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Kare Anderson's Blog – January 2009 Archive (9)

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