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Fay Risner's Blog – June 2010 Archive (4)

Yeah! Reviews On Amazon

Well, three book reviews anyway. That's a start.

Two years ago in June, I published 16 books on Create Space Publishing owned by Amazon. I started out to publish one book and found the process so easy I decided to publish all my books. My thought was that if I was going to promote one book I might as well promote all 16 at the same time. The books are different genre so I had a better chance of finding buyers. They are sold on Amazon which doesn't mean much for an unknown author… Continue

Added by Fay Risner on June 29, 2010 at 9:11am — No Comments

Another USPS Update

Here we go again. When I've complained to others about losing two packages, I've heard stories about people not pursuing the insurance claims that went unanswered when the Postal Service lost their package. That's why I started out to see how far I could get with my claim after a year of waiting to hear. Others might want to try to get their insurance claim settled, too, if I have any luck. If we pay the insurance fee and the fault of loss is the fault of the Postal Service, we have the right… Continue

Added by Fay Risner on June 22, 2010 at 4:51pm — No Comments

Writers Helpful Sites & Vacation

I've signed up for newsletters at these sites and appreciate the information that is emailed to me.

http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com

Writer's Relief

Writer's Digest - has a great article titled 10 Simple Steps to Handselling Your Book which explains how an unknown author gets the attention of buyers at a book signing so they buy her book.

Some of these sites list agents…

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Added by Fay Risner on June 15, 2010 at 9:39am — 2 Comments

Selling Me As The Author

Writer's Digest has a newsletter that I signed up to receive, and I find this very useful. I just read a good article on that website titled 10 simple steps to handselling our books which I really liked by. The article is all about how to get yourself noticed at a book signing and to come over as likeable so buyers that don't know the author will buy one of their books. Another thing this site offers are grammar lessons like when to use who or whom and this time- is alot a word. Sometimes…

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Added by Fay Risner on June 8, 2010 at 2:06pm — 2 Comments