The results are in from the 2009 Market My Novel Author Marketing Survey!
Of course, these would have been to you much sooner than the end of January, but I’d wanted to create some nice graphs. That was this post’s near demise. After struggling to get the program to work for I don’t know how long, [...]
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For many, 2010 should be about streamlining.
When it comes to online marketing, less is more – and much better for your sanity. Here are a few tips to get you started:
Eliminate unnecessary social networks. Choose only those with broad appeal to readers in your genre. Remember, writing networks have fellow writers who don’t necessarily [...]
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Tick-Tock: Time Management for Authors
One of the biggest complaints I hear from authors is lack of time to do it all.
Blogging, finding Facebook friends, Tweeting, surfing Ning for new networks, keeping abreast of new social media trends, attending critique group sessions, sending out e-mail newsletters, doing book signings, holding Web site contests…
And then, you [...]
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Newspapers are difficult to use for publicity.
Newspapers are notoriously stingy with space these days.
With sliding ad revenues and increasing competition from the Internet, print publications have sliced their budgets, using fewer reporters to do more work that is placed is fewer pages. Book review columns have been cut at many publications, and other just don’t [...]
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The post, “One Author Speaks Out About the Bad Side of Online Promotions,” generated a lot of virtual discussion. As a result of comments, I’m going to tackle a few additional topics that came out of it. These topics will begin with “Online Marketing,” and be numbered. You can find these topics by clicking the “Online Marketing” category. Today’s topic:…
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An innovative use for Twitter can be a marketing gem for you. TwitterLit and KidderLit use Twitter, e-mail and RSS to deliver novel teasers from adult and children’s books. The teasers include the first sentence from a book, and a link to the Amazon site for the novel or kiddie lit. Their site allows you to suggestion the first lines…
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Recently, a MySpacer and fellow writer befriended me. The gentleman approached me via private message, bemoaning the publishing industry while asking me about my favorite authors and what I write. His email was filled with misspellings and grammatical errors, but not enough to make me delete it. I gave him the benefit of the doubt. After all, if you are…
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As a book reviewer for Pop Syndicate – and the virtual book tour host at Book Addict – I am approached by authors every day to review titles. Earlier this year, I was approached hard and fast by an author desperate to have her true crime book reviewed at our site. She found me from a post at another author’s…
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One of my biggest frustrations as a Virtual Book Tour hostess for Pop Syndicate’s Book Addict is never knowing exactly how information will be sent. Authors send documents in multiple e-mails, sometimes just hours before their tour. Some send part of their tour documents; some send none at all. All but a handful use such generic titles for their items,…
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