{"id":790,"date":"2025-05-25T17:30:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T00:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=790"},"modified":"2025-05-25T17:42:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T00:42:24","slug":"book-marketing-for-authors","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/events\/book-marketing-for-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Marketing for Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Join us May 27th, 2025 7-8pm Pacific, and learn how to reach your readers!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">In this discussion, JF covers the essentials of book marketing for authors, including identifying your audience, building an author platform, and planning pre-launch, launch, and ongoing promotional strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Once a book is out into the world, the marketing is continuous!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll also highlight useful tools, resources, and actionable tips for increasing visibility and reader engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Register to attend here:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/38KToBeAQ9GBRJ2WAifVJA\">https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/38KToBeAQ9GBRJ2WAifVJA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-791\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/May-2025-Book-Marketing-for-Authors-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/May-2025-Book-Marketing-for-Authors-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/May-2025-Book-Marketing-for-Authors-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/May-2025-Book-Marketing-for-Authors-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/May-2025-Book-Marketing-for-Authors-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/May-2025-Book-Marketing-for-Authors-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/May-2025-Book-Marketing-for-Authors-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JF Garrard<\/strong> is an award winning speculative fiction writer, editor and publisher. She is the President of Dark Helix Press, host of The Artsy Raven podcast, serves as President for the Canadian Authors Association\u2019s Toronto branch, and Deputy Editor for\u00a0<i>Ricepaper Magazine<\/i>. Her portfolio of books and short fiction is listed on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jfgarrard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/jfgarrard.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748305475288000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2G1Ai1YUAUXJaKzEhCcCyW\">jfgarrard.com<\/a>\u00a0and you can find her on Twitter @jfgarrard, Instagram @jfgarrard, Facebook @JFGarrardauthor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us May 27th, 2025 7-8pm Pacific, and learn how to reach your readers! &nbsp; In this discussion, JF covers the essentials of book marketing for authors, including identifying your audience, building an author platform, and planning pre-launch, launch, and ongoing promotional strategies. Once a book is out into the world, the marketing is continuous!&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[],"mec_speaker":[],"class_list":["post-790","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=790"},{"taxonomy":"mec_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_speaker?post=790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}