Many associations do give out awards and citations that your publisher may not be aware of. Other Fields of Interest or Study Anything you can think of that will give you a foot in the door in regard to publicity, promotion, or some kind of edge. Relevant Localities Include the principal cities where you ve lived. Make it easy for them. If support from Savannah booksellers and retailers didn t put Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil on the New York Times bestseller list, it certainly helped to keep it there for four years.
People love, love, love to read about the place where they live.
They also buy books as souvenirs when they re on vacation. So if your book is set in Seattle, and has a strong Pacific Northwest feel to it, do mention that here. If you re a new author, your press attention will start locally and build outward from there. You might also want to mention here that you have a sister living in Houston, and another one in San Francisco, and that you d be willing and able to stay with them while doing promotion in those cities. Your questionnaire is your secret weapon when you re trying to come up with a marketing plan.