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I highly recommend the following list of books to help promote and generate social media marketing buzz and (ultimately) revenue for your written works. After procrastinating, and working an extra [part-time] gig, I committed to purchasing at least two per month. It was a gutsy call, but the investment in ones dream is always well worth it!

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Have you ever been disappointed by reading a book and then watching its film? Have you ever watched a film and then read the book that it was based on?

Many movies remain very true to the book. Others only follow the core of the book's story, while mostly taking poetic license with the plot and the characters.

There are many reasons that make these movies what they are. For example, the length of the movies is set to be between one and a half to two hours, while books…

Post-Apocalyptic books and movies have been getting quite a lot of attention in recent years; Movies like I Am Legend and Cormack McCarthy's book The Road for example have had huge success and critical acclaim. This has a lot of people wondering why there has been such a sudden increase in fiction of this genre.

Looking back in recent history you could easily identify the rise in apocalyptic fiction against the political era. For example the early 60s with the Cuban missile…

Whether working with a major house or self publishing, an author today must maintain a website. Having a professional online presence is as standard as having a sales sheet and a business card. But the old (that is, more than two years ago) expectation that a website can be just a glorified billboard is obsolete thinking. What can or should an author-and-book website do for an author now?

First, the site does serve as a sales tool, but only if it is a dynamic tool where reviews and…

One of the complaints I often hear from authors is that they can't seem to get their signings and book info into the pubic eye through the local newspapers. I don't have that problem and I have taught several organizations in my area a few ideas on how this is accomplished.

I once was a lowly paid newspaper reporter. I remember days of looking…

Do you feel that you provoke interest with you work on different social media?

Are you interested in other's work, videos, photos, work, or you use the social media only to promote yourself? How many lasting friendship have you build last year?

This blog was created to help the many writers understand that they really need to look outside the square.

Authors need good practical advice about book marketing because it is different to regular marketing and cannot be treated the same.

When authors come to me most of them are totally unaware of how the publishing industry works and how difficult it is to actually sell books. Most have never researched the facts before they begin their project. Usually, because they love…

Does your career in this publishing biz stump you sometimes? So much information and not sure what to do next? Need some help?

Suppose you could sit down with the most successful people in your field and just talk with them to learn what they…

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