John Kremer's Blog – April 2011 Archive (10)

Here is another author success story shared by Dawn Williams, author of the To This Very Day children's picture book series at http://www.sunrisehousepublishes.com:



The scheduled speaker for the evening reached the podium, placed a book on the desk and began: “How many of you authors here tonight know what business you’re in?”



Almost all of the one hundred percent of those listening raised their… Continue

For me, the trickiest thing about being a writer is being a writer. I am a cellist – or was – until a rare neurological disorder ended my career. The shadow my illness cast was long, and my confidence in trying something new was short.

Fast forward.

Two years…

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When I chose the date for my book release party, the first thing I did was ally with a charity that had something to do with kids. Even though I was not a major entity, it’s amazing how relatively easy it is to get a respected and viable organization (in my case, it was an adolescent obesity program at a prominent children’s hospital) to work with you when you are promising them some money and exposure.…

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Here's another author success story, with Marilyn Wedge talking about getting her article accepted for The Huffington Post:

One thing that worked for me was to buy John Kremer's "15,000 Eyeballs Program" and follow the directions. Here’s why. I never would have thought of becoming a blogger for The Huffington Post.

I admire the…

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Stephen Gallup, author of What About the Boy?, describes his initial foray into building an online presence:

I am attempting to initiate online conversations on topics related to my memoir, What About the Boy? A Father’s Pledge to His Disabled Son. To do this, I have begun writing short blog entries and posting them to my website, www.fatherspledge.com. Upon posting them, I then announce their existence on my Facebook page and…

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I've added a second bonus that is really important to this program: How to set up and carry out successful school visits.

Several months ago I did a one-hour consultation with the author of a children's picture book and a children's board book. You can now listen in on this consultation - which featured the 7 most effective ways to market a children's book.

You can order this one-on-one consultation as a solo…

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Advertisements are coming to ebooks, especially with Amazon's recent announcement of the new Kindle with Special Offers (ads) for a lower price.



If you are selling your ebooks for a low price or giving them away, then one way to recoup some of those costs is to feature advertisements inside your ebooks. Here are seven ways to do… Continue

Here are the three videos. Hope you enjoy them.

Ask the Book Printer…

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You really need to check out my AskJohnKremer.com website. I've just added a number of posts on working with Amazon.com to sell more books - including the 3 secret pages that every author should know on Amazon.com: http://www.askjohnkremer.com/amazon-sales-working-with-amazon-to-sell-more-books.

I also cover a good number of questions on creating, editing, formatting,…

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Imal Wagner and I need to ask you a small favor.



We are really close to wrapping up our long-awaited Bestseller Launch Formula. We will be releasing it in early April.



But, before we do, we have to ask you a couple questions. Can you help us out?



You can answer the two questions via the link below and also get a little more detail on the Bestseller Launch Formula here:… Continue