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THIEVES IN THE WRITING WORLD and FIELD GUIDE TO BLOGGING

YOU can…“Conquer All Obstacles”

PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT NETWORK FOR WRITERS

CALLING ALL WRITERS to JO-ANNE VANDERMEULEN’S blog site.

I have posted two new topics this week.

1.) THIEVES IN THE WRITING WORLD

2.) FIELD GUIDE TO BLOGGING

Inspired? Check it out and sign up for a FREE bi-weekly email that will automatically post for you. Just click on my blog site: gr5mom2.wordpress.com and you are welcome to view all… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on February 27, 2009 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments

Book Trailers: Solution for the Book Marketing Conundrum

Solution for the Book Marketing Conundrum

In these challenging times, authors like everyone else are being forced to streamline their marketing campaigns. Yet the need to promote has become increasingly more important to a book’s success, creating a conundrum for authors, publishers and public relations firms alike. Every dollar spend must be maximized to its fullest in order to reach not only the specific target audience but the general reading public as well. With the increasing… Continue

Added by Theresa Chaze on February 21, 2009 at 12:47pm — No Comments

Use BookRix.com to present your own books online and find new readers

BookRix.com is a social media website focused on writing and reading. But it offers by far more than the well known classic community features. You can create and publish your own books online in an attractive flipbook format and present them on an individual profile. The digital book can be embedded and linked on other websites and community profiles via HTML-code. This feature is a great direct marketing tool for aspiring writers. Furthermore BookRix… Continue

Added by Nils on February 13, 2009 at 4:09am — No Comments

Are you accomplishing your marketing, online promotion goals for 2009?

So, January 2009 just passed. Did you begin 2009 successfully with your marketing, pr, and/or online promotion goals for this new year?

It can be a bit overwhelming to get to your these components of your business, however, it is an important area to take the… Continue

Added by Teresa Morrow on February 11, 2009 at 5:27pm — No Comments

Online Writing Tools

This post is a first in a series on online resources for writers. I used an online resources to cull my material: LinkedIn, as well as my own research. Some of you may wonder what LinkedIn is. It’s a online network for professionals. More details here.

Online Market Listings

PublishersWeekly: THE book industry publication. Okay, one of a few. Find out what’s selling, who’s buying, and all the… Continue

Added by Beth Barany on December 28, 2008 at 1:00am — 2 Comments

Holiday Help

Being that times are tough, and I am still under the gun to keep our house, I had an inspiration...

You could help me out and kill two birds with one stone, as it were; if you haven't done your holiday shopping yet, anyway.

I have a shopping mall, where shoppers get a discount, and I earn commissions on purchases made there. This shopping mall is not a bunch of stores you've never heard of before, but consists of stores you probably… Continue

Added by Trina L.C. Sonnenberg on November 30, 2008 at 9:34am — No Comments

FREE electronic download....

My gift to you.... You can now download, print, read or whatever (apart from stealing) Proud Souls online....

I have posted the electronic (eBook) version of Proud Souls online on my blog. I ask only ONE thing... if you read it for FREE...then REVIEW it for free on Amazon...

If you don't have an Amazon account...get one...if you don't get one...then buy the book...

Click… Continue

Added by Bobby Ozuna on November 29, 2008 at 11:19am — 1 Comment

...and the Universe conspires to offer me signs to press onward...

In my journey towards creating my follow-up novel to PRUOD SOULS, I can't help but witness the signs and the power of the Universe to conspire in my favor...and push me ever onward with finishing (and having the couage to write), "The Other Side of Glory."

Click here to read further...

~Bobby Ozuna

"Drawing… Continue

Added by Bobby Ozuna on November 28, 2008 at 1:28pm — No Comments

...a tale of pursuing your dreams...

I wrote a story once about a young man who was yet to find his place within the creative world. I have come to believe that all people--whether you believe it or not--have a talent and gift unique to ONLY them... and I further believe that if you choose to ignore the inner voice of your creativity, you are hindering your soul's ability to find complacency and peace within the harmony of your life. To draw a contrast between those who are still "seeking answers" and those who have chosen to… Continue

Added by Bobby Ozuna on November 26, 2008 at 9:59am — No Comments

PROMO DAY! Saturday 9th May 2009

Call for Moderators and Workshop Hosts

PROMO DAY! is an all day international online event for people in the writing industry. There are lots of new features for the 2009 event including workshops by experts in the industry.

I'm looking for moderators for both the workshops and the PROMO chatroom.

As a moderator of the PROMO chatroom you will be required to monitor the PROMO chatroom and make sure everyone is behaving themselves and try to keep 'conversation'… Continue

Added by Jo Linsdell on November 25, 2008 at 3:50am — No Comments

Have YOUR review featured in the hardcover edition to Proud Souls

This is your chance to have YOUR review featured in the hardcover edition of Proud Souls!!!

In the hardcover edition of my book PROUD SOULS I am going to feature READER REVIEWS in the opening pages. Just as you open a best-selling novel with feature reviews written by major presses and magazines, I am going to feature YOU....my fans...in the same manner. So, if you want to see your name and your thoughts of my novel in the opening pages of this new edition, please,… Continue

Added by Bobby Ozuna on November 7, 2008 at 11:09am — No Comments

Press Releases for Book Marketing

Sending out press releases concerning your writing and book are key to successfully promoting it to a wider audience. You can write a press release about anything that is newsworthy: the release of your book, a book signing, its release in a different format, reprinting your book, etc. The key is to make it newsworthy. Once you have your press release, send it out over the various press release wires. I've put together a list of press release sites that all have free options so you don't have… Continue

Added by Peter N. Jones on October 28, 2008 at 6:19am — 2 Comments

Learn or offer feedback for effective online book promotion...

I have shared some content from Chris Brogan's string: "Promoting Your Book Online." There is some great feedback, ideas and collaborating (still) going on...

If you wish to learn more about effective book promotion online...or you have information which can be useful to others...this blog post is where you need to be...

Click here for more… Continue

Added by Bobby Ozuna on October 22, 2008 at 10:11am — No Comments

Valkyrie Publishing Receives Praise from Authors, Publishers and PR Firms

Valkyrie Publishing Receives Praise from Authors, Publishers and PR Firms

Traverse City-Valkyrie Publishing offers cost effective video production services for not only books but also other products and services. With the increasing number of sites, which offer video placement, online marketing and promotion is now available no matter how small of a budget.

Book trailers, also called book videos, are the wave of the future when it comes to book marketing and… Continue

Added by Theresa Chaze on October 21, 2008 at 9:34pm — No Comments

NEW Proud Souls Review on Amazon.com...

NEW Proud Souls Review on Amazon.com...

I want to thank Jessie O., of Goose Creek, South Carolina for her wonderful review!

Click here to read the latest updates and if you have read Proud Souls, please, I encourage you to get out there and share your criticisms of my work--good or bad--I accept your review for what it is: Your time in my… Continue

Added by Bobby Ozuna on October 20, 2008 at 7:13pm — No Comments

Yvonne Perry has released an eBook Online Promotion Made Easy

Here’s a note to let everyone know that I have released my new eBook, Book Marketing in the Digital Age, Online Promotion Made Easy.

I've taken all the material I crammed into an hour-long Q&A lecture I gave at Nashville Writers Meetup Group when I presented to the group earlier this year. Then, I added everything I presented in a three-hour workshop at the Tennessee Writers Alliance 3rd Annual Conference, and included the most recent research I've done on SEO and social… Continue

Added by Yvonne Perry on October 16, 2008 at 8:21am — No Comments

Places to Add Your Book For Free

I've gone through and updated the list of free places to add your book online. These are all free and great ways to maximize your book's exposure on the web. There are close to 40 sites in the list, so it may take you some time to add your book to every site, but worth it.

List or Add Your Book Online for Free

Happy promoting!

Added by Peter N. Jones on October 11, 2008 at 1:10pm — No Comments

Is This The Best Reason to Start a Website.. Ever? (3min Video)

What are your thoughts, is this the BEST reason to start an intenet business?

Questions or comments are… Continue

Added by Nelson Bates on September 29, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Hot Trends, Hot Markets - Social Networking and How Authors Can Use Them to the Fullest Potential

In July I presented on a panel at the 2008 CanWrite! Conference in Edmonton, Alberta. The topic of my panel was Hot Trends, Hot Markets, and it was the only panel that ran separately as a main feature. As an author, I looked at this topic from the perspective of aspiring and published authors.

As someone who's been nicknamed "Shameless Promoter" because I promote my books with everything I've got, utilizing everything I can think of or learn about, I want to share what I've learned.… Continue

Added by Cheryl Kaye Tardif on September 28, 2008 at 5:33pm — No Comments

NEW Blog Post--"Marketing 101" Author Interviews (WANTED) at Melly's Spot

I have posted a blog for my fellow writers. If you are looking for a place to promote yourself as the person (along with your literary works), stop by my blog and read my latest posting. My new friend, contemporary romance artist Melanie Anderson, is on the lookout for authors she can showcase and interview...regardless of your genre...

Tell her Bobby sent you!!!

Click here to read… Continue

Added by Bobby Ozuna on September 24, 2008 at 8:20am — No Comments