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Category Archives: marketing
A Necessary Evil — Part V
Unless you can wrangle an appearance on “Oprah!” or some of the late-night TV shows, your best bet for alerting the public to the publication of your book is a press release. That’s not to say you shouldn’t contact radio … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, Amazon, book debut, book release, contacts, cost per click, cost per thousand, debut, FaceBook, Google, interview, mailing list, news, newspaper, Oprah, press release, radio, talk show, TV
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A Necessary Evil — Part IV
So, you’ve followed all the suggestions, gotten all the feedback you could stand, made all the updates, corrections, and edits; you’ve picked all the nits, tied up all the loose threads, thanked everyone you could think of, and now it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged advance copies, ARC, author copies, book launch, celebrities, cost, creativity, marketing, media, newspaper, press release, promo, retail, review copies, reviews, venue
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A Necessary Evil — Part II
What’s your book about? While that seems like an easy question, many authors have trouble coming up with a quick answer. What too often comes out is something like: “It’s about this guy who finds a magic tuba while digging … Continue reading
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Tagged agent, back cover, Big Five, book blurb, book cover, editor, elevator pitch, fan convention, imagination, indie, marketing, novelist, novice, readers, sales, sales pitch, writer's conference
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Resurrection Blues
We’re traveling once again, which has made it difficult to work on anything new, including posts for this blog. So, instead, I’m going to post the first chapter of my very first solo novel, Resurrection Blues. You can find the book here, … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, novel writing, Writing
Tagged Alabama, biker, carrousel, dwarf, first chapter, free, Indian, IRS, libertarian, little people, merry-go-round, mery go round, novel, Resurrection Blues, romance, stripper, taxes, under the radar
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Blogging for visibility
You’ve written a book. Maybe it’s your first. You slaved over it, making sure every word carried its weight; you nuked every unnecessary adverb and consigned every cliché to the septic tank cemetery. You shed angst like dog hair from … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon ads, bees, blog, blogging, cost of promotion, expertise, Facebook ads, marketing, mot juste, press release, Promotion, public speaking, publicity, self-promotion, selling books, teaching, Writing
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