Twitter just officially launched its “retweet with comment” feature, which is great news for authors who hate retweeting without being able to add their own “spin.” “Retweet with comment” allows us to embed a tweet into our own tweet, which
Book Readings at 35,000 Feet? The First Mile High (Book) Club
Slate Magazine senior editor Jonathan L. Fischer recently filed this great piece: Southwest Airlines Knows How to Make Your Flight Even More Fun: Book Readings at 35,000 Feet! He happened to be on a Southwest flight with his wife recently
Creating New Connection Webs to Build Your Readership
One of my favorite emails to send is always titled, “Mutual Introduction” and always ends with “Happy Connecting!” From there the missive will vary. We may be connecting two authors who write similar work, or are in the same geographic
Five Publicist Takeaways
Our thanks to book publicist Claire McKinney for this guest post, with some takeaways for those who didn’t get to attend PubSense Summit… My mother used to say that taking a vacation or a break from your regular
Five Ways to Assess Your Book Cover Design (Article 3 of the Do-It-Yourself MBA for Writers Series)
Our thanks to Carol Chiao for this third in a series of posts to provide perspective on the business of writing, leveraging a marketing professional’s experience. Welcome to DIYMBA for Writers! This is the third in a series of posts
Overwhelmed? Two Ways to Take it Down a Notch
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.” ― Henry Ford One of the most common threads to come out of the recent PubSense Summit were valid author concerns about becoming overwhelmed with everything there
Five Basics Every Author Must Do When Marketing Online (Infographic)
Happy April Fool’s Day, everyone! This infographic from bookforeignrights.com (click on the title to read the full article or on the image to view larger) is “no fooling” and a great primer before we get into some “heavier” work this