A GREAT article was released over the weekend in the Houston Chronicle. In it, they covered a variety of authors and the creative things each of them are doing to promote their books. Here are some highlights … don’t be afraid to steal ideas! Kayt Sukel Author of Dirty Minds: How Our Brains Influence Love, […]
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The short answer? As little as possible. We know that you want to make money off of your book. But before you can become a bestselling author, you have to create a little buzz for yourself. The best way to start doing that is to allow people to read your book for dirt cheap. If
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We know that self-publishing is the fastest-growing segment of the publishing industry. We also know that the Apple iStore is one of the most common places for purchasing self-published e-books. Well, we shouldn’t be surprised that the two are now meeting … and turning an industry upside-down to boot. At their most recent presentation, Apple
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Remember when blogging was all the rage for authors? Well, it still is an essential (I recommend that all authors blog), but it seems that the latest version of blogging is in the form of audio. They’re podcasts. According to an article in Publishers Weekly, more and more authors are using podcasts, “as a way
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According to the NY Times, “Penguin Group USA has plucked its first author from its new electronic slush pile.” Slush pile? Really? Do they have to be so snobby in referring to it? Regardless, this is yet more encouraging news for authors who are trying to get themselves known as respected authors without following the
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I thought that title might get some attention. But seriously, a client sent me a link a few days ago to an article titled How I Became a Best-Selling Author, posted on Yahoo Finance. Here are some of the highlights from the article, which follows one woman’s “unlikely road to a hit novel.” Five years
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Think the old-fashioned book tour is soooo yesterday? Maybe it’s just being reinvented. Random House of Canada is certainly testing out that theory. They’ve created a new model for their author book tours. Here’s a summary of what they’re doing, courtesy of Publishers Weekly. Don’t be afraid to steal ideas! The book tour events are
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If you’re a writer of children’s books, then listen up! There’s a really interesting article in the Sunday NY Times about the collision course between ebooks and children’s books. In short, when parents want to read a book to (or with) their child, they absolutely refuse to pull out a Kindle or Nook. This is
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I came across a conversation on LinkedIn today. Just the title of the topic of discussion says it all: Internet blogging, social networking et al has no effect on sales for 99% of new self published writers well certainly not for this one. Agree? Sadly enough, most of the people who participated in the conversation
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What a nice surprise! Today, I stumbled across this article: Ten Author and Book Web Sites for Inspiration Sure enough, two of the websites that we built for clients are listed among their favorites: Gary Stromberg Yolanda Shanks There’s nothing as satisfying as having your work recognized … especially in the same breath as the
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