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By Author: Stephanie J Hale
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The legendary bookseller, E. Haldeman-Julius was one of the biggest publishing sensations of all time. He sold over a 100 million books during the 1920s - which is an eye-watering amount of sales by anyone's standards.

In all, he published around 2,000 titles as part of a series called Little Blue Books. What's particularly interesting is that all the books were packaged in a similar way. They all had blue covers and there was little to distinguish them.

No sales copy was used to promote them. This meant that buyers' decisions were based mainly on the titles.

Thankfully for us, Haldeman-Julius kept detailed records of all his book sales. There's a lot we can learn from his records:

o How to Improve Your Conversation sold 77,000 copies, while The Romance of Words appealed to just 10,500 readers.

o The Art of Kissing sold 60,500 copies, whereas The Art of Courtship sold 17,500.

o Modern Aspects of Birth Control sold 73,000 copies. Debate on Birth Control sold only 27,000.

o How to Psycho Analyse Yourself sold 29,000 copies, whereas How I Psycho Analysed Myself sold only ...
... 13,500 copies.

From these non-fiction titles, we can see that specifics such as 'kissing' win out over broader generic terms such as 'courtship'.

Readers respond well to 'how to...' messages which tell them exactly what they will learn.

They also get hooked in by use of the second-person (you, yourself). This is the WIFM (What's In It For Me?") principle at work.

Formal words like 'debate' have a lesser appeal than more ordinary words and phrases.

Without doubt, there will be other factors at work such as the readership targeted and the customer database. However, there can be little doubt that a title is your number one tool for getting people to buy your book.

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