Our thanks to Kiffer Brown of Chanticleer Book Reviews for this guest post. Shown at right, best-selling author Joanna Penn. I had the pleasure and the good fortune to attend the 2015 PubSense Summit in Charleston, South Carolina. Attending the sessions
Check Out Indie Recon Today!
In case you’ve missed tuning into Indie ReCon this year, there are still plenty of sessions to attend! IndieReCon is a free online conference for authors interested in self-publishing. It started in 2013 with co-founders Ali Cross and SR Johannes
Twitter Gives Authors More Characters with ReTweet!
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