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June 2009 Blog Posts (224)

Hooked on Reading

Find out about a new blog site for kids called Hooked on Reading at
http://booksandboys.blogspot.com

Max Elliot Anderson

Added by Max Elliot Anderson on June 23, 2009 at 10:01am — No Comments

Your Book Is Judged by Its Cover — 7 Tips for Effective Internet Book Selling

Books have always been judged by their covers. In a bookstore you look at the cover first, then turn over the book to read the back cover. Or maybe you next read the inside front and back flap covers of a hardcover book.

Now, though, many of us judge a book by first seeing it on the Internet — even if we ultimately buy the book in a bookstore using a 30% off coupon.

And on the Internet, especially on Amazon, the book cover is a tiny thing. And, yes, many books on Amazon… Continue

Added by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on June 23, 2009 at 9:43am — No Comments

How Authors Can Use Their Books as the Basis for an Internet Business

Whether you have a fiction or nonfiction book, there’s a lot more gold in that tome than you may realize.

Let me show you what I mean:

We’ll start with a nonfiction book we’ll call 15 WAYS TO START AN ONLINE BUSINESS. And we’ll agree that:

• The book has been published (whether from a traditional publisher or self-published doesn’t matter).

• Each of the 15 ways has an individual chapter.

• You have a website for your book.

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Added by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on June 23, 2009 at 9:23am — 1 Comment

KILLER INSTINCT by Joseph Finder

Authors - get your own page-turning book-previewing book widget at www.freado.com and share your book-extract on over 60 networks such as Facebook, Digg… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on June 23, 2009 at 8:21am — No Comments

Learning Internet Marketing Strategies by Shane Kendrick

Authors - get your own page-turning book-previewing book widget at www.freado.com and share your book-extract on over 60 networks such as Facebook, Digg… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on June 23, 2009 at 8:19am — No Comments

Market My Novel Quickguide To Publicists by Angela Wilson

Authors - get your own page-turning book-previewing book widget at www.freado.com and share your book-extract on over 60 networks such as Facebook, Digg… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on June 23, 2009 at 8:16am — No Comments

Boy, does he smell!

Saturday was Animal Kingdom day at Disney for us. The best part was that the trip was great for my figure. I must have lost a few pounds in the scorching heat! So what does one do when it’s so blistering hot? What else, you get a crispy funnel cake sprinkled with powdered sugar and enjoy it to the fullest.

I know, I know, crazy…but sometimes we need to do nutty things. We munched on that sweet treat and headed to the bird show.

“Okay, everybody,” the bird trainer said.… Continue

Added by Janet Perez Eckles on June 23, 2009 at 7:44am — No Comments

Are there enough Pirates in your life, matey?

Today I'm at paranormal author Diana Rubino's Blog shooting the breeze and making stuff up. Come over for some fun and a chance to win a signed copy of PLEASURING… Continue

Added by Emily Bryan on June 23, 2009 at 6:16am — No Comments

Book Reader Statistics

Women purchase 65 percent of books.

Source: Business Intelligence for R.R. Bowker.

Added by Bill Frank on June 23, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

Not one, but TWO more 5 star reviews for 'A Study in Red'

I'm over the moon to be able to report two more fantastic reader reviews for 'A Study in Red' on the site of Amazon.com These come just as the edits for 'Legacy of the Ripper' the sequel to the first book have been completed. I'm really grateful that people are still reading and enjoying the book and taking the time to add their own thoughts on it in this way. Here are the… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on June 23, 2009 at 1:19am — No Comments

Life Is A Game

TITLE: Life Is A Game

AUTHOR: Jim Copeland

PUBLISHER: Living Waters Publishing Company http://www.livingwaterspc.com

GENRE: Inspirational

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9780981453279

“Your dreams will never be greater than your reach.” -from Life Is A Game.

Written in down to earth language ‘Life Is A Game’ inspires a person (young or old) to follow their dreams and use their God given… Continue

Added by Deb Hockenberry on June 22, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Mr Nobody

As a child, my family lived next door to a family who had a little girl around my age. I was elated! A “built-in best friend” was as close as 20 paces away! To my delight, our bedroom windows faced each other which allowed us to talk even though we were both at home!

I often wondered about my…

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Added by Tamera E Lawrence on June 22, 2009 at 4:04pm — 1 Comment

Strange Neighbors and How They Can Affect Your Home Life

We’ve all been there…either you tour one of the apartment homes or you go house-hunting and see the “perfect home” for you or your family. Then you run, not walk to pay the deposit, earnest money, whatever is required to secure the home of your dreams.

Everything appears to be all that you imagined and more. As… Continue

Added by Tamera E Lawrence on June 22, 2009 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

An Interview with Amelia "Book Junkie"

As anybody who has read me reviews interviews or heard my comments on either my own radio program or where I have been a guest, you will know I am a great believer in what I call the "Small Blogger". These are the people who read, write and live books are "The 'sham wow' of Teen/YA literature".

What is your… Continue

Added by Storyheart on June 22, 2009 at 2:22pm — No Comments

Working My Passion, Praising God, and Building a Network of Christian Authors

A few years ago if anyone had told me that I would be coordinating a tour of christian fiction and non-ficiton authors I would have probably laughed. Like Sarah in the Bible, I would have thought about my limited resources and all of the other lacks in my life, and I would have doubted such a possibility.

Well, here I am in 2009 having the time of my life coordinating Voices of…

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Added by Lynn Pinder on June 22, 2009 at 1:56pm — No Comments

Can You Really Go Home Again?

Most people have fond memories of their childhood. However, there are some that the thought of remembering or re-living these memories is simply horrific. What if you remember a wonderful childhood full of wonderful memories and find out as an adult that some memories were repressed or confused with other events?…

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Added by Tamera E Lawrence on June 22, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

WHAT HAPPENED IN VEGAS

Hi all. Just got in from the Vegas Public Safety Writers conference, very intense. Great conference, group doubled in size. Forensic handwriting expert, fingerprint expert, Oak Tree Press publisher, Betty Webb, marketing advice, much more. I hope other PSWA members chime in and add to this report. Anyone out there with a police, fireman, deputy, paramedic, any connection to Public Safety, this is a group you should become part of. Excellent sources for info for our novels. Great promotion,… Continue

Added by Sunny Frazier on June 22, 2009 at 1:19pm — No Comments

Book Reader Statistics

58 percent of readers are women; 42 percent are men.

Source: Business Intelligence for R.R. Bowker.

Added by Bill Frank on June 22, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

sweet melodies

How sweet melodies,
arcane messengers,
fly in the sky your words.
They run in the air light,
they cross endless spaces,
boundless blue seas,
they penetrate in my veins,
they flow slow in my blood,
they reach the sure landing of my heart,
where they will stay graven for the eternity.

Added by aniger on June 21, 2009 at 4:28pm — No Comments

Winter Cold and Snow Can Bring Fun....... Danger too!

If you live in an area where winter cold brings ice and snow onto our lakes and ponds, you think of the fun of ice skating, ice fishing, ice hockey and the feeling you get walking across a frozen pond.

Unfortunately, along with the fun, you are also well… Continue

Added by Tamera E Lawrence on June 21, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments