From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Increase Your Book’s Promotion Power by 650 Percent

November 26, 2009

I was referred to a webinar featuring my friend Tara Hunt (you might know her at @MissRogue on Twitter).
When I got to the link, I was delighted to see the attached video along with others and the promise of more to come.

Steve Cunningham of Polar Unlimited has a program call ReadItFor.Me featuring great books [...]

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How Did You Get That Book Out So Fast?

November 24, 2009

My friend Gail Kingsbury called to tell me about her new book and the fabulous stories inside.
I said “I didn’t even know you were working on a book.. How did you fit that in your schedule?”
The answer.. a collaborative effort. Working together, the co-authors were able to high quality material together, join together for to [...]

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Textbooks Will Lead Us Away From Books

November 23, 2009

Paper books are winding down. We’ll have them around for a long time to come, but the kids going into college now are going to bring the future faster than you think
Joel West postulated these 3 reasons why Amazon will get out of the ebook business

Amazon‘s (AMZN) Achilles heel is the proprietary mobi format against [...]

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Does an Author Need to Build Email Relationships?

November 19, 2009

the age of social media, we often hear that email is dead or at least an outdated technology for connecting with your readers.
True, email mailing response is down, but unless you have a huge following online already, you need to have a mailing list and stay in touch with readers and prospective readers.
Even more.. people [...]

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Thanks For Your Tremendous Support..

November 18, 2009

I have a delightful business model. I get to help authors with good books to share reach new markets and readers with their message.
We have some fun, make a living and live for notes like this..
Thank-you for your tremendous support in helping in promoting Dan’s campaign last Tuesday. We reached the Amazon Best [...]

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Vegas Author Bio of Warren Whitlock

November 16, 2009

I was digging through the archives and found this video.
My friend, the late Jim Wilson of VegasBuzzz asked me to lunch one day and next thing I knew he had a camera in my face asking me what I do.
Wish I had some more video of Jim.. but this is a reminder of what he [...]

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How To Turn Your Book Into An Audio CD Product

November 15, 2009

Free Training for authors.. click to register
You put so much into your book.
Not just the time it takes to write and edit, not just the publishing and promotion and marketing of your book. The content in your book represents you, your life experience and everything your had up to the release of your book.
That’s a [...]

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Do You Want to Be Famous Online?

November 13, 2009

I’ve been watching Chris Voss rise in popularity online using social media and other free tools to create content for his audience
His system is simple, and he just made a video that will show you how.
Any author would be wise to add this to your do promote your book and market online

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Guest Post: Authors Get Sponsors For Your Book

November 13, 2009

guest post by Michael Volkin
Authors can have a variety of extracurricular activities. Depending on how involved the author wants to be with his/her book, radio shows, speaking tours and other activities can create extra income. Each of these activities could have a sponsor associated with it.
For example, if you have an online radio show at [...]

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323 Authors Work To Build Your Network

November 10, 2009

Here’s a SMART NETWORKING idea.
Liz Lynch wrote Smart Networking: Attract a Following In Person and Online to teach you how easy it is to use networking to grow your business, attract new readers for your book, and build real relationships whether you meet people online or face to face.
The book has done well and reach best seller [...]

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