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WRITING MOVING ALONG

BUG-EYED MONSTER

My two-part story, Bug-Eyed Monster is now out with Planetary Stories and getting some darn good reviews, and some rather odd comments about my name! Check this out:

Review of Bug Eyed Monsers:

"I just finished reading, Bug-Eyed Monsters, by Rob Shelsky. It really was like Edmond Hamilton's stories only, I think, it was better. The Bum saved the world, the girl was saved and the… Continue

Added by Rob Shelsky on July 17, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

A Journey of Self Discovery-A Native American Author

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Book Brings Focus on Contemporary Native Americans

“Poneasequa, The Goddess of the Waters is the coming of age story of a contemporary Wampanoag

Somerset, NJ June 29, 2009 – Native Americans are still here. Author Stephanie Duckworth-Elliott lets us know this in her debut Young Adult book, “Poneasequa, The Goddess of the Waters”. The story follows McKenzie Jones, a young girl who is not really into her culture, and her journey to becoming… Continue

Added by stephanie a. duckworth-elliott on July 15, 2009 at 7:13am — No Comments

The New Rules of Marketing & PR

There's a great book, The New Rules of Marketing & PR, which was published a couple of years ago by Publishers Weekly. The author is David Meerman Scott. The traditonal way to marketing and PR is out the window, he says. He talks about things we are already doing on the net, but it sheds light on new things to do when you are a do-it-yourself PR and marketing person in addition to being a writer/author. Check it out.

Added by John Wayne Cargile on July 15, 2009 at 2:51am — No Comments

Our Deepest, Most Sincere Apology!

We at iFOGO.com Owe an Apology

to everyone who visited our 'Landing Page' at iFOGO.com within the past two weeks. Why? Because you have not been able to enjoy the highly praised intro that is now visible to those using Internet Exploder...ah, Explorer (IE).

What we failed to do, which we normally always do, is… Continue

Added by Gene Cartwright on July 13, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Bad Book Marketing-The Writers Mindset

Once again, we’re back with another episode of Bad Book Marketing. This one is about the writers state of mind. Too many writers make the following mistakes and I believe it’s mental:

1)Thinking that marketing is the publishers job.

2) Thinking that it is smart to market after your book has been written.

3) Thinking that marketing and selling are the same thing.

4) Thinking that people are interested in your book.

5) Thinking they come… Continue

Added by ZLS Publishing, LLC on July 9, 2009 at 11:02pm — 2 Comments

Attention all Authors!!!!!!!!!

Are you tired of boring websites to preview your book on?

Well let me introduce the new way of viewing your books online, get your "Preview My Book Webite" today!

Give people more than just a preview of your book. Have them connect with you on Facebook, Twitter, blog, or what ever else that can connect them to you.

Take a look at mines below to see what I am talking about.…

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Added by Gerald Simmons on June 30, 2009 at 11:39am — No Comments

Check me out on Goodreads.com!

Anges et Demons (French edition of Angels and Demons)

Anges et Demons by Dan Brown

My review

The Illuminati, a legendary secret society, plans to destroy the Vatican City with a newly discovered power of… Continue

Added by Ben Furman on June 26, 2009 at 10:54am — No Comments

Marketing books

I have two books that are published and I want to market them. My first book, "Mind Full of Scorpions" is a journey through severe mental illness and my second book is "Daily Meditations With Your Cat" which is an inspirational book centered around sages, saints, sinners, hymn writers, poets, and of course cats. I do not have the money to put into a professional marketing package so I'm looking for inexpensive or fee methods to do some kick ass marketing. I need to generate royalties from my… Continue

Added by Kathy on June 26, 2009 at 7:14am — No Comments

Martketing idea

Are you a published author? Do you belong to a group? Do other published authors belong to the same group? Does your local news media pay any attention to their local authors or just the ones on the best seller list?

Here is what we did in Las Vegas to get some local recognition.

Our paper listed the top ten best sellers in fiction and non-fiction. They did special reports on books by the authors with name recognition such as Bill Clinton; John McCain; you get the idea. First we had a… Continue

Added by Jack Miller on June 19, 2009 at 10:57am — 1 Comment

Twusted Twitter Twools and Twips

Why is everyone talking about Twitter?

Is this just a phase or will this be the next form of interaction to replace our blogs?

Today, many media social networkers are twalking or twyping with a form of speech impediment. But this is no speech impediment…this is the new world of Twitter.

Twitter

Twitter is a VERY popular FREE micro-social network. A service for friends, family, and… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on June 13, 2009 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Writers: join the ‘podding’ revolution

If you’ve written a book and are looking to go in to print, then consider ‘podding’ with a publisher who will show you how to make money-selling books online.

‘Podding’ means teaming up with one of the new breed of ‘print-on-demand’ publishers like DragonCub, who can take a manuscript, edit and format the content quickly and efficiently and have your book ready to print and ship as soon as an order comes in.

Authors can cut… Continue

Added by DragonCub on June 9, 2009 at 5:21am — No Comments

WRITE THAT BOOK

“Procrastination is the ultimate laziness,” said Dr Johnson. He wasn’t kidding. So stop procrastinating and write that book. Plan the story first. Ten chapters should suffice for a short story or novel. More chapters can be added later. Draft a rough outline of each chapter in four to five lines. Only jot down the key elements. This provides a useful starting point to work from.

Develop a sales pitch/blurb to the editor to promote the story. This adds impetus to story writing and… Continue

Added by DragonCub on June 9, 2009 at 5:16am — No Comments

Insiders Guide to Vanity Publishers

Expressions like co-operative publishing, joint venture publishing, subsidy publishing, and self-publishing are misleading to say the least. They all mean the same thing, ‘vanity’ publishing. Yet scores of small publishers advertise their services on the web. Some publishers go to great lengths to conceal from the author, all the costs involved, which suddenly escalate half way through production of a book.

There are good vanity publishers just as there are bad. How does an author… Continue

Added by DragonCub on June 9, 2009 at 5:15am — No Comments

How to sell your book and receive 100% of the sales price

DIY publishing is now considered trendy as opposed to thirty years ago, when mainstream publishers invited new and unknown authors along to preview prospective works.

Assuming an author has X number of books printed either through a vanity publisher or even a small press, the next step is to get the book out there, to be read. Take time to decide the best strategy.

• Identify the target audience, age, income, career and residential location of prospective readers.

•… Continue

Added by DragonCub on June 9, 2009 at 5:12am — No Comments

Five tips to boost your book sales on the web

Instead of stacking rejection slips by touting your manuscript around agents and traditional publishing houses, a podding agreement will let a publisher take your manuscript, edit and format the text ready for firing out paperback or hardback copies as soon as the orders come in.

DragonCub will also help with marketing the book, but because DragonCub cuts the overheads, you earn a bigger royalty on each sale.

You can also help… Continue

Added by DragonCub on June 9, 2009 at 5:07am — No Comments

Another outlet for free publicity

I invite all of you to view my blog, which is dedicated to reviewing books by self-published authors.

We currently have a Page One Contest in the works - which closes today. You can read about it here!

http://theboogle.wordpress.com/category/page-one-contest/

Added by Mark McGinty on June 7, 2009 at 11:22am — No Comments

Meanwhile back at the ranch a thousand miles from Katmandu

Meanwhile back at the Ranch a thousand miles from Kathmandu

So while this week has been my "Book Promotion on a Budget" which I've had a lot of feed back from, and hope has been help to authors.

What else has been going on?

The Radio Shows

My first guest of the week on Tuesday was the… Continue

Added by Storyheart on June 6, 2009 at 4:52pm — No Comments

Authors, are you looking for bookplates you can autograph and mail to readers?

I am often asked about the handy and well-designed bookplates that I mail to people who have bought my books. I've used 2 designs over the years, both from a company called...

Please go to my post on The Write Type to learn more about:

Bookplates: what are they and where can I find them?

~Cheryl Kaye Tardif,
bestselling author

Added by Cheryl Kaye Tardif on June 4, 2009 at 12:04pm — No Comments

25 Ways To Market Your Book On The Internet

This is a list of things that you can do to market your book online. It will be helpful to print it out and tick off a few items each day.

1. Setup a blog

2. Write out a press-release and distribute the press-release (www.prweb.com)

3. Become active on Amazon.com (create a full profile and link to your blog-feed)

4. Create a book-extract (be generous with the number of pages you share - at least 30 pages)

5. Make a book-widget out of your book-extract and use it… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on June 4, 2009 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

New BlogTalkRadio show

After almost two years and 92 shows on BlogTalkRadio, Pete Klein has decided to change the format. The show "The Adirondack Book House" will air for at least 30 min. every Friday, starting, Friday, June 5, at 10 pm EST (daylight time summer season). It could run up to 1 hr. if callers are on the air.

No authors will be scheduled but all authors are invited to call in to promote their books

Any and all are invited to call in and comment about… Continue

Added by Peter F. Klein on May 31, 2009 at 2:01pm — No Comments