July 17th, 2015
10 Mistakes Authors Make that Can Cost them a Fortune (and How to Avoid Them)
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Blogging Guests | Penny Sansevieri
Penny Sansevieri
When it comes to writing books and book promotion, I know that it can sometimes feel like a confusing odyssey of choices. And while I can’t address each of these in detail, there are a number of areas that are keenly tied to a book’s success (or lack thereof).… Read the post
March 2nd, 2015
4 (Mostly) Pain-Free Tips for Marketing Your Book
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Author Marketing | Blogging Guests
Congratulations! You published a book. It’s out there in the world, all new and shiny, bouncing like the newborn its constantly compared to. The hard part is over, right?
Um… well this is awkward.
Maybe you watch Amazon rank or your Bookscan data or if you’re lucky, get numbers from your publisher and you realize that books don’t sell themselves.… Read the post
February 2nd, 2015
7 Secrets to Selling More Books at Events
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Author Marketing | Penny Sansevieri
So you got a book event...Great! Now you want to maximize it, right? You've heard your writing buddies (or perhaps read online) about the lack of attendance at signings so figuring out how to maximize the event, regardless of the numbers, might be tricky.… Read the post
December 10th, 2012
Are Book Trailers Dead?
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Miscellaneous | Technology Fun
by Laura Drake
My debut book will be out in May, so promo is at the top of my mind lately. When I brought up the idea of doing a book trailer with some of my published friends, I got the equivalent of my nine year old granddaughter’s, ‘Oh, that’s so last season,’ eye roll.… Read the post
March 23rd, 2012
Attack Of The Blog
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Blogging Guests | Miscellaneous | Publishing
Writers In The Storm welcomes Tara Lain, a public relations and advertising executive who makes use of her promo savvy to promote her second career, writing erotic romance.
A lifelong writer of serious non-fiction, Tara didn’t fall in love with EROM until 2009 and, through perseverance and hard work she had the first novel she ever wrote published in January of 2011.… Read the post
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