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Guess what agent is representing Susan Boyle

Joe Pine of course.

Added by Kare Anderson on April 27, 2009 at 3:05pm — No Comments

With Amazon.com, social networking, and literary blogs

connecting writers virtually with readers, it's easy to forget local ways to reach new readers.

In this video interview with New York Round Table Writers' Conference panelist Stephanie Dickinson, the author explained her local approach to promoting "Half Girl"--taking her book to schools in Iowa.

She's not the only writer with a local focus. Authors Bob Burg and John… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on April 27, 2009 at 3:02pm — No Comments

news from Scribd offers authors more options potentially

Scribd is becoming a partnering powerhouse - and that can help authors gain more options and visibility. Quoting MediaBistro: "....The online publishing site Scribd.com announced a growing list of partnerships today, including… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on March 19, 2009 at 2:42pm — No Comments

see "Books" on Alltop

Now to get blogs about authors (perhaps yours?) listed there.

Added by Kare Anderson on March 3, 2009 at 12:24pm — No Comments

Credible Book Blogs I Value Include ...

... (and they are fun reads)....

http://mjroseblog.typepad.com/buzz_balls_hype/ http://publishinginsider.typepad.com/
http://www.bookreporter.com/
http://www.bookslut.com/
http://www.bookslut.com/blog/
http://thehappybooker.blogs.com/
http://www.bookgirl.net/
http://www.litkicks.com/

Added by Kare Anderson on February 20, 2009 at 5:35pm — 2 Comments

Hop on new site about books Book Beast

Daily Beast founder Tina Brown talked about her new site about books - part of her mega-site The Beast. With shrinking books coverage and struggling publishers, Brown hopes that this new outlet will help fill the gaps with less and less book reviews and publishers becoming less profitable. The site has articles, video interviews, reviews and more aggregated content, and articles. Here's… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on February 6, 2009 at 2:51pm — No Comments

face-to-face meetings with over 100 editors, writers and producers from major national media outlets

here's a chance to have face-to-face meetings with over 100 editors, writers and producers from major national media outlets at the National Publicity Summit, April 22-25th in New York City. Attendance is by application and only 100 attendees will be admitted to ensure everyone gets enough one-on-one time with the journalists and producers. Previous attendees have scored guest appearances or feature stories with ABC's The View, Today… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on February 6, 2009 at 10:04am — No Comments

Ask DearTweetie the question for which your book is the answer...

... and your book topic may go viral, This is a new "Dear Abby" service that apparently started just this weekend. Way catchy and cool!
DearTweetie, "Crowd sourcing the advice column, Twitter-style" http://twitter.com/deartweetie.

Added by Kare Anderson on February 2, 2009 at 1:24pm — No Comments

Who Cited You on the Internet?

See social media search engine WhosTalkin.com. Search results include current mentions on Web sites, blogs, social media posts, videos — anything on the Internet. The results seem to be more relevant than Google and come up in reverse chronological order with most current mentions first. Using this tool, I quickly found links to several magazine articles in which I was mentioned, but didn’t know existed online. You can use this search engine to search… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on February 2, 2009 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

Tool to Make Your Press Release More Media-Attracting

Go to PressReleaseGrader.com

and paste your release into their grader to get great tips on updating your release for PR format, and for SEO tips. Thanks to Dan Janal for the tip (via SpeakerNet).…

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Added by Kare Anderson on February 1, 2009 at 10:37am — No Comments

I Asked Our Founder/Administrator John Kremer If he knew How to Create a Master List of Resources Here, Or ...

... how to set up a place where all of us members could contribute to a master list - perhaps with categories to help people find what they most want

Added by Kare Anderson on February 1, 2009 at 10:33am — 3 Comments

Helpful site and newsletter for Self-Publishers

Dan's ParaPublishing

Added by Kare Anderson on January 30, 2009 at 1:25pm — No Comments

Publicize Your Book Tour and See Other Authors' Tours ...

here at Booktour. Plus gain other publicity tips at their blog.…

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Added by Kare Anderson on January 21, 2009 at 3:57pm — No Comments

Best Social Networking Books Site

Shelfari, GoodReads, Library Thing....and?

Added by Kare Anderson on January 16, 2009 at 2:46pm — No Comments

American Booksellers Association Seeking New Director... (maybe new direction?)

I'm betting they will - and that us authors should keep our ear to the ground as it unfolds - and perhaps suggest how we think authors can support book sellers in selling more books. What do YOU think? Here's the news.

Added by Kare Anderson on January 16, 2009 at 2:43pm — No Comments

10 Reasons A Big Company Or Organization Might Buy 10,000 (or More) Copies of Your Book

See the ebook here.

Added by Kare Anderson on January 16, 2009 at 2:40pm — No Comments

Creating Your Book Sale Boosting Media List

One credible resource for creating your custom media list is veteran Paul Krupin's Direct PR Contact

Also see his blog post: Who are the Book Reviewers? January 2009…

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Added by Kare Anderson on January 12, 2009 at 3:06pm — No Comments

Reminder of one the most efficient ways to boost book sales

Albert Clayton Gaulden offers a free, downloadable "CD" (no fulfillment costs) to those HARO subscribers

who order his book today.

Thus, via a SmartPartnership, he offers something special to Peter's HARO subscribers

+ evokes "scarcity" (Cialdini) technique (only today)

and… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on January 9, 2009 at 3:21pm — No Comments

Book Gal Has Helpful Insights via Twitter + See a tool to go viral

Find Penny here http://twitter.com/Bookgal

and here

+ from Susan Gilbert:

Make Word of Mouth Work for You

If you have a blog or website, you've got to use this new tell-a-friend viral tactic.

You can power every page, blog or site with Tell-A-Friend and let your visitors reach out to their friends via Email, IM and Social Networks without ever leaving your site.

To… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on January 8, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Authors Can Speak About Their Book, Whether They Are "Pro" Speakers or Not

Over at the relatively new yet wildly popular free SpeakerSite you might find your audience. Co-founder Artie has a generous heart and ardent desire to make the community there valuable for all parties I am heartened to observe in this the year of purposeful social networking.… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on January 6, 2009 at 12:38pm — No Comments