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by Valerie Connelly - 2007-01-14
For my talk show, Calling All Authors, as you might expect from the show's name, I believe in focusing on the needs authors have as they publish and market their books. But more than that - as a publi...
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by Victor Ezeaku - 2007-01-14
To me, writing an e-book with out a professionally designed cover is just a waste of time. The power of your e-book cover can not be too stress. The cover of your e-book can be the bridge between t...
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by Clary Lopez - 2007-01-06
Writing is an art, one that brings joy to its creator. There is a certain yearning to get the words on paper and lastly have it printed on a book. For those looking to have their books published by ...
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by Alastair Harris - 2007-01-05
Whilst many people aspire to being authors most stop at the first challenge - getting published. How many great authors and great writers the world never came to know because to this we will never kn...
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by Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D. - 2007-01-04
Books and blogs seem to go together like butter and toast. It doesn't matter whether you use your blog to develop content for your book, or you create the blog for marketing the already finished book....
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by Victoria Rosendahl - 2007-01-02
Have you always wanted to write and sell a novel but weren't sure where to start? The writing part is hard enough but how do you get your masterpiece published and sold?A series of three articles wil...
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by Mike Scantlebury - 2007-01-02
It's easy to forget readers. They are the people who go out to bookshops and buy books. They are the ones who decide, by their choices, which ones become 'best sellers'; which authors prosper and whic...
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by Mike Scantlebury - 2007-01-01
More reasons why internet publishing is better (for authors)If you ask most busy authors, they will agree on one thing. They want to get published. They want a publisher. Trouble is, in our modern wor...
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by David McKee - 2006-12-28
Ever had that urge to write a book? Just about everyone has at one point or another; you may even have a complete manuscript hanging around in that bottom desk drawer. Maybe you even have several! U...
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by Kathryn Lively - 2006-12-27
Often I am asked how does one go about getting reviews for a novel. Most authors I have met over the years have been under the impression that the only valid reviews are found in the newspaper or in a...
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by Rick Reed - 2006-12-27
Authors are getting on the bandwagon musicians and filmmakers have already discovered to promote their work: the phenomenon that is MySpace. MySpace is rapidly becoming one of the most popular sites o...
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by Kathryn Lively - 2006-12-26
In the course of my tenure as Publisher for the erotic romance imprint of a small press, I have received a great number of submissions, from shorts for our themed "quickie" lines to full-length novels...
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by Kathryn Lively - 2006-12-26
In Part One of this series, I mentioned briefly the importance of knowing the markets to which you submit. If you are an aspiring romance novelist sending your work to a publisher where the bread and ...
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by Kathryn Lively - 2006-12-26
In Part I of this series I touched on the importance of researching the markets where you submit your work. To send a hard science fiction novel to a house that specializes in cozy mysteries is a comp...
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by Judy Cullins - 2006-12-22
Did you get all the book sales you wanted last year? Think about the time, effort and money you invested. Which one's paid off? Which were losers?One client confessed she bought an expensive program t...
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by Judy Cullins - 2006-12-22
Is Print on Demand all you think it is?You, like many other authors who don't want to go the long hard road with traditional publishing, and who like the low cost and seemingly easiest and best way to...
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by Judy Cullins - 2006-12-22
Without a coach to guide you, you may make expensive mistakes in buying what you don't need to get your book out to your audience.Not all books will make the Amazon top seller list. Not all of you wil...
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by Debbi Sullivan - 2006-12-18
Part of an effective book marketing campaign is a website - after all, what is the first thing people do when they hear of something interesting and they want information? They "Google" it. Your inter...
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by Roslyn Motter - 2006-12-13
The art work needs to be assimilated into the text. Also the usual bits and pieces such as dedications, chapter titles and copyright and publisher details have to be added to the front of the book. I ...
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by Scott Ginsberg - 2006-12-13
Nope, it isn't "marketing."Wrong, it ain't "credibility."And no, it's not "Oprah."The most important word in any author's vocabulary is: PLATFORM.Here's what that means:• A platform is what helps sell...
