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7 Book Marketing Mistakes Authors Make

January 6, 2026 · 6 min read

The recurring, fixable errors we see most often in author marketing audits.

One: marketing to everyone. Two: describing the plot instead of selling the experience. Three: choosing categories by ambition rather than fit.

Four: launching without an audience. Five: advertising before the listing converts. Six: abandoning promotion after launch week. Seven: treating each book as a separate project rather than part of an author career.

Each of these is fixable, and most can be corrected in weeks rather than months.

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