book marketing

Are You Marketing Your Book With A Full Deck?

Gust post by Stephen Shapiro Look at any group of people who effortlessly work well together. Odds are the individuals share a lot in common with each other. They might have similar backgrounds, expertise, interests, or personalities. This is natural. Contrary to conventional wisdom, opposites do not attract. We find it easier to work with [...]

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Amazon Moves Further Down the Road to World Domination

Just in case there weren’t enough book competing with yours for attention on Amazon, they are out to add even more :) CHARLESTON, S.C. – Oct. 5, 2010 – CreateSpace, part of the Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) group of companies, today announced an agreement with The Library of Congress to make at least 50,000 public [...]

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What Authors Can Learn From An Artist

Talking to thousands of authors, I’ve learned that a primary motivation is to share a message with the world. That is, if you could wave a magic wand, have every person on the planet get the message, the business, marketing, and even wealth would be your second wish. Most of us don’t have magic wands… [...]

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Seth Godin’s Secret to Selling Books

The video below has a quick interview with best selling author Seth Godin. As usual, Seth has many great ideas about what it takes to be a success today. The last question was important for any author. Seth was asked about the secret to marketing books. After reminding us that the best ideas come from [...]

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Wishing You a #Happy10 (Happy New Year 2010: The Year of Giving)

As we prepare to go into 2010 I want to share with you how we can make a real difference and help each other. This time last year I had an idea to give away some gifts for New Year’s Day.  I wrote this blog post on Twitter Handbook and started using the #Happy09 tag on tweet [...]

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Wanted: 7 Authors Who Want To Be Best Sellers

A few years back, I helped an author become an instant best seller with his book Think Two Products Ahead. It topped the Amazon Best Seller List for non-fiction for a week and was #2 overall (beat only by the wizardy of Harry Potter) Through that process, I got to know an extraordinary man named [...]

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Connect Your Book With Real World

One of the few areas growing in publishing is the Blogoshpere. While others are shutting down, worried that e-books or the economy will kill sales.. the bloggers I know are talking about bigger advances, best sellers and respect from media and publishers. How to connect with Bloggers. There are millions of blogs and bloggers. The [...]

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Jack Canfield on How He Sold 115 Million Books

Jack Canfield is one of the most successful authors and speakers of all time. He was featured in the movie “The Secret” and co-created the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series which has sold over 115 million books. In fact, at one point he had seven books on the New York Times Best Seller List [...]

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My Partner’s Name Is Dr. Ben Mack

Every since we started our book on Profitable Propaganda, I’ve been referring to my partner as Dr. Ben Mack.  Dr. Mack received accredidation from Success University but does not always use the prefix as his professional name… but I always refer to him as Dr. Ben Mack. Here’s a clip from from Dr. Edward Bernays [...]

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Fiction Authors Should be Active Bloggers

Guest post by Phyllis Zimbler Miller Publishing a non-fiction book will usually make it easy for you to write a blog dedicated to your book. The non-fiction subject of your book and related topics can provide ample blogging material. For example, if you wrote a book on cooking low-fat diets, you could post one low-fat [...]

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