John Kremer's Blog – April 2009 Archive (4)

Ami the Spammer from Somalia is now gone. I will ban anyone on this network who spams others. No junk. This is for authors and publishers. Spammers go elsewhere.

Headline says it all.

Added by John Kremer on April 27, 2009 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

John Kremer in Sacramento on Saturday, April 25th. Hope to meet some of you there.

I'll be speaking at the Northern California Book Publishers association meeting at the Red Lion Inn on Arden Way in Sacramento, California on Saturday, April 25th. Time: 8.45 a.m.

I do hope some members of this network will be there. I'd love to meet you there. Let me know if you are on this network. Thanks.

Added by John Kremer on April 24, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Updated with New Info: Amazon.com Gets Stupid, Really Stupid. Jeff Bezos Is Sleeping at the Wheel. Dumb, dumb dumb. But if you are an author and write book reviews on Amazon, you must read this.

Note: updated information on the Amazon enforcement policy here: http://www.bookmarket.com/AmazonIsStupid.htm.

I received the following information from several authors today. Here is a good summary of Amazon's new enforcement policy from Cheryl Kaye Tardif:

I am bcc'ing this to ALL my author friends because I really want you to have this information before Amazon deletes all your reviews.

A week ago I… Continue

Added by John Kremer on April 6, 2009 at 10:00pm — 4 Comments

Are Trademarks and Copyrights the Same Thing? John Kremer answers a question.

Question from a Book Marketing Network member -- Is trademark and copyright the same thing? I have a unique idea for an inspirational series. Do I just copyright it or does it need a trademark as well?

John's Answer -- Trademark and copyright are not the same thing.

For a book series, you might want to trademark the series if you have a unique and brandable title for the series. E.g. Chicken Soup for the Soul, for Dummies series, etc.

Trademarks protect the… Continue

Added by John Kremer on April 2, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments