promotion
March 9, 2010
- Whether this helps (or hinders) anyone, I can't know. But it is a brief insight to today's marketing. Me - I'd rather let the publisher do the work. How to Design a Book Cover: 6 Hours of Work in 2 Minute VideoBy Jason Boog on Mar 08, 2010 02:23 PM So you think you can design a book cover? Just push play above to watch the six-hour process unfold at superspeed.Orbit Books creative ...
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March 7, 2010
- READ AN EBOOK WEEK promotion starts today (running from March 7-13). Two of my titles (Dragged into Darkness and Working Stiffs) are are 50% off and all my former Writer's Digest articles are free during the promotion. Just use coupon code RAE50 at checkout time. http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/SimonWood
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February 17, 2010
- I've talked to a bunch of a Authors from time to time concerning book signing. Most seem to indicate that it's a waste of gas and time and if you are lucky you may sell 20 books. That selling out of the car trunk and storing books in the garage is the result. That all books are not marketed the same. That as a consequence you have to find a marketing and promotion niche to get the job ...
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February 17, 2010
- This post first appeared as a guest blog on Paula Margulies' "Helpful Tips for Book Promotion." Last fall I got a long-awaited email from writer Roberta Gately: “I sold my book!” Her novel “Lipstick in Afghanistan” (which I’d edited, early on) will be published in October 2010. We exchanged squeals of glee, and then she asked if she should hire her own publicist. ...
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February 4, 2010
- I'm not sure how Kafka would react to this. He was, for want of a better description, a Homeopath. He, admittedly, mixed this natural health way of life with his own ideas. For instances, he believed one should only drink raw milk. It is thought he contracted his fatal tuberculosis form doing this. So, he would be adverse to cigarette smoking. But, he would be attracted to this concept of ...
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February 1, 2010
- The other day I wrote a post about author J.D. Salinger's death for my Jewish Issues Examiner column, but I didn't think too much about what his passing on January 17, 2010, meant to me as a writer. Then, today I happened upon author Mitch Albom's column in the Jewish Word Review. (If you recall, Albom wrote Tuesday's with Morrie.) His words got me thinking.While today ...
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January 30, 2010
- If the publishing industry is to survive, it has to promote it's products (books and authors) and its brands (imprints -- and again, authors). That's the wave of the future.And the eBook -- the fastest growing distribution method in the publishing industry -- ia taking us there, at warp speed. Sure, technology is the lead horse, but shouldn't publishing houses be grab the reins -- and the ...
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January 21, 2010
- A lengthy discussion with savvy science fiction writer Kay Kenyon (www.kaykenyon.com) has reminded me just how hard it is to stay ahead of the game these days. If there ever was a day when an author could keep her head down and just write her books, I greatly fear me it has passed! Kay is a whiz at keeping up with what's new and what's working, and I was practically taking notes as she threw ...
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January 20, 2010
- An important task for many writers is marketing themselves and their books. This cannot be left solely to the publisher who has a whole range of books to promote and usually across many genres. In the larger publishing houses there are publicists whose responsibility it is to help promote certain authors, who are usually the 'bigger named' authors, (the A list) or those who have been given a ...
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January 15, 2010
- Auction to be a character in CONCRETE SAVIOR goes up tomorrow! Be a HIGHBORN fan at http://tinyurl.com/y9cswxk and stay informed!
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