{"id":15718,"date":"2017-11-28T18:26:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T23:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisatener.local\/?p=15718"},"modified":"2024-09-30T08:58:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T12:58:24","slug":"quick-tip-for-holiday-book-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2017\/11\/quick-tip-for-holiday-book-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Tip for Holiday Book Sales!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14801\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14801\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14801 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/So-Happiness-Final-small-250x388-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"book cover karin esterhammer\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/So-Happiness-Final-small-250x388-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/So-Happiness-Final-small-250x388-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/So-Happiness-Final-small-250x388-100x155.jpg 100w, https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/So-Happiness-Final-small-250x388.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karin Esterhammer was also named Erma Bombeck Humor Writer of the Month by University of Dayton for her book which came out in July!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my tip for holiday book sales, inspired by my client Karin Esterhammer:<\/p>\n<p>Karin just received an email from her publisher to tell her that her book <em><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Happiness-Meet-You-Foolishly-Blissfully\/dp\/1938849973\" target=\"_blank\">So Happiness To Meet You<\/a>: Foolishly, Blissfully Stranded in Vietnam<\/em> was featured in <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fodors.com\/news\/photos\/fodors-holiday-gift-guide-2017-books\" target=\"_blank\">Fodor&#8217;s 2017 Holiday Gift Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Karin&#8217;s humorous and heartwarming memoir appeared on a list alongside 16 other great books by celebrated authors including\u00a0J.M. Coetzee, John Hodgman, Salman Rushdie and Douglas Preston. What exciting company!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a published author, think about niche markets that may be a good fit for your book. Are there online giving guides that may be a good fit? Or are there bloggers who reach your audience and who might publish a blog post or author interview in time for the holidays?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you can even blog a gift guide of your own, highlighting other complementary books and\/or products to yours, as well as your own book as a great holiday gift. Here&#8217;s the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2016\/12\/20-books-make-awesome-gifts\/\" target=\"_blank\">holiday book-giving guide<\/a> I created last year.<\/p>\n<p>I did love Karin&#8217;s book and bought several copies as gifts. If you have anyone in your life who loves a good travel memoir with a dose of humor, you&#8217;ll want to check it out <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Happiness-Meet-You-Foolishly-Blissfully\/dp\/1938849973\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s my tip for holiday book sales, inspired by my client Karin Esterhammer: Karin just received an email from her publisher to tell her that her book So Happiness To Meet You: Foolishly, Blissfully Stranded in Vietnam was featured in Fodor&#8217;s 2017 Holiday Gift Guide. Karin&#8217;s humorous and heartwarming memoir appeared on a list alongside&#8230;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2017\/11\/quick-tip-for-holiday-book-sales\/\"><em>&nbsp; Read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-more","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278938,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15718\/revisions\/278938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}