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Winton Churchill Talks About Promoting "Email Marketing"
Book Promo 101 - Learn the Basics of Book Promotion | October 9th 2008 by Nikki Leigh
You have been invited to share your promotional experience with others.Your Name: Winton Churchill1. Where you are from and where are you now? Originally from Miami, Florida and now a vagabond...my business interests mean that I travel quite a bit read more
Firoozeh Dumas
HEAT ON THE PAGE | October 8th 2008 by hotwords
In recent days, I have been blessed by the encouragement of two wonderful writers. Today’s post is about Firoozeh Dumas’ wonderful work. When I first heard Firoozeh interviewed about Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in Ameri read more
Author Spotlight - Shobhan Bantwal
Pamela S Thibodeaux Blog | October 8th 2008 by Pamela S Thibodeaux
Hi Friends,As you know, I've started a new feature this month called Saturday Spotlight where every Saturday I'll spotlight a different author. Multi-published authors may appear several times throughout the year so that each book will receive equal read more
Using Newspapers to Promote your Self-Published Book
Self Publishing Advice | October 6th 2008
There are two diverse tactics for promoting your self-published book: 1) Paying for advertising 2) Acquiring free advertising through press Well, a subset to that second option is this: create press for yourself. How? By writing for the newspaper. Ne read more
Rue de la Pompe: A Satiric Urban Fantasy by James Earle McCracken…
Authors-Books | October 5th 2008
Rue de la Pompe: A Satiric Urban Fantasy by James Earle McCracken Q: Can you please tell us about your book and why you wrote it? A: Rue de la Pompe: A Satiric Urban Fantasy tells the story of Michael Whyte, a 30-year old American who has been living read more
Saturday Spotlight - Cheryl St. John!
Pamela S Thibodeaux Blog | October 4th 2008 by Pamela S Thibodeaux
Well Friends, as promised we're starting our Saturday Spotlight with prolifc author, Cheryl St John and her story A Baby Blue Christmas from The Magic of Christmas Anthology. Enjoy!Excerpted First Chapter of A BABY BLUE CHRISTMASThe Magic of Christma read more
Energizing People of Integrity
Current Events in Books | October 3rd 2008 by Nikki Leigh
ENERGIZING PEOPLE OF INTEGRITYBy Dean Kilmer(Author of “Igniting the Moral Courage of America” Moral Courage Publications) Our integrity has been kidnapped, and we didn’t even notice what happened! The false concept that people of fa read more
Book Marketing Buzz: Book Promotion & Publicity Tips: How to Prom…
Book Marketing Buzz | October 2nd 2008 by Dorothy Thompson
Book Marketing Buzz: Book Promotion & Publicity Tips: How to Promote Your Books is a continuing series to help authors learn how to promote their books. If you would like to be a guest blogger for our book promotion and publicity series, click he read more
Using Ezines to Promote your Self Published Book
Self Publishing Advice | October 2nd 2008
Ezines are a great place to get reviews of your book published. They need content and, as a self-published author, you need reviews - it’s a perfect match! Here is an ezine that actively solicits and reviews POD books (and you can find many oth read more
New Writer's Handbook Offers Inspiration, Advice
Midlist Writer | October 1st 2008 by Sean McLachlan
Back in March I did a post on Embracing the Term Midlister, which has been quoted by a couple of sites as sort of a statement of purpose for this blog. Now it has been published in a slightly altered form in The New Writer's Handbook, Volume 2, publi read more
New Month - New Feature!
Pamela S Thibodeaux Blog | October 1st 2008 by Pamela S Thibodeaux
Wow, is it October already?! How quickly the months have flown by. Days are shorter, nights cooler, colors are changing. Fall is upon us. I know, not "officially" but all the signs of Fall are here :-)And with the changing seasons, I'm making a chang read more
Does Your Novel Have A Bestselling Title?
Midlist Writer | September 29th 2008 by Sean McLachlan
Print-on-demand publisher lulu.com has come up with an interesting Titlescorer to tell you if your title will get your novel onto the bestseller list. They hired a team of statisticians to analyze the titles of the past fifty years of the New York Ti read more
Promoting Your Self-Published Book to Libraries
Self Publishing Advice | September 29th 2008
In the course of promoting and marketing your self-published book, have you pursued libraries yet? Libraries are a great place to conduct readings and a great way to get involved with your community. The contacts you make at your local library may b read more
Merry Christmas!!
Pamela S Thibodeaux Blog | September 29th 2008 by Pamela S Thibodeaux
Yeah, it's a bit early for that, or so you'd think. But walk into ANY store and guess what? Christmas decorations, cards and paper are already on display!Today I'm hosting six authors and their book "A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts". Enjoy! A SCRAPBO read more
The Forbidden Daughter by Shobhan Bantwal
Reviews by Nikki Leigh | September 25th 2008 by Nikki Leigh
I thoroughly enjoyed Shobhan Bantwal's first book, The Dowry Bride. It was well written and the glimpses into Indian culture were fascinating. Learning that paying or not paying a dowry could be a matter of life or death was shocking to me and she ha read more
Using Podcasts to Promote Your Self Published Book
Self Publishing Advice | September 25th 2008
Perhaps you’ve heard about podcasts? These are recorded sessions of either music or talking. Podcasts that focus on books are perfect because they are already written (so you aren’t making something up at the same time you record) and the read more
Virtual Blog Tours & Use Web 2.0 to Sell More Books Part Two
Muze's Musings - Book Promo 101 | September 21st 2008 by Nikki Leigh
Monday September 22 – Susan has written a guest post for http://murderby4.blogspot.com/ Today is the first day of a four day event with Joyce Anthony. Joyce Anthony features information about Susan Wingate and Bobby’s - http://joyceanthony.t read more
Virtual Blog Tours & Use Web 2.0 to Sell More Books Part Two
Virtual Blog Tours with Nikki Leigh | September 21st 2008 by Nikki Leigh
Monday September 22 – Susan has written a guest post for http://murderby4.blogspot.com/ Today is the first day of a four day event with Joyce Anthony. Joyce Anthony features information about Susan Wingate and Bobby’s - http://joyceanthony.t read more
Prepping to Promote
Straight from Hel | September 18th 2008 by Helen Ginger
Earlier this week, I was interviewed by Brooke of Bluestocking Guide. The interview/podcast was about editing, books and all kinds of stuff. You’d think after almost an hour and a half of talking with her (don’t worry, Brooke cut it to a half-hou read more
(Self-Published) Authors Promoting Authors
Self Publishing Advice | September 17th 2008
Here is another opportunity to use your blog to promote your book. Have you heard of Authors Promoting Authors? This is a free promotional service for authors either self-published or published by small presses or independent publishers. Authors P read more
Using a Blog to Promote your Self Published Book
Self Publishing Advice | September 15th 2008
Do you use a blog to promote your self-published book(s)? If not, this is something you may want to consider. If you do, there are many blog directories out there to help you promote your blog. Here are a few to start with: BlogFlux read more
Two Virtual Book Tours & A Free Teleseminar Series Begin Monday S…
Communati.com - Learn to Write & Blog | September 14th 2008 by Mark Whitbeck
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When Opportunity Knocks... Will You Be Ready
Virtual Blog Tours with Nikki Leigh | September 14th 2008 by Nikki Leigh
"When Opportunity Knocks 2.0… Will You Be Ready?" Week One of Four Weeks to Help You Learn to Sell More Books with Web 2.0 Michele Price (owner - A Third Mind and Co-Founder SellMoreBooks.com) and Nikki Leigh (owner - Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours read more
Forgotten by Chelle Cordero
Start at the Beginning | September 13th 2008 by Nikki Leigh
Title: Forgotten Author Name: Chelle CorderoPrologue through Chapter One Prologue He felt his muscles clench as he stared into the woman’s face that lay beneath him. If he hadn’t already felt her trembling, he would have known she reach read more
Hunting The Egret by Bryn Colvin
Judge a Book By It's Cover | September 13th 2008 by Nikki Leigh
Did you design the cover?I very much wanted an egret on the cover, but the layout was entirely Tom Brown’s work. Did you get to give any input about the cover design? I didn’t need to once it was under way - other than reminding Tom which read more
The No Complaining Rule by Jon Gordon
Judge a Book By It's Cover | September 13th 2008 by Nikki Leigh
1) Did you design the cover? No2) Did the publisher design the cover?Yes, my publisher designed it.3) Did you give input?We were given four different choices to decide upon, but we liked the energy meter on the front.4) Is there an interesting story read more
In Detail with Susan Wingate
In Detail with Nikki Leigh | September 13th 2008 by Nikki Leigh
We kick off Susan Wingate's virtual book tour with her visit In Detail with Nikki Leigh. Let's see what Susan wants to share with us...Tell us the book title and your author name.The title of my latest release is “Bobby’s Diner” and I’ve used read more
Full Body Orgasm - Author Interview - Oscar Naval
Paperback Writer | September 10th 2008 by Rebecca
Paperback Writer welcomes our author for today Oscar Naval, author of the Personal Growth / Mind-Body-Spirit book, Full Body Orgasm: Your Energy to Love, Health, Wealth and Happiness on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Yo read more
Using Amazon Search Suggestions to Promote your Self Published Bo…
Self Publishing Advice | September 8th 2008
If you are a self-published author, hopefully you have signed up for an Amazon Connect account. If not, you can do it now by going here: www.amazon.com/connect. I am going to share 2 suggestions with you about how to use Amazon to your advantage. Y read more
Clever Video Comic Book Promotion :: Johnny Bunko
infopinions? | September 6th 2008
Kevin Dugan, of the Strategic Public Relations blog, recently shared the following videos via FriendFeed, a social network sharing tool. (Students, check out FriendFeed.) Both are good examples of video used in creative and compelling ways. The Jo read more
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