https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/marketing/marketing-plan/w/building-a-fan-base/7868/the-challenges-of-marketing-and-selling-fiction-vs-nonfiction-booksen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/marketing/marketing-plan/w/building-a-fan-base/7868/the-challenges-of-marketing-and-selling-fiction-vs-nonfiction-booksMon, 20 Jul 2020 14:23:41 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:45b35471-f5dc-47bc-8fb4-ebeb3d14bf51Russell Noheltyhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/marketing/marketing-plan/w/building-a-fan-base/7868/the-challenges-of-marketing-and-selling-fiction-vs-nonfiction-books#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Building a Fan Base by Russell Nohelty on 7/20/2020 2:23:41 PM<br /> <p>Bestselling author and Wannabe Press founder Russell Nohelty has learned that it&#39;s much more difficult to pitch and sell fiction books to readers versus nonfiction books. Most nonfiction books offer a solution to a pain point or problem, so as long as you convince the readers you&#39;re the right person to provide that solution, they will likely buy your book. For fiction, Russell finds that the purchase is usually a want and not a need, making it much harder to make the sale. It&#39;s a longer process of building a connection with fiction readers and competing with other forms of entertainment.</p> <p><a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-01-35/TheChallengesofMarketingandSellingFictionvsNonFictionBooks.mp4">www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../TheChallengesofMarketingandSellingFictionvsNonFictionBooks.mp4</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: fiction, Nonfiction, video</div> https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/marketing/marketing-plan/w/building-a-fan-base/7868/the-challenges-of-marketing-and-selling-fiction-vs-nonfiction-books/revision/1Fri, 17 Jul 2020 14:38:12 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:45b35471-f5dc-47bc-8fb4-ebeb3d14bf51Russell Noheltyhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/marketing/marketing-plan/w/building-a-fan-base/7868/the-challenges-of-marketing-and-selling-fiction-vs-nonfiction-books#commentsRevision 1 posted to Building a Fan Base by Russell Nohelty on 7/17/2020 2:38:12 PM<br /> <p>Bestselling and Wannabe Press founder Russell Nohelty has learned that it&#39;s much more difficult to pitch and sell fiction books to readers versus nonfiction books. Most nonfiction books offer a solution to a pain point, so as long as you convince the readers you&#39;re the right person to provide that solution, they will likely buy your book. For fiction, Russell finds that the purchase is usually a want and not a need, making it much harder to make that sale. It&#39;s a longer process of building a connection with readers and competing with other forms of entertainment.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>