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Vikram Narayan's Blog – March 2009 Archive (24)

The Rommel Mission by Ken Kreckel

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Ken Kreckel's historical novel, The Rommel Mission [Red Engine Press, 2007] focuses on the attempted surrender of German forces just after… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on March 31, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Bite of Washington by Teresa Nordheim

Fourteen chapters highlight Washington food festivals and event through out the year. There are over 180 recipes utilizing foods grown in Washington. The book includes several recipes from local, professional chefs. Visit Washington, and take a bite home with you!

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Added by Vikram Narayan on March 30, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Thunder and Blood by Stacey Voss

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Added by Vikram Narayan on March 29, 2009 at 6:57pm — 1 Comment

Tato by Kathe Gogolewski

Tato is a fantasy adventure for children between 8 and 13 available at www.tri-studio.com

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Added by Vikram Narayan on March 29, 2009 at 6:54pm — No Comments

Naturally Thin - By Bethenny Frankel

Authors - go to fReado to get your own book widget and wow visitors to your blog by allowing them to sample your book in a nice page-flipping… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on March 28, 2009 at 9:22am — No Comments

How The Publishing Industry Really Works

Pretty entertaining story behind the Harry Potter story.… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on March 27, 2009 at 3:29am — No Comments

Why Your Boss is Programmed to Be a Dictator

Have you ever had a bad boss? Then this book is for you. This excellent book by Chetan Dhruve applies the ideas of system thinking to organizations. It examines various situations ranging from Apollo disaster to Iraq to arrive at what exactly causes failures and how they can be prevented. Check out the preview below:

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Added by Vikram Narayan on March 26, 2009 at 10:33am — No Comments

Author Resource - Put Your Books on the iPhone with Stanza

If you've not already done so, you can put your book on the iPhone through Stanza (www.lexcycle.com.) Over a million people have already downloaded the Stanza application onto their iPhone and the product looks like a winner. Stanza was also named the best free app during 2008 Best App Ever Awards.

Added by Vikram Narayan on March 25, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Free Book-Widget for Authors at fREado.com

Are you looking to market your book on the Internet? Want to share your book-extract on Facebook, MySpace, Orkut, Delicious, Digg and more? Then check out our free, book-widget technology which converts an extract of your book into an attractive widget that can be shared by your fans and friends on their blogs, Facebook accounts and websites. It's much more engaging than a cover image of your book. Check out a sample below and go to fReado.com to begin… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on March 25, 2009 at 10:58am — No Comments

Terror from Beyond Middle England - Sarah Crabtree

Preview "Terror from Beyond Middle England" by Sarah Crabtree below:

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Added by Vikram Narayan on March 23, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

How To Use Anger to Promote Books - Video

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is the author of two best-selling books - 'Fooled by Randomness' and 'The Black Swan.' Check out the video below where he comes across as adversarial and controversial. This is the kind of passion that helps sells… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on March 23, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

"Mothers Milk" by Andrew Thomas Breslin

Preview this book from ENC Press right here!

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Added by Vikram Narayan on March 22, 2009 at 8:33am — No Comments

How to Grow Your Own Fresh Air - TED Talk Video

While this is not directly related to the topic of book-marketing, watching this video can help you improve the quality of the air in your home /… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on March 21, 2009 at 5:12am — No Comments

Preview "No Vacancies. A Collection of Short Stories" - By Lucien Black

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Added by Vikram Narayan on March 21, 2009 at 5:01am — No Comments

Larry Page of Google - "Have a Healthy Disregard for the Impossible"

Added by Vikram Narayan on March 19, 2009 at 4:43am — 1 Comment

The Balanced Innovator By Robert Carter

Preview "The Balanced Innovator" by Robert Carter. The basic premise of the book is that in order to be successful at innovating - one needs balance and clarity between three fundamental questions - What, How and Why.

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Added by Vikram Narayan on March 19, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

Vodka for Breakfast

Preview Vodka for Breakfast by David Gurevich:

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Added by Vikram Narayan on March 18, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Preview "My Life at First Try" by Mark Budman

Preview "My Life at First Try" by Mark Budman in BookBuzzr format below. If you're an author, you can put your own book in BookBuzzr format and use our free online book marketing technology by going to www.freado.com. The benefit of this book marketing technology is that your fans and friends can share your book across 60 social networking and book marking sites such as Facebook, Orkut, Delicious, Digg, LinkedIn etc. And you get to allow a preview of your book-excerpt in a stunning flip-book… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on March 13, 2009 at 5:52am — No Comments

Viral Marketing for Books - Tips from Tim Ferris

This video gives some important tips to market your book in a viral way.

Here are some top tips:

- To get people to talk you have to do something remarkable - that does not mean impressive but remark-able. Something worth remarking on.

- The worst response you can get is to have people being apathetic. The best way is to polarize people and get a strong response.

- Ideally you want to have polarized factions to argue, debate… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on March 9, 2009 at 1:08am — No Comments

Preview "Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams" by Terry Whalin

Preview "Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams" by Terry Whalin in BookBuzzr format below. If you're an author, you can put your own book in BookBuzzr format and use our free online book marketing technology by going to www.freado.com. The benefit of this book marketing technology is that your fans and friends can share your book across 60 social networking and book marking sites such as Facebook, Orkut, Delicious, Digg, LinkedIn etc. And you get to allow a preview of your book-excerpt in a stunning… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on March 5, 2009 at 7:12am — No Comments