyn have provided the small press publisher with information that is necessary to succeed. Congratulations for a job well done."

Carolyn Olson, Manager of Publisher Relations
Quality Books Inc.

"It’s harder these days to generate interest in—and sales for—a new book, especially for the backlist. Jump Start Your Book Sales gives you a fighting chance."

Bob Bly
Author of Getting Your Book Published

"The Rosses have done it again! Jump Start Your Book Sales is a wonderful grab bag of ideas that authors and publishers can use before, during, and after publication of their books. No matter how many marketing guides you may have read, I can guarantee that you’ll find something new and innovative here. Buy it."

Connie Shelton, President of Intrigue Press and
Author of Publish Your Own Novel

"Bravo! Your new Jump Start Your Book Sales is jam-packed with even more industry secrets and proven bookselling strategies. Every author and every person employed in the publishing field should have a copy of this ‘bible’ on his or her desk."

Tony Alessandra, PhD
Author of Charisma and The Platinum Rule

"Wow! I’m amazed at the amount of information and inside secrets in this great book! Anyone with a book to sell better get this resource to help them do it. It’s worth gold!"

Joe "Mr. Fire!" Vitale, Marketing specialist and
Author of There’s A Customer Born Every Minute

"Whoever must sell your book, must also read this book! I’ve learned from the Rosses for years. Now they have compiled their best sales tips into one excellent volume. Get it, read it, keep it, review it!"

Jim Cathcart
Author of The Acorn Principle and Relationship Selling

"Fantastic! Any author who wants to sell books must have this incredible book by the Rosses. Jump Start Your Book Sales will be the bible for book selling. Own it, and don’t loan it out. This book belongs in your professional and personal library. My only regret is that it wasn’t available when I published my first book in 1981."

Dr. Judith Briles
Author of Woman to Woman 2000

"Every author need this book. You’ll find more ways to generate publicity, market books, and make money in publishing that you ever imagined. It’s the ideal guide for those who want to take charge of their publishing destiny and really sell books. I recommend it without reservation."

Dianna Booher, Author of 37 books including Communicate with Confidence!, Get a Life Without Sacrificing Your Career, and The Worth of a Woman’s Words

"If you have ever longed to have all the wisdom you ever needed to become a best-selling author in one place—this is it! A ‘book sales’ bible!"

Glenna Salsbury, Professional speaker, Author of The Art of the Fresh Start and 1997-98 President of the National Speakers Association

"Rosses’ new book has 25 chapters, each loaded with ideas. Ideas are a dime a dozen. The person who puts them into practice is priceless. Buy this book, put the ideas into action, and you too will become priceless."

Joe Sabah
Speaker, Author, Publisher

"Sure to become a Must-Have book for the publishing industry, Jump Start Your Book Sales is comprehensive, detailed and full of action-oriented ideas. A glance at the Table of Contents alone will send you scrambling for your to-do list."

Kim Dushinski
MarketAbility

"If you have written a book, or someday dream of writing a book, then you need to pick up a copy of Jump Start Your Book Sales. It is easy to read and packed with quick short ideas that can be read in about a minute. And it only takes one good idea to make you wealthy. Take a Minute and read this book¼It Might Just Change Your Life!"

Willie Jolley
Author of It Only Takes A Minute To Change Your Life!

"Attention all authors, independents, and self-publishers: You, too, can bask in the glory of bestsellers—if you’ll use the dynamic strategies found in this book."

Bud Gardner, America’s most inspirational writing coach and
Co-author of Chicken Soup for the Writer’s Soul

"Tom and Marilyn more than deliver what their book promises. It’s a cornucopia of great ideas that captures their warmth and their can-do approach to making books successful. Authors and publishers who use these proven techniques will guarantee their books’ success."

Michael Larsen, AAR
Author of Literary Agents: What They Do, How They Do It, and How to Find and Work with the Right One for You

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"Been there, done that, needed this. Easily worth five, even fifteen, times its modest price—Jump Start Your Book Sales pierces the deadly "I’m not a marketer" barrier that often condemns authors to oblivion. A must-have, must-use marketing tool for every publisher, author, and book industry employee."

Fred Holden, Author of TOTAL Power of ONE in America:
Discover What You Need to Know, Why and How to be a More Powerful Person and Citizen

"Jump Start Your Book Sales is a combination of industry knowledge and disciplined directions for small press publishers."

Harold Sterling, Senior Vice President
Quality Books Inc.

"Thousands of great ideas—any one of which is worth the price of admission to authors and independent presses."

Peter McWilliams
Author/publisher of How to Survive the Loss of a Love and Do It!

"Jump Start Your Book Sales is chock-full of advice that authors and publishers can—and must—follow if they want to turn their books into money-makers. It’s terrific! Nobody has a better understanding of today’s competitive publishing market than Tom and Marilyn Ross."

Margaret Coel
Author of The Story Teller and other novels in the Wind River Mystery Series

"Jump Start Your Book Sales is an excellent source of traditional and creative strategies for people at any stage of book marketing. The sidebars alone are worth the price."

Brian Jud
Author of You’re On The Air

"If your book is the least bit promotable, you are crazy not to pick up a copy of the Rosses’ book. The names and numbers in the appendix alone will get you up and running on book promotion."

Pat McNees
Editor of Dying: A Book of Comfort

"The best of the best—indispensable advice for every serious publisher. This book can increase your sales tenfold."

Elaine Floyd
Author of Marketing with Newsletters

"Jump Start Your Book Sales directs your actions to the highest return on investment for your time. It describes an industry in transition and helps you focus your energies on the best place to sell books. With this gem you could randomly open to any page and sell twice as many books."

Terri A. Boekhoff, Publisher of Rudi Publishing
Co-author of The Insiders’ Guide to Book Publishing

"The most comprehensive, reader-friendly resource you’re ever going to find on the topic of taking entrepreneurial responsibility for your book’s success."

Sam Horn, Author of Tongue Fu! and ConZentrate!
M.C. of Maui Writers Conference

"Since the Rosses’ Self-Publishing Encyclopedia was invaluable when I became a self-publisher, I wasn’t surprised to find Jump Start Your Book Sales an equally valuable treasure-trove. In fact, there are a number of ideas which will go straight into the marketing plans for my upcoming books. Kudos to Tom and Marilyn for giving us ‘indies’ a leg—no, a whole football field—up on the competition."

Shel Horowitz, Author of Marketing Without Megabucks: How to Sell
Anything on a Shoestring and The Penny-Pinching Hedonist: How to Live Like Royalty with a Peasant’s Pocketbook

"Jump Start Your Book Sales is a herd-of-elephants-sized collection of resources, contacts and ideas no author, publisher or marketer of books should be without."

Dan Kennedy
Author of No Rules: 21 Giant Lies About Success

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More about Jump Start Your Book Sales

Overview
What the media says
About the authors, Tom and Marilyn Ross
Table of contents
Sample chapter