I heard a factoid at the recent Decatur Book Festival that over 800 books are launching each day. Yikes. That means when it comes to launching our own book, including creative book announcements, we’d all better be thinking about how
Podcasts for Authors Part II – Five Fabulous Author Marketing Audio Options!
Imagine getting new “radio”-style talk show to listen to and inspire you any time you like. We love podcasts for their convenience and easy delivery, but also for the creative and useful content they can offer authors. These five great
Twelve Favorite Podcasts for Authors: Part I – Casts on Craft
Imagine getting new “radio”-style talk show to listen to and inspire your creative brain any time you like. We love podcasts for their convenience and easy delivery, but also for the creative content they offer authors. Our thanks to WWW’s
How To Get A Great Author Domain Name When YourName.com Is Taken
Our thanks to Michael Keshen, Content Marketer at Hover for this guest post. When you’re trying to establish your online presence as a writer, your name is everything. There are many basic components your website needs, but perhaps most important
Don’t Rush to Publish: Slow Down and Publish Smart!
Our thanks to Angela DeCaires, Publishing Director at BookLogix for this guest post. One of the best things I can tell writers about to publish their book is to take their time! Many authors have spent years working on a
Search Engine Optimize Your Author Website: How to Find Useful Keywords
As you may have heard, getting your author website found increasingly depends on how well it’s “optimized.” In a nutshell, this means your site contains useful keywords that are searched on Google by potential readers looking for what you have
Would Access to 15,000 Libraries Help Your Book Promotion Efforts?
At the end of July we wrote a post, Have You Overlooked Your Local Library? Apparently many of us have; we visit too many libraries that are ghost towns, but more and more community leaders and savvy folks in publishing