Book clubs can be a defining moment in any author’s career. We’re not just talking Oprah here (though that’s a stellar example). Fact is, the success of a book can be super-charged if book clubs get hold of it and
Book Reviewers and Book Clubs: Reaching Influencers!
Volume 3 of our Directory of Book Reviewers is now live and online for Winner Circle members. The newest quarterly edition includes several added review sites and updated rankings. And, where necessary, a few deleted sites that have ceased to meet
Author Social Media: Why Use Fake Followers?
Thanks to blogger Carl Shaw for this guest post. I like to use social media and use Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram every day even if it’s just to check out how my posts are being viewed or what everyone
Author Beware: Not All Publishing Contracts Are Created Equal
Copyright graphic courtesy freedigitalphotos.net. WWW team member Bren McClain forwarded an interesting article from Publisher’s Weekly yesterday: “For Major Publishers, Will Print No Longer Be the Norm?” Although provocative, “…a handful of agents, all of whom spoke to PW on
Writing For Blogs: Style Tips!
Our thanks to writer Brooke Chaplan for this guest post! Getting your writing used by businesses and other blogs is a great way to get your name out there and often even earn money doing something you love. Sometimes the
The Twenty Most Retweetable Words on Twitter
The Science of Marketing by Dan Zarrella offers up plenty of quantifiable research about the use of Twitter, what folks are retweeting and what links they’re clicking on (and keep reading for a link to a free chapter of the
A New Author Discoverability Tool: The Fussy Librarian
We love sites like NetGalley and BookBub, Riffle and Bublish, creative problem-solvers that offer up innovative platforms to bring new readers to your books. Discoverability is key in this market flooded with new AND backlist titles, so we believe you