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1st Critical Assessment of Sarah Palin is Top Political Campaign Book in Kindle Store; Begins Shipping in Paperback as Newsweek Issues Kindle Exclusives

Boston, MA, October 13, 2008 -- The first book-length critical assessment of Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin -- Thanks But No Thanks: The Voter's Guide to Sarah Palin by Sue Katz -- has soared into position as the top political campaign book in Amazon's Kindle store, where it will soon be joined by four… Continue

Added by Stephen Windwalker on October 13, 2008 at 2:22pm — No Comments

A great marketing idea to harvest book reviews, and the review that it netted from me

Not long ago I responded to a promotion by Thomas Nelson Publishers, offering a free copy of Stephen Mansfield's new book The Faith of Barack Obama to bloggers who would promise to write a review of the book. There was no requirement that the review be positive, negative, neutral, or anything else. The book arrived by Priority Mail less than 48 hours after I emailed my response. Here is the review that I posted on… Continue

Added by Stephen Windwalker on August 31, 2008 at 12:15pm — No Comments

Skipping the Middleman: Why the Kindle Is Ideal for Short Pieces

(This post is excerpted from my recently published book, The Complete Step-by-Step Guide To Publishing Books, Articles & Other Content for the Amazon Kindle: Creating Your Own Success Story with New Technologies, which is available both in paperback and Kindle… Continue

Added by Stephen Windwalker on July 21, 2008 at 8:51am — No Comments

Newly updated web material for Kindle readers, writers, publishers and owners

First, let me thank Kindle owners everywhere for your interest in the books, stories, and articles that I have published on the Kindle platform since December. We passed 24,000 "copies" sold and downloaded this week and we are closing in on 25,000, all thanks to you. I also wanted to let you know that we've been busy updating some of the web pages that you frequent in association with my content, and I'll provide a fresh set of links below. Please don't hesitate to send an email to… Continue

Added by Stephen Windwalker on July 19, 2008 at 9:32am — No Comments