Our thanks to author Laura Lane McNeal for this guest post! Laura is continuing her travels with DollBaby – you can view her book tour dates HERE. Congratulations, so you’ve published your debut novel and you’re getting ready to go
Happy to Read: Scenes from BookExpo America
A few scenes from the floor of this year’s BookExpo America. Enjoy the view, and do view the “happy” video at the bottom of this post, courtesy of BEA… It’ll brighten your day, it will! Left, BEA Bloggers Conference features
Indie for Indies: Authors and Bookstores Working Together Towards Success
Our thanks to Christine Munroe, US Manager of Kobo Writing Life, for this guest post. I’m excited to share tips on two key ways independent authors and publishers can distribute your titles into bookstores: Sell hard copies of your books
How to Host a Book Party!
Our thanks to author Lee Adams for this blog post about her creative idea to market books by participating in a book party! I read an article at the end of last year by Elizabeth Hunter titled, “What I Learned
Building Grassroots Support for Authors: 10 Steps
Our thanks to author Karin Abarbanel for this guest post… We love the idea of this creative marketing approach to building grassroots support for authors! Bloom where you are planted: this old adage can be the key to a very
Five Tips to a Successful Goodreads Giveaway!
The Goodreads giveaway program has given away more than 200,000 books since its inception. According to Goodreads, the giveaway program is heavily trafficked by members, and an average of 825 people enter to win any given giveaway! Holding a giveaway
The Double Dealer 2013: New Literary Journal Released
The Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society of New Orleans has released its 2013 online edition of the The Double Dealer, just in time for the Society’s Words & Music: A Literary Feast in New Orleans that begins this Wednesday, December 5,