Andrea DeWerd ON: The Writing Community's Mass Departure from Twitter and Book Marketing Strategies that Work for Authors

“Andrea DeWerd, who runs the future of agency LLC and has worked in marketing and publicity at three of the Big Five publishers, says that sometimes imprints spend too much on acquiring books, and “the sales simply aren’t there” to back up big advances.”

Vincent and Ajay of the Marketing Stir Podcast chat with Andrea Jo DeWerd, Senior Director of Marketing at Mariner Lifestyle at Harper Collins. She talks about how reaching and understanding readers is an important start to marketing published books.

In a presentation last month at Digital Book World, Andrea DeWerd, a senior marketing director at HarperCollins, described the shift that’s occurring in broad terms and also offered a case study showing how the company uses data and measurement to better market and sell books.

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“For many people, books are a constant in their lives, Andrea DeWerd, Alpha Pi—George Washington, turned the love of books into an exciting career in publishing.”

“‘Andrea is a true marketing dynamo,’ says Theresa Zoro, executive creative director of marketing and publicity…”

Random House, Bedside Reading, and the Conrad New York celebrated the launch of Save Me the Plums by NYT bestselling author and beloved food writer Ruth Reichl.

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