I read a book review in the NY Times book review section this morning. I know that my friend is going to want to read it because it’s a review of three recent books written about Chicago. So I’ve saved
Seven Ways to Put Google Alerts to Work for You
Google Alerts is easily one of the most useful free author marketing tools on the internet. You can pick any keyword or phrase to set in your alerts, and decide whether you want to see as-it-happens, daily or weekly results
Five Fab Facebook Groups for Authors
Ah, the power of a group! It’s valuable for networking, exchanging information, promoting your work, getting inspired or just having someone to hang out with, albeit virtually, at the end of a long writing day. Here are five fabs with
Eight Author Features in One Great FB App!
BookPulse provides authors and publishers a really unique self-service tool for the creation and management of your online and mobile Facebook presence. Regardless of your experience level, it’s easy to add features specifically tailored for building conversation around your books
Socially Stacked: How to Evaluate Your Facebook Page
Looking for a Facebook facelift? Enjoy the suggestions in this infographic from SociallyStacked.com and do a little spring cleaning on your author Facebook page this weekend…
Amazon Acquires Goodreads: Yes, But What Does That Means for Authors?
So, we were seriously thinking about titling this post, “Where Writers Win Acquires Amazon” and then shouting “April Fool’s!” in the first line… But these days even a well-timed joke may quickly be misconstrued and the resulting litigation could take
Build Global Readership on ReadWave.com
ReadWave.com is an interesting new author platform brought to our attention by one of our clients, author Lynne Marie. The London-based company enables writers to build up a global readership for their stories. According to CEO and co-founder Raoul Tawadey, “In