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Posting Is A Pleasure Once Again

March 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Blogs

 2010 didn’t start off amazingly well here at Market My Novel.
I could give you a lot of excuses why. I was burned out, I launched a new blog, was looking for more freelance work, etc.
The real reason? My blog wasn’t working.
That’s right. Miss Social Media Diva had a blog program that didn’t work, and it [...]

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Marketing—Using the Social Media by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen

February 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · guest blog

Please welcome romance author and book marketing expert Jo-Anne Vandermeulen today to Market My Novel!

In 2010, how will you perceive the social media?

If you’re new to blogging and involving yourself in the social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, you do have a choice on how to handle this new form or tool of marketing. [...]

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Garey Adds Virtual World for Fans

February 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Online Marketing

When I read Terri Garey’s Nicki Styx series, I cannot help but picture the clothes, shoes and all things vintage in the protagonist’s shop, Handbags and Gladrags.

I’m a vintage nut, so this element of the character totally appeals to me. Apparently, it does with other fans, who have asked Garey to showcase some of Nicki’s [...]

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Enthusiasm a Must for Today’s Authors

January 27th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Marketing, self publishing

I’ve always been a huge proponent of self publishing.

Years ago, self publishing wasn’t easy. Many authors ended up with boxes of books gathering dust in their garages. They wrote the books and paid to publish, but they had a hard time finding buyers for them.

With the explosion of the Internet and social media, the publishing [...]

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Kim Smith Talks Marketing

January 8th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Interviews

Today Kim Smith, author of Buried Angel, drops by Market My Novel to talk about book promotions.

Before you were published, did you know anything about marketing?

No. I felt like a lost ball in the high weeds. It was something that I did without knowing what I was doing. I just went out and joined as [...]

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How to Find Your Audience Part II

January 6th, 2010 · 7 Comments · How To, Marketing, Online Marketing

In a follow up to Monday’s post, How to Find Your Audience, I discussed ways for writers to find readers. Today, get some advice from other writers. Special thanks to Marilyn Meredith, Cheryl Malandrinos and Cheryl Kaye Tardif for responding to my shout out via Facebook!

H’mmm, that’s an interesting concept. I suppose by having a [...]

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Food Makes Good Conversation with Readers

January 5th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Marketing, Online Marketing

Good food makes great conversation.
No matter if you are out to dinner with friends, or skimming the best hors devours from the buffet at a party, food tends to bring out the conversationalist in most people.
Food is also terrific for marketing. I cannot tell you the number of times I’ve checked out a blog or [...]

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How to Find Your Audience

January 4th, 2010 · 10 Comments · How To, Marketing, Online Marketing

In the comments section of How to Streamline in 2010, Market My Novel reader Beth Barany wrote:

Great advice, Angela! I wonder how you go about finding the right reader networks for your genre. I write YA fantasy, as yet unpubbed. What do you recommend? I want to be ready to build a reader network when [...]

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Market My Novel 2009 Author Marketing Survey

December 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Market My Novel Survey

With the end of 2009 drawing near, it’s a good time to reflect on marketing tactics – what worked, what didn’t, and how plans will change for 2010.

This year, you can be part of the First Annual Market My Novel Author Marketing Survey. It’s just questions – most multiple choice – about social networks and [...]

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Publishers Delay eBooks

December 11th, 2009 · No Comments · News, eBooks

The Wall Street Journal offered up a story yesterday about Harper Collins delaying the release of the electronic versions of hardcover books in the coming year.

The most interesting quote is at the end:
One veteran literary agent in New York, Nat Sobel, a partner at Sobel Weber Associates, has been trying to rally publishers to the [...]

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