Today’s Book Marketing Tip: Cut to the chase with tropes

Thu, 01/08/2026 - 10:25am
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With 2.2 million titles published every year, you've got to cut to the chase.

Readers want to know the who/what/where/when/why on your book’s genre, characters and plot right away. One of the best ways to do that is to create a graphic and give a short list of your book’s tropes (themes). Use TVTropes.org to find yours. See examples in the graphic. 

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