{"id":11922,"date":"2018-11-06T01:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T01:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/?p=11922"},"modified":"2021-06-29T14:43:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T14:43:51","slug":"e54-creatively-smart-ways-to-come-up-with-your-book-title","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/e54-creatively-smart-ways-to-come-up-with-your-book-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Creatively Smart Ways to Come Up With Your Book Title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"podcast-box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/7227392\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/204a83\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/itunes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10134\" src=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Subscribe-to-Book-Marketing-Show-Podcast-on-iTunes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"45\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/GooglePlay\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10133\" src=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Subscribe-to-Book-Marketing-Podcast-on-Google-Play.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"45\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/stitcher\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10132\" src=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Subscribe-to-Book-Marketing-Show-Podcast-on-Stitcher.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"45\"><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/free-book-title-generator-tools\/\">book title<\/a> isn\u2019t just something that an author should come up with willy-nilly. To come up with an effective title that will help sell your book, research and testing is needed. As much as you may think the title will just come to you, I can tell you from experience with publishing companies that there\u2019s a process to coming up with one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We talked about titles in episode 24, when Emanuel Haldeman-Julius would take books that didn\u2019t sell well to what he called \u201cThe Hospital\u201d to be revamped and refreshed, then put back on the market back in the 1900s. One book called \u201cGautier\u2019s Fleece of Gold\u201d wasn\u2019t a big seller until it was re-titled \u201cThe Quest for the Blonde Mistress.\u201d Not only did the new title more accurately represent the story, but it was more intriguing to those looking for their next book to read. The book went from selling 6,000 copies per year to 50,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-research\">Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the best ways to start to come up with a title is to go to the library or bookstore and look at the best-selling books. If you look long enough, you\u2019ll see they look very similar. Many use one-word titles, which seems to be a recent trend. You may even see a similar sentence structure or common words among the titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote><h3 dir=\"ltr\">We can use data from the market and do research, and see what's really working<\/h3><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The quote \u201cGood artists copy, great artists steal\u201d has been attributed to many artists over the years, but the point is that you can take a look at these best-sellers from major <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/how-to-start-a-publishing-company\/\">publishing companies<\/a> and use them as inspiration for your title, keywords, or even sentence structure. Once you get a basic idea of styles you\u2019d like to emulate, sit down with a pen and paper and start analyzing your book. Look at character qualities, settings, genre words, or pain points that can fit nicely into the style of title you\u2019d like to go with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some questions that might be helpful to ask yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>What words your target market would use when thinking about your book?<\/li><li>What kind of results do they want?<\/li><li>What kind of life do they want to live?<\/li><li>What is it they truly want to develop because they read your book?<\/li><li>What do they want to learn?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"standard-cta testimonial nohover invert-mobile\" id=\"cta-block_60a2b73018237\">\r\n    <div class=\"cta-inner row\">\r\n        \r\n        <div class=\"cta-body col-md-8\" style=\"text-align:center;\">  \r\n                            <a class=\"cta-heading\" href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/click\/rocket-in-content\" alt=\"Get Publisher Rocket Now!\">\r\n                            <h3>Better Keywords &#038; Categories Fast<\/h3>\r\n                            <\/a>\r\n                        \r\n            <p>See why over 47,000+ authors and publishing companies use and love Rocket to help them sell more books.<\/p>\n            <a class=\"offer-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/click\/rocket-in-content\" alt=\"Get Publisher Rocket Now!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Get Publisher Rocket Now!<\/a>        <\/div>\r\n\r\n                    \r\n            <div class=\"cta-media col-md-4\">\r\n                                    <div class=\"cta-media-inner\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/click\/rocket-in-content\" alt=\"Get Publisher Rocket Now!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">                        \r\n                        \r\n                        \r\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mockup-copy.png\" alt=\"Mockup copy\" height=\"388\" width=\"453\">\r\n                        \r\n                        <\/a>                    <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-title-generators\">Title Generators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another method for coming up with a book title could be online generators. Those who have designed the generators have done a lot of the hard word for you, including looking at best-seller trends, sentence structures, grammar structure, etc., and they\u2019ve created a giant database of potential book titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to note that many book title generators may specialize in specific genres. If you\u2019re overwhelmed at the generator choices, take a look at the Kindlepreneur article on book title generators in the link below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-check-your-title-selections\">Check Your Title Selections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You may have found a few options for titles that you like, but it\u2019s important to test them out. You can put it through a title scorer or you can test it out online against a similar title or even with different cover designs. This can either be done through a website or within your own social media pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With these tips, you should be able to come up with a title and test it out effectively, giving your book a better chance of having a best-selling title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-resources-referred-to-in-this-episode\">Resources Referred to in this Episode:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Book Marketing Show <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/e24-when-and-how-to-change-your-book-title\/\">When and How to Change Your Book Title<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Steal-Like-Artist-Things-Creative\/dp\/0761169253\">Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon<\/a><\/li><li>Kindlepreneur <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/free-book-title-generator-tools\">Book Title Generators: Free Tools To Help You Pick A Winning Title<\/a><\/li><li>Kindlepreneur <a href=\"https:\/\/kindlepreneur.com\/how-to-title-a-book-with-good-book-titles\/\">How to Title a Book: Making Title That Sell<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pickfu.com\/\">PickFu<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A book title isn\u2019t just something that an author should come up with willy-nilly. To come up with an effective title that will help sell your book, research and testing is needed. As much as you may think the title will just come to you, I can tell you from experience with publishing companies that there\u2019s a process to coming up with one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":16945,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3887,31],"tags":[3878],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Creatively Smart Ways to Come Up With Your Book Title<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Coming up with a new title can be tough. 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