Former Executive Editor-in-Chief of Random House Daniel Menaker offers an insightful, somewhat somber look at the publishing industry at Barnes & Nobel’s Reviews and Essays blog. Menaker had some interesting things to say about book reviews in point No. 5. Since I harp on book reviews so much, I decided to highlight a few other [...]
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Menaker Offers Straight Talk on Publishing
September 21st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Authors Net Contracts Using Social Media {Part I}
July 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
It is no secret that I am a firm believer in social media as a tool to create successful writing careers. This week, I’m pleased to present two authors – both met via Twitter – who used blogging, social networks and podcasting to net fans and, ultimately, book contracts. It is through their stories that I hope authors everywhere can…
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Agent Sabotages Author’s Online Marketing Strategy
May 5th, 2009 · 15 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
One of my pet peeves as a marketer, book reviewer and virtual book tour host is lack of information on author Web sites – or no author Web sites at all. That’s why this Tweet caught my attention today: My brain exploded with the insanity of this request. What could this agent be thinking to say using a free social…
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