Be thankful for the bad stuff. Typically this time of year, folks think about being thankful for being successful, healthy, having good friends and family – or a job. No one ever wants to focus on the bad stuff, and yet, those horrid moments that gave you major heartburn can be some of the finest [...]
Entries from November 27th, 2009
Be Thankful for the Bad Stuff
November 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
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Selling Yourself First By Gale Laure
November 18th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Gale Laure/Evolution of a Sad Woman So you want to be an author. You have a wonderful novel that you have written. Your heart and soul went into this work. It is unique. You have been told it is quite good. So what is next? You have to sell your novel to the [...]
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Traditional, Online Marketing Key to Novel Success by James Diehl
November 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
James Diehl/World War II Heroes of Southern Delaware When it comes to promoting a new project, I like to use a lot of the new techniques available today, including Web-based press releases, blogging and online video. But I also use traditional methods like press releases, newspaper interviews, book signings and sending information out [...]
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S&S Selling Individual Book Chapters
November 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Last week, I read an interesting article in Publishers Weekly about a new e-commerce effort by Simon & Schuster to sell electronic chapters of books for a few bucks. The chapters hail from the insanely popular "You" series by Dr. Michael F. Roizen and Dr. Mehmet C. Oz. Individuals can purchase just the chapters they [...]
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LInks: Blogs and Twitter Contests
November 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Tony Eldridge at Marketing Tips for Authors offered up a few terrific links this week at his blog: 101 Book Blogs You Need to Read This is a terrific list to add to the blogroll – and find new places for reviews, guest blogs or interviews. Ebook Cover Service Creates Twitter Contest Book Cover Tony [...]
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Twitter Lists Expand Author Networks
November 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Twitter recently launched a lists function, which will help users separate followers into categories that other Tweeters can follow with the touch of a button. Mashable wrote an article about Twitter lists (still in Beta) in mid-October. Twitter announced the move in a blog post in September. When I first started exploring the lists function [...]
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Organize Your Inbox to Avoid Headaches
November 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Take the hassle out of the Inbox to save precious writing minutes. This week, I got a nasty surprise. My calendar – my lifeline to the world that holds all things virtual book tour – vanished. On Friday, it sat, cozy and snug on my home office desk. By Monday morning, it was gone. I [...]
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No Time for Marketing? Make Time!
November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Make time for book marketing! Most authors shudder to think about marketing. Not only do they not want to do it, they use the excuse that they simply do not have the time. Authors who want to be successful MUST make time for marketing. Unless they are lucky enough to become an automatic bestseller with [...]
Should You Pitch Your Book in Comment Sections?
November 17th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Should you pitch your book in blog comment sections? I love comments. When I receive a comment, no matter if good or bad, it means that I wrote something on my blog that created a reaction in a reader. The reaction was enough to motivate the reader to leave a comment – which doesn’t happen [...]
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