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My guest post on Joe Wikert's Kindleville blog -- Why I pulled my Kindle edition

Joe Wikert asked me to doa gurst post for his blog about Amazon Kindle; Here's the link.

http://kindleville.blogspot.com/2009/11/francis-hamit-authors-point-of-view.html

Added by Francis Hamit on November 2, 2009 at 3:38pm — No Comments

A Book and a Chat with "Lillian Brummet"

"Purple Snowflake Marketing - How To Make Your Book Stand Out In A Crowd" has become a must have reference guide for self-marketing authors who want to be noticed in a snowstorm of writers.

I previous had Lillain Brummet as my guest on "A Book and a Chat" back in May…

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Added by Storyheart on September 12, 2009 at 4:33pm — No Comments

#1 Marketing Tool for Authors

There exists a marketing tool that grabs your readers’ attention and sends them straight to the bookstore.

A well-made book video is the #1 marketing tool for authors today.

See for yourself. Watch this powerful Book Video:

Introducing Misty Taggart – A Hollywood Screenwriter who brings over 20 years of experience to each Book Video, Misty produces Book Videos at TRAILER TO THE… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on September 2, 2009 at 10:56pm — No Comments

Here's A Chance To Help Create Your Own Viral Book Marketing Tool

BookBuzzr's latest newsletter is out and it is filled with new features that will help authors market books with more ease. BookBuzzr can take your book viral and all you have to do for this is use it.

Help us give you the best tool to market you books to their full potential. Take our
survey and tell us what you want.

Added by Freya R on September 2, 2009 at 9:15am — No Comments

How to Market Your Book in Your Email Signature

As an author your email signature is a fantastic place to distinguish yourself and stand-out from the crowd of emails that your recipients receive. In fact, it's an excellent way to unobtrusively market your book to all your email recipients. Let's do the math about the size of this marketing opportunity ... if you send an average of 10 emails a day you've got over 300 opportunities a month to tell your email recipients (clients, coworkers, friends, family and vendors) about your… Continue

Added by Freya R on August 31, 2009 at 9:17am — No Comments

Trumpet Blaring News and Helpful Links

I’m going to start today’s blog with a just a little piece blowing my own trumpet.

Yesterday my book “Across the Pond” reached the BIG 100 reviews status on Amazon

I am so pleased that that many people have taken time not only to read my book, but to review it as well.…

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Added by Storyheart on August 25, 2009 at 3:02pm — No Comments

Dan Holloway Says, "Bookbuzzr is the Best Widget I've Ever Found on the Web"!

Today we were absolutely thrilled by a comment made by noted novelist and champion of the Free e-Day movement - Dan Holloway in his blog.

In the entry Dan says, "not only do they care about writers - they listen to writers. They respond swiftly to feedback - they will even try to make changes. They actually want to give writers a tool that works for them. And they've succeeded. Bookbuzzr… Continue

Added by Freya R on August 24, 2009 at 8:17am — No Comments

Marketing BookBuzzr - A Book Marketing Technology/Site

A few weeks ago, we had an email interaction with Henry at SelfPublishingReview.com, who made a very valuable suggestion for improving the user interface and readability of BookBuzzr on Mac systems. When we made the fix, Henry suggested that we write a guest post about running a book-marketing site.

Here is our guest post on SelfPublishingReview.com

Added by Freya R on August 12, 2009 at 5:11am — No Comments

How To Automate Marketing Your Book on Twitter With BookBuzzr

We're excited to make some major feature releases today. These features relate to Twitter. The idea is to help authors market their books on Twitter with a large degree of automation (and without annoying the Followers of the authors :))

If you are a new or existing author on BookBuzzr, this instruction guide should help you add in your Twitter details and start marketing your book on Twitter.…

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Added by Freya R on August 6, 2009 at 5:54am — No Comments

How to Tweet Your Book on Twitter (BookBuzzr)

By now, you probably know that Twitter can be a fantastic tool to generate massive traffic, build your author platform and sell more books. Jack Armstrong, author of the deeply moving book - Lessons From the Source - sent in an email asking me how he or his fans could tweet his book on Twitter. So we decided to put up this quick tutorial to help Jack and others who may have this query regarding BookBuzzr. Please note that we have a number of new twitter features planned in the coming two weeks… Continue

Added by Freya R on July 24, 2009 at 4:44am — 2 Comments

A Book and a Chat with "I heart monster"

On tonight's "Book and a Chat" my very special guest "Iheartmonster"

Listen and enjoy thirty minutes of enjoyable chat as Storyheart and Shesten better known as "Iheartmonster" discuss about her blog, YA writing, authors, Zumba and even her own language.…

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Added by Storyheart on June 16, 2009 at 6:15pm — No Comments

Author Q&A: Lora Deeprose "The Still Life of Hannah Morgan"

“The longer you choose to play it safe, the more miserable your life will become. The universe rewards risk my dear; you know what you need to do.”

This week’s author is Lora Deeprose.

Lora Deeprose is the author of The Still Life of Hannah Morgan, an engaging romance novel published available…

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Added by Diana Cacy Hawkins on June 11, 2009 at 9:13pm — No Comments

The Review High, Helps Writers Get By

What writer's heart does not beat a little faster, who's chest does not swell that little bit with pride when the receive a review. More so a review stating how much a person has enjoyed their work.

The review might come in many forms. A report on Amazon, an email, a comment on a blog or a kind word during a radio show.

Each in it's own way… Continue

Added by Storyheart on June 11, 2009 at 4:39pm — No Comments

BOOK PROMOTION ON A BUDGET - Part 5

Final part of this five day blog to try and help authors and share some of the many things I've learned and wished I’d known before I started out on the published authors trail.

VISIT: http://acrossthepond-storyheart.blogspot.com

To read and I hope learn from today's PART 5 of REVIEWS AND TIPS

Barry Eva… Continue

Added by Storyheart on June 5, 2009 at 3:51pm — No Comments

BOOK PROMOTION ON A BUDGET - Part 3

Part three of this five day blog to try and help authors and share some of the many things I've learned and wished I’d known before I started out on the published authors trail.

VISIT: http://acrossthepond-storyheart.blogspot.com

To read and I hope learn from today's PART 3 of BOOK PROMOTION ON A BUDGET

Barry Eva… Continue

Added by Storyheart on June 3, 2009 at 12:25pm — No Comments

BOOK PROMOTION ON A BUDGET - Part 2

Part two of this five day blog to try and help authors and share some of the many things I've learned and wished I’d known before I started out on the published authors trail.

VISIT: http://acrossthepond-storyheart.blogspot.com

To read and I hope learn from today's PART 2 of BOOK PROMOTION ON A BUDGET

Barry Eva… Continue

Added by Storyheart on June 2, 2009 at 2:02pm — No Comments

BOOK PROMOTION ON A BUDGET

Part one of this five day blog to try and help authors and share some of the many things I've learned and wished I’d known before I started out on the published authors trail.

VISIT: http://acrossthepond-storyheart.blogspot.com

To read and I hope learn from today's PART 1 of BOOK PROMOTION ON A BUDGET

Barry Eva… Continue

Added by Storyheart on June 1, 2009 at 2:06pm — No Comments

Want to know more about promoting and marketing?

Please, come check out my blog and read my interviews from NouveauWriter—Laura Fabiana, and Writers and Authors—Jo Lindsell

> How long have you been writing?

> In your opinion, how has the publishing industry changed and how has this affected authors?

> How important is marketing one’s book today?

> How has the Internet changed marketing authors and their books?

> Do traditionally… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on April 3, 2009 at 8:15pm — 2 Comments

PREMIUM PROMOTIONAL SERVICES

CALLING ALL WRITERS: “YOU WRITE - WE PROMOTE”

PREMIUM PROMOTIONAL SERVICES is the solution to ALL your marketing and promotional needs.

Contact (pending March 2, 2009): http://www.premiumpromotions.blogspot.com

Looking for a fresh approach from a new Internet Promotional Marketer?

How do you feel about exposing you and your book(s) to over a BILLION viewers online?

“You Write - We Promote” at PREMIUM PROMOTIONAL SERVICES.

Jo-Anne… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on February 26, 2009 at 5:16pm — No Comments

Contest for Self Published Authors

Vista Designworks will be holding a drawing for a custom book cover design for any self published author. Winner will be selected 4/17/09. In order to be considered, please send an email to contest[at]vistanow.net containing book theme, description, trim size and page count.

If you’d like to get a free quote about marketing your work, Self Publishing: Book cover design and page layout, contact Vista Designworks.

Vista… Continue

Added by Kira Bailey | Project Manager for Vista Designworks Page on January 30, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments