Our sincere thanks to executive director Wanda Jewell and the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) for this guest contribution, full of outstanding insights if you’re keen on breaking into indie bookstores! Looking for ways to get your book into bookstores?
5 Creative Ways to Market Your New Book
Thanks to author/blogger Cassie Phillips for this guest contribution. For any self-published author, the marketing process is nearly as important as the actual writing. Without the support of a publishing house team around you, getting your work out to the
5 Ways Ernest Hemingway Had It Easier
Our sincere thanks to author and famed cartoonist Bob Eckstein (Footnotes from the World’s Greatest Bookstores) for this guest contribution! Your book comes out. The champagne cork has popped. You contact your alumni newsletter. You have a spanking new designated
Are You Engaging Your Audience with Epic Social Media Images?
If there’s one indisputable fact that social media marketers have agreed upon over the last year, it’s that clever and compelling social media images are critical. The more critical they become, the more education is being addressed on this topic.
Innovative Help for Authors: Profitable Author Institute
Here’s an innovative way some key publishers, authors and experts have collaborated to create a program for aspiring and emerging authors. WWW’s Shari Stauch said, “I’m thrilled to be a part of this group of amazing talents pooling their resources
Pulpwood Queens: Connecting Authors with Readers in a BIG Way!
Each year, over Martin Luther King day weekend, a cast of brilliant authors gather with hundreds of book clubbers from across the country in a two-day festival of book discussions and themed book events. It’s called the Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend
Author Marketing Mastery #49: The Untapped Potential of Author Cross Promotion
Author Cross Promotion happens when two or more authors agree to promote each other’s books to the mutual benefit of each author. How does it work? Well, like any good cross-promotion, it needs to be a win-win for the authors