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You Don’t Have to Pay a PR Firm to Tell You…

March 12, 2010
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1. Journalists are curious and under very tight deadlines. You can write all the content you want on your blog, Twitter account, Facebook but if you don’t work at making it interesting, enticing and engaging they won’t source it.
2. Who the top reviewers  Amazon are for your genre. Get them yourself by doing a search on [...]

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How Not To Promote Your Book: Drive-By Blog Comments

December 15, 2009
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Because I come from an Internet journalist background, I felt compelled to post this comment below that I received on the post I did “I’m not Your Social Media Expert, and That Should Make You Happy” .
I very rarely do not approve a comment to my blog because it’s very important to keep the communication gates [...]

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New BEA Head Sought

December 9, 2009
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I love this headline. It just came across in the PW e-newsletter as their subject line and for a moment I had the vision of Lance having lost his actual head!
Turns out Lance got promoted and BookExpoAmerica is on the hunt for a new director. He has in my estimation done a stellar job with [...]

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5 Ways to Empower Your Book on the Web

December 2, 2009

1. Use Google Blog Search and search on the title for a very successful book in your genre. What the search returns will be blogs that have mentioned, reviewed or featured the book. Make your own pitch list from this as well. In your own email pitch to the blogger, say something like, “I know [...]

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Sherman Alexie on BigThink.com – ebooks and more

November 4, 2009

Go to Bigthink.com and see Sherman Alexie’s take on ebooks, publishing and more. Really must see if you’re an author or in publishing.

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Book Awards Matter

November 3, 2009

Often when I work with authors, one of the first things I will ask them is how many awards they’ve submitted their book to. It’s always surprising how many people have not done one thing in terms of trying to garner an award or two. What’s most surprising is that this is definitely a no-brainer! [...]

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You Should Apply for this business book award…

October 24, 2009

Please don’t forget to submit your book in for consideration to the Axiom Business Book Awards. I’m proud to say I’ve had many past clients submit and then win the award and I hope you’ll submit your book as well!
P.S. (Do it yourself so you’ll know it gets done. Don’t wait for your publisher [...]

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eBook.com new updates

October 8, 2009

eBook.com has been launched with a new age interface, interactive web 2.0 functionality and the ability for members to customise their own entry page to suit their reading habits.
eBook.com eBook Club members can choose their favorite authors, publishers and even specific titles and display these on their very own eBook home page which comes bundled [...]

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Shelfari Amps Up New Features for Community

August 25, 2009

Image via WikipediaVery cool Shelfari has amped up new features on its site to make it all that more accessible and community-focused. The new feature is still in beta, but I encourage you to check it out and see what you can add!

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Good Resource for You

July 12, 2009

I’ve been at a really interesting conference about book publishing this weekend. The two days were filled with some excellent insight and I’ll be sharing some of the tips out of the conference with you this week, along with links to the folks who put the event on.
While you’re waiting check out Mark Effinger’s company [...]

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Alice Hoffman, Twitter, Yikes

June 29, 2009

Alice Hoffman, Twitter and why Richard Ford once shot one of her books…

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Chris Anderson, “Free”, Plagiarism and the power of the Net

June 24, 2009

Chris Anderson, “Free”, plagiarism and the power of the Net

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