Mamie Sanders

Mamie Sanders – Marketer

Customer-focused and strategy-driven digital marketer with 10 years of experience at Abrams Books and Simon and Schuster.

Overview

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Thanks for taking a look at my profile! I welcome the chance to work with you and would be excited to bring something fresh and innovative to the promotion of your book. I help authors market their books with smart, thoughtful digital strategies that connect their work with the right readers, all without unnecessary overwhelm.

I have a background in leading digital marketing initiatives at major book publishing houses, giving me a strong understanding of how books are positioned, promoted, and discovered online. I started my career at Gallery Books before joining ABRAMS, where I built the company's digital marketing department and strategy from the ground up. During my time there, I managed digital marketing and advertising campaigns for a variety of titles and worked closely with a roster of 60+ authors each year.

I now work independently with authors to develop tailored marketing plans, manage advertising campaigns, and provide strategic guidance across social media, giveaways, newsletters, and major reader discovery and retail platforms.

Some of the ways I can help include:

• Digital Marketing Strategy: Creating a marketing strategy and rollout timeline based on your book, goals, audience, and budget.

• Market Research: Researching your target audience, positioning, keywords, comparable titles and authors, and relevant media opportunities.

• Paid Media: Planning, managing, and optimizing digital advertising campaigns across platforms like Amazon and social media, as well as reader discovery platforms and media partnerships.

• Social Media Strategy: Helping you develop a realistic social media plan, with content ideas, timelines, platform-specific guidance, and support for influencer and community outreach.

• Giveaways and Reader Outreach: Planning and managing giveaway campaigns on reader-focused platforms, including recommendations on timing, format, and scale.

• Website and Newsletter Consulting: Providing practical recommendations for strengthening your author website and newsletter, including website audits, content ideas, and list growth.

My work is grounded in clear strategy and collaboration, with a focus on realistic, flexible support throughout the marketing process. Some authors need help in one specific area, while others prefer ongoing support throughout a launch. If you're unsure where to start, we can talk through what will be most helpful for your goals.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits Entertainment Home & Garden
Fiction
Comics & Graphic Novels Romance

Work experience

Self-employed

Aug, 2023 — Present
Supporting authors and small businesses, especially in the areas of digital marketing and social media strategy, paid media, and community outreach

ABRAMS Books

Jun, 2015 — Jun, 2023 (about 8 years)
Senior Manager (January 2021-June 2023) Manager (January 2017-January 2021) Associate (June 2015-January 2017) Ran the digital marketing department; Conceptualized and executed all digital marketing plans

Simon & Schuster

May, 2013 — May, 2015 (almost 2 years)
Marketing Coordinator (April 2015-May 2015) Marketing Assistant (May 2013-March 2015) Assistant to the Gallery Books marketing team; Managed their social media platform, did bookseller and book club outreach, and created marketing materials.

HarperCollins Publishers

May, 2012 — Aug, 2012 (2 months)
Organized mailings, did social media outreach, and completed title-based research for the William Morrow imprint

Simon & Schuster

May, 2011 — Aug, 2011 (2 months)
Organized mailings, submitted regional advertising campaigns, and ran reports for the director of trade marketing

Projects

"Beautiful" Series

As an assistant at Gallery Books, I worked to support the team that launched the bestselling romance series by Christina Lauren. My efforts included planning and running Goodreads giveaways, creating content for the books for our in-house romance blog XOXO After Dark, including the series in mailings to influencer group The XOXperts, and marketing the books through our company and third party newsletters.

Don't Text Your Ex Happy Birthday Marketing Campaign

We teamed up with the author to create an integrated marketing campaign, which included an incentivized pre-order campaign, an extensive roll-out timeline on the author's social media channels, an influencer mailing to all of his well-known friends, and advertising on Facebook and Amazon. The Facebook advertising got over 46K impressions, 2,500 link clicks, 479 likes, and 54 shares. The Amazon sponsored product advertising got over 800K impressions and 3,300 clicks, and sold over 500 copies of the book. This book was a USA Today bestseller!

Surely Books Ad Campaign for Launch

Ran an extensive display ad campaign for the launch of LGBTQIA imprint Surely Books, timed with Pride Month. It targeted comic book, graphic novel, and manga readers, as well as LGBTQ+ advocates. Traits and behaviors included sci-fi and fantasy readers, YA readers, Comic-Con fans, and those with a strong interest in nerd culture. The campaign also utilized our geo-targeting to reach these readers out in the real world. Ads were served to qualified readers who were actively shopping in, or who had recently visited, comic book stores or Barnes & Noble retailers.

The native and banner ads finished at a .20% CTR, while the geo-targeted portion finished at a .22% CTR! The ads ran on top sites including NY Times, Comicbook, Bleeding Cool, Books and Bao, Den of Geek, Advocate, LGBTQ Reads, Advocate, Pink News, Nerdist, Comic Book Movie, and more!

Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast: The Book

Worked closely with author, podcaster, and comedian Scott Aukerman and his team to run a strategic marketing campaign for Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast: The Book. It involved a social media timeline for posting, social media collaborations with retailers, advertisements on his podcast network, Amazon advertising, and mailings to contributors and key influencers. The book landed at #4 on the Advice, How-To, and Misc. NYT bestseller list!

ABRAMS Dinner Party

I created and ran an in-house influencer program for all of our food and drink titles for the last 6 years, in which over 50 micro-influencers (1K-10K followers each) shared on their channels for each title. I recruited a new group of influencers each year.

Mamie has 32 reviews

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Liza L.

Liza L.

Sep, 2026

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Mamie has simplified the process of marketing and made the process a lot less intimidating. When I was first seeking out a professional to assist me, I was afraid I would have to do it in a way I wasn't comfortable with yet at that time, but I never once felt pushed into any avenue that I didn't ...
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Arsheeya M.

Arsheeya M.

Aug, 2026

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Mamie was amazing. She is very experienced and knows what she is doing. she was also very flexible with what she agreed to work with me on. I wasn't sure about certain aspects of a marketing plan and she let me pick and choose what I felt was highest yield for me. I would definitely work with Mam...
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Joshua R.

Joshua R.

Apr, 2024

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Mamie was a pleasure to work with. She was responsive and timely and offered multiple options for creative advertising. She helped put together lists of keywords, giveaway tactics, focus areas, and advertising plans. There were some random speedbumps here and there with the launch of the book and...
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Walter M.

Walter M.

Jun, 2026

She is very helpful, communicative, and helps you get multiple sources to help market your idea.
Jane N.

Jane N.

May, 2026

Super knowledgeable and so easy to work with! Would definitely recommend!

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