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Jun.12.2011
Tired of sitting alone at your computer, trying to figure out how to get your writing out there? Bookhitch's latest issue contains this article - verbatim - about associations that might help.
Marketing Through Associations
Associations provide a sense of community for a group of people that...
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Jun.04.2011
There is a conspiracy going on in publishing and has to do with the reluctance, nay, the determination not to embrace digital technology.
Publishers price ebooks nearly as high as hard cover books. The thinking would appear to be publishers are determined to get more money for the writer. That is...
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Jun.02.2011
It takes time to get a good marketing roll going, and this is the next step. Don't be fooled. It also takes money to get a marketing roll going. In the end, though, it is up to the author and the book to keep the readers' interest. Here's hoping the interest continues for Among Women. It's not your...
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May.31.2011
What Amazon is doing is a carefully and cleverly structured cabal in an attempt to control the industry through their vast resources as a development of their own megalomania. With the demise of more and more retailers, small publishers, et al, Amazon will be the only place to get one's work into...
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May.15.2011
I'm going to write about the book launch and signing of Leaving the Hall Light On in three parts: Preparation, The Actual Event, and Lessons Learned.
Part One: Preparation
I think the worst part of the preparation stage was waiting for the book signing to happen. I booked it for the first Thursday...
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May.15.2011
Today is my new novel's publishing day, so I thought I'd write about the marketing it took to get here.
I won’t bullshit you. The publishing industry is changing fast, and what to do is confusing. Like a bar magnet, the industry has two strong poles: traditional publishing and self-publishing. If...
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May.06.2011
Following Michael Jackson's death in 2009, I wrote a series of blogs and articles to which thousands of websites--and more like two million where one article was concerned-- linked or simply "picked up" to add quality content to themed pages studded with ads. Most of the time, I was happy...
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Apr.22.2011
Everyone offers advice on how to get published and how to market and network and it's beginning to get a little confusing. Use Twitter and Facebook to talk about your book. Don't talk about your book so much on Twitter and Facebook. Be interesting, but not too interesting. Don't let everyone see...
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Apr.04.2011
Everyone is talking about Amanda Hocking and her $2 million deal with St. Martin's Press. The news has even reached Europe and the United Kingdom, and everyone has advice for her.
In a recent post by Alan Rinzler in his blog The Book Deal agents and writers offer their advice and opinions on what...
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Mar.30.2011
A lot goes into publishing a book, and self-publishing, if it's going to be done right, and that means knowing the extent of strengths and weaknesses. My strengths include a good sense of artistic design and writing books. My weaknesses are more on the publicity, marketing and writing synopses side...
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