In our line of business we have occasion to follow a LOT of authors… on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Linked In, Goodreads, etc. And many are savvy enough to include an author auto-response on their particular social media stream and/or emails.
Seven Most Useful Writing Apps for Authors
We’ve heard it said enough: “There’s An App” for that – Does it hold true for authors? We’d say so! In fact there are so many cool apps out there geared to writers that it’s hard to narrow ’em down.
Creative Author Marketing: Beyond the Bookstore
Reader Flora Morris Brown offered up a cool infographic (below) from her own site at coloryourlifepublished.com. A fun way to continue the author marketing brainstorm on ways we can market our work beyond the book store. Says Flora, “Indie publishers
Book Markets Continue to Grow!
Some fun and interesting publishing insights today on both the ebook and traditional print book markets: Bowker recently released its 2013 U.S. Book Consumer Demographics and Buying Behaviors Annual Review. The full report is $799, but their free preview is available
How to Handle Rejection: Don’t Give Up!
A friend and wonderful writer, Lee Cox, just sent me a link to an interesting article appearing August 4, 2013 on CNN.com, The Man Who Turned Rejection Into a Career. I read it with interest (as should you) because in
Book Marketing 101 From An Author’s POV
Thanks to author and columnist Ken Burger for this guest post! Graphic courtesy freedigitalphotos.net I’ve written and published three novels over the past five years and have learned one sure-fire, no-lie, absolute thing about marketing books. It ain’t easy. I’m
How to Find the Best Book Reviewers
As promised back on our May 1, 2013 launch of the Winner Circle, we’d be offering up quarterly updates to our online interactive Directory of Book Reviewers. Today’s the day! Volume 2, Fall 2013 is now live and online, and