Catherine, it appears that your book is over 2 years old, which means that you will have an uphill climb generating significant interest. However, it’s never too late to inject new life into your book sales. Here’s what I’d recommend:

1. Contact Christian missionary organizations and offer your book as a resource for missionaries to give away to new converts. This could create large bulk sales possibilities.

2. I visited your website, and you don’t offer any kind of free newsletter. I’d highly suggest that start one asap. This is crucial to establishing and building your platform.

3. Network with evangelism directors at churches and try to line up speaking engagements to discuss your expertise and highlight your book. The best way to sell books is to speak. But, I didn’t see any speaking info or event calendar listed on your website.

Feel free to contact me, and I’d be glad to offer you several other ideas. But, be sure to focus on these three essential issues first!

Rob Eagar
WildFire Marketing
http://www.StartaWildFire.com

Readers, notice how many of the ideas here really target like a laser. It’s usually much easier to target to a specific niche than it is to a general audience.

I love hearing about all the bloggers, the social networking sites (most of these were new to me) and niche magazines that appeal to Christians.

Great ideas, Hounds! Let’s keep ‘em coming.

Other good ideas include creating a video book trailer and establishing a solid online media room on your site to encourage additional media coverage. Blogging and podcasting are also solid book promotion tools and really help you connect with your audience, but both require a bigger time commitment.

I’ve published 25 books and have found online book promotion to be one of the best ways to increase sales and publicity for my books.

Good luck!

Patrice-Anne Rutledge
Author, The Web-Savvy Writer: Book Promotion with a High-Tech Twist

Get a list of Christian magazines (your librarian can help you) and find out which ones do a book review and who the reviewer is. Then send each of those reviewers a copy of your book. Sometimes including something fun in the box (like chocolate or an individual serving pack of flavored coffee) will help to get your book reviewed faster than just another book in the stack. A favorable review in a top Christian magazine will get noticed by many long-time Christians who might consider using it for a “seeker” study or a new Christian study in their church or neighborhood. Pastors also read those columns and get the book to use in sermons or pitch from the pulpit.

“The Well-Fed Self-Publisher” by Peter Bowerman (http://www.wellfedsp.com/) can also help you. He self-published and yet his books became best sellers.

There are many new Christians on college campuses. Have you talked with the publishing arms of Campus Crusade or Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship or Navigators?

Sounds like a great book – keep working to get it out!

Sally
http://www.RushmoreWrites.com

They would be candidates for individual and bulk purchases too because they need resources to use while they’re in the field, and to leave behind with newly trained leaders.

Along the same line, have you thought about having the book translated or selling appropriate rights to someone who could do so? Again, another way it could benefit the groups above.

Good Writing & God Bless,

Cheryl Pickett
Publishing Answers.com

Your book has been out since January 2006 and you have ONE reader comment on Amazon with a five star review. You are not making use of the FREE tools on the largest online bookstore on the planet (Amazon.com). There are numerous free tools on Amazon and you can learn about these free tools especially in the 6th edition of John Kremer’s excellent book, 1001 Ways to Market Your Book–where he has a full chapter on Amazon. Check it out at: http://snipurl.com/waysto

You will discover many new ideas in John’s book.

Terry
Right-Writing News

http://www.shoutlife.com

Blessings,
Karina Fabian

Nice idea to have a book like this… perhaps you could approach local churches to review it with an eye to using it for their study groups… we all like to have something new! Along this line, you might also try Christian schools in the same way.

There are Christian social networks online that would be interested in hearing about your book and one group I get newsletters from… a prayer group may also be interested. Check them out at http://www.positivechristianity.org/ – you could offer this as a give-away for people who sign up on the up-coming cruise…

Good luck with this.

CRQ