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Creating Web Traffic with Video
You may already know that video drives traffic now to websites & blogs better than any other content. But if you don't have a sophisticated camera on your cell phone or a webcam, how do you make the video?Check out the video that leads into this pos...
Publisher\'s Weekly Contest: A Savage Wisdom
The only woman in history to be executed in Louisiana's electric chair met her demise this month 67 years ago. To mark the occasion, award-winning author Norman German is giving away a copy of his novel, A Savage Wisdom based on her life to readers...
The 2009 Will Rogers Medallion Awards
[Photo of Bob Fussell (left)accepting Will Rogers Medallion Award] The Will Rogers Medallion Awards are presented each year to books & films that represent an outstanding achievement in the publishing of Western Literature and Film. These books and f...
Audio Book Giveaway: Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History
Tom DeWolf says there is “no time like the present” for meaningful conversations about diversity, tolerance, and justice in the U.S. Although some of us may feel that way too, DeWolf published a book about it.Inheriting the Trade is a memoir abo...
Mistakes of First Time Authors
On her blog today, Publisher Dana Smith posted my popular article on the most common mistakes that first time authors make with their books.Click on the title of this blog post to view the article.-Stephanie Barko, Literary Publiicist...
Texas Book Marketing Handbook
The Texas Book Marketing Handbook is now available at http://bookmarketingmaven.typepad.com/texas.See page 133 for my tips on acquiring print media attention. Packed with practical advice and resources, the Texas Book Marketing Handbook includes comp...

