All Blog Posts Tagged 'marketing' (460)

AtContent.com

Anyone who reposts links to your books from this site will be renumerated if someone buys from their link.  Interesting concept to apply to book marketing.  I've signed up and already I've noticed that impressions are tracked almost in realtime!  

Check it out.

One thing that I often suggest to authors, who are casting about for things to blog about, is that they write about what is happening in the news. 

Current events capture the nations’ attention. They have the power to take each of us out of our daily routine and momentarily distract us from the report that our boss is waiting for, or the laundry that needs to be washed.

Do you find that you often step of your day to stop, or search the Internet for…

The minute your book is up on Amazon you should add it to your email signature. What is an email signature? It is the part of the email that goes after your name at the end of the email. 

The reason that you want to make your that you have your email signature set up properly, is that it makes it super easy for anyone that receives an email from you to learn more about your book, and maybe even (fingers crossed) buy a copy!

Your signature can and should be a very…

by Sherrie Wilkolaski

Of the three browsers I regularly have open on my laptop, there are always at least 2-3 tabs dedicated to a page on Amazon, for one reason or another.  Perhaps I’m…

Are you --

• a novice writer wanting to learn more about the publishing industry?

• or a seasoned author wanting to know more about ebooks and how they differ from printed books?

• baffled or intimidated by social media?

• the author of a new book who needs marketing help for your title?

• clueless about where to start when it comes to mobile web, apps and interactive…

The bane of a writer's existence is the amount of time spent marketing her book. It takes time away from writing and can be a daunting task for someone who isn't technologically astute. Lots of people find it difficult to market yourself, which is what a writer must do to become known to readers. I finally bit the bullet and hired The World of Ink to do a two-week public relations on-line tour. They know the blog sites and where the on-line market is for my books. I will be posting a daily…

The Hunger Games Festival on Freado.com is an online book festival for fans of the Hunger Games trilogy with over 30 prizes to be won in 21 days. The festival is being conducted by BookBuzzr to draw the attention of fans of the …

What is it?

An online book festival for fans of the Hunger Games trilogy with over 30 prizes to be won in 21 days. If you are a BookBuzzr Pro…

I've recently posted a blog post on 101 Ways to Blog as a Book Author - including book marketing tips

for novelists, nonfiction authors, children's authors, memoir writers, and more.

Great content. Check it out here:…

I hate that question.  I bet if you were to interview as many authors as you could (me included), you would find that one of those authors absolutely HATES interviews.  And, if you haven't figured it out by now, I am that author.

Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't want to get the word out about my latest…

They say the easy part is writing the book.  (I might beg to differ with that) Now, post novel, the author must bring out every nuance of their book to make it absolutely impossible to resist to their potential customers.

Easier said than done, my friends.  I've held this story…

2D Vs 3D Images

You Decide.…

Here is your chance to distribute your books!...I’m taking advantage of this…shouldn’t you?

“Back to the Books”, a soon to be opened (March 15) boutique coffee/book store located in the shadow of Pikes Peak in beautiful downtown Manitou Springs, Colorado wants your books NOW. This is a trendy, liberal, tourist town that is visited by several…

Self Promotion.

The topic of promoting oneself brings to mind several aspects and related personalities of the past. There must be a huge ego thing with politicians for their self promotions which is not denied and which is a way of life for them. It could also be true for rock stars and others in the entertainment business. In the writing and publishing business, just look at the giants from the large presses and literature world. Where are the centers? They are: New York City,…

R.C. Allen Jr.'s "The Funeral Writer" is now on sale at Amazon.com

The story surrounds Richie Keenan, columnist for The Eagle. As a feature writer, he frequents funerals all week, secretly documenting the bizarre events that take place and the unusual people who attend. He writes under the alias of Mitch Ford, but he struggles to keep his identity a secret as his column gains popularity. 

In his humorous yet contemplative novel, R.C. Allen Jr. manages to blend…

Taste and See First Chapters  by Lorilyn Roberts is an anthology of written work, or as the subtitle reads ‘A Sampling by John 3:16 Marketing Network Authors ‘. In the book there are over sixty entries – everything from various fiction genres to self help to devotionals and even poetry. It is literally a smorgasbord of Christian writing that is…

Christmas Gift 2011

Volume One

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Querying with PixApple? Really?

 

Yes, you read correctly. I have always subscribed to the dictum that familiarity breeds contempt (more often than not). So, with that in mind, I've decided to take a novel (pun intended) approach to querying a few agents regarding my recent novel (eBook)…