• Are you an aspiring or new author?
• What do you do when you have a book but no marketing plan?
• What if you have a plan but don’t know how to execute it?
• Want to learn how to boost your book sales before you ever write or publish?

In my recent blog series, I wrote about “Winning with Passive Income.” In that series, I listed writing a book as 1 of 7 income streams to consider. But, as stated in Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, you must “Begin with the end in mind.” So, in this new blog series, I’d like to begin with 8-ways aspiring, and new authors can market and sell your book. Having a plan and knowing how to execute it will give you options. If money is an issue, there are ways to market and promote with little or no money.

Way 1: "Expanded Distribution" 
COST: Free

Amazon is the leading online retailer for selling books. “Expanded Distribution” is available through Createspace, an Amazon company for self-publishing. The Expanded Distribution allows self-published authors to sell their books on Amazon and other certified online retailers and bookstores, libraries, and others. Of course, there are pros and cons, but this is 1 Way.