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Conversations with Calliope- Writing and Marketing

(Weather Vane) JOE: Good morning Calliope. CALLIOPE: Good morning Joe. I missed you yesterday. JOE: I missed you too. CALLIOPE: Where were you? JOE: On the road. CALLIOPE: To where? JOE: Marketing my new CD. I visited some stores I thought might be interested in selling it. CALLIOPE: How did that go? JOE:… Continue

Added by Joseph Langen on December 4, 2009 at 5:42am — No Comments

Antellus to Remove Amazon Links From Its Site

As a result of reading too many complaints concerning the big box retailer Amazon.com and its treatment of both customers and suppliers, we have decided that listing the links we have to the books we sell on their overblown site do not add to our readers' convenience. The fact is that Amazon.com has an egregious track record of lack of response to issues like lost merchandise, refunds not issued for returned items, closing accounts inapp… Continue

Added by Theresa M. Moore on November 24, 2009 at 2:37pm — No Comments

Fat People Don’t Shop In Bookstores & Other Crazy Thoughts

Nice book, says B&N, we’ll keep it online. These types of books sell better online. Uh-oh. What type of books? FAT BOOKS? FOR FAT PEOPLE??? Fat people don’t shop for diet books. They shop for candy bars. If they’re in the bookstore, they avoid the diet books. When they want to buy diet books, they hide behind their computers and secretly buy fat books in the night. Been there, done that. It’s true. The Secret Life of An Addict. I will go anywhere in public to buy my addiction candy – any… Continue

Added by Sara L Stein MD on November 12, 2009 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

Would This Help Your Buyers?

I have completed six manuscripts. One of the five is a nonfiction ebook that I have to add case studies to. The sixth is Will Work For Cash. You can go check it out right here==> http://writegrrl.blogspot.com It's for people who have a hard time making money online. I found several websites where people can get paid to do tasks. Some are tasks, some are contests, but they actually pay you to do something. It's not a get rich… Continue

Added by Carolyn Davis on November 10, 2009 at 4:31pm — No Comments

Now it's Time for a new and unique Vision! A Global Social Network combined with a free business opportunity!

We present- now it's Time for a new and unique Vision! A Global Social Network combined with a free business opportunity! Now it's Time for a new and unique Vision! A Global Social Network combined with a free business opportunity! A social network platform launches Global - Start in Europe… Continue

Added by Michael Volkmann on November 8, 2009 at 2:28pm — No Comments

Ebay for Books?

Where are your books available for purchase? Amazon? That's great but are you lost among the hundreds of millions of books there? And, Amazon takes such a large chunk of your book sales. Fine, if you do not have a way of selling on your site, and fulfilling your own orders. What about your own web site? Do you have a great web site? How many people know where you are? Is your site SEO (search engine optimized?) The truth is, it is often better to… Continue

Added by Gene Cartwright on November 2, 2009 at 11:43pm — No Comments

Across the Pond News

It's been a while since I passed on any news about my book, perhaps you thought ther… Continue

Added by Storyheart on October 26, 2009 at 5:17pm — No Comments

Number$

I heard that Dan Brown’s latest book was at the top of the best seller list within hours of its release. Surely an admirable accomplishment but the fact itself is somewhat misleading. Statistics must be looked at from all angles before they can be given any credence. Before I continue I would like to state that I mean no disrespect to Mr. Brown, whose work I greatly admire. As I understand it, the Big-Box bookstores deal with the large publishers. The large publishers deal with the major league… Continue

Added by Tim Baker on October 2, 2009 at 6:41am — 4 Comments

eBooks, hard-copy sales site

At www.shop.kabap.com we are about to re-focus our marketing efforts to include the promotion of work for not only amateur photographers, but also amateur authors as well. We are currently accepting listings and willing to offer the same or better terms than any other offer you have currently been given. Contact books@kabap.com with your most recent terms and we will work post-haste on your listing. all the best, Jason Continue

Added by JS on September 6, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Article Review | Tips Self Publishers Can Use To Help Sell More Books Fast

Press releases are proven effective when it comes to multiplying echoes on book marketing campaigns. After all, majority of the world’s population read almost anything everyday. But one must admit that the media has an influential impact especially on its consumers. People even buy newspapers to get a daily dose of… Continue

Added by Don Harold on September 1, 2009 at 8:48pm — No Comments

Sales Channel Management : Find The Best Places To Sell Your Book – Get Published TV Episode #029

Sales Channel Management…Where is the best place to sell you book? In this episode Dale goes through alternative distribution channels you can use to sell your book. It is up to you to decide how you want to go about it and the best place to sell your book. P.S Book Store episodes are coming soon…. Click here to watch the episode now: http://www.getpublishedtv.com/sales-channel-management-episode-0… Continue

Added by Dale Beaumont on July 29, 2009 at 7:36pm — No Comments

Authors With Non-Author Skills to Market

Loose the complete you! Authors may now market their non-author skills on iFOGO Village. While you are a dedicated author, are you also a secret Da Vinci, Edison, P.T. Barnum, Versacé, Michelangelo, etc.? What are… Continue

Added by Gene Cartwright on July 4, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Want More Exposure?

GET MORE EXPOSURE FOR FREE If you have books distributed through Amazon, you are more than welcome to receive massive exposure on P… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on July 3, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Your Book Cover as an E-Card

As I mentioned in my blog post, "Does God Have Caller I.D.?", we authors must employ every legitimate, book-marketing tool available. What if you could send your book jacket as an e-card as often as you wish, with no limitations? Now you can. Here is a great idea:

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Added by Gene Cartwright on July 2, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

How Do I Get On Oprah?

This is a question that, as a book marketer, I hear quite often. Authors think "if only I could get on Oprah, my book will become a bestseller!" Well, maybe. It's true that Oprah has helped sell quite a few books, but it's also true that the number of authors Oprah has helped in this manner is very small compared to the number of authors releasing books each year. Trying to get booked on The Oprah Winfrey Show is like winning the lottery, or getting struck by lightening. It may or may not happe… Continue

Added by Terry Cordingley on July 1, 2009 at 7:48pm — 2 Comments

Does God Have Caller I.D.?

Okay, I'm not being sacrilegious here, just posing a question to be considered by both true believers and dedicated agnostics and atheists. There is no doubt, being a truly devoted pursuer of dreams, whether as an author or creative/artistic professional, requires a strong measure of belief in one's self, an… Continue

Added by Gene Cartwright on July 1, 2009 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Martketing idea

Are you a published author? Do you belong to a group? Do other published authors belong to the same group? Does your local news media pay any attention to their local authors or just the ones on the best seller list? Here is what we did in Las Vegas to get some local recognition. Our paper listed the top ten best sellers in fiction and non-fiction. They did special reports on books by the authors with name recognition such as Bill Clinton; John McCain; you get the idea. First we had a local book… Continue

Added by Jack Miller on June 19, 2009 at 10:57am — 1 Comment

Munster, Ireland Top Book Sales 18/6/09

Munster, Ireland Top Book Sales 18/6/09 Source Carrigdhoun Newspaper Top Ten 1.Miles To Go by Miley Cyrus 2.D-Day by Antony Beevor 3.We Need To Talk About Ross by Paul Howard 4.Official Driving Test Theory by Ireland 5.Brooklyn by Colm Toibin 6.When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson 7.Coast of Cork by Joleen Cronin 8.Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer 9.Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child 10.If This Is Paradise by Claudia Carroll Continue

Added by Annette J Dunlea Irish Author on June 18, 2009 at 3:06am — No Comments

1st Turning Point: Learn about Promotion

Grand Opening! Please join us at 1st Turning Point on our opening month. Yes, we have prizes. What is 1st Turning Point? A place wh… Continue

Added by Jacquie Rogers on May 27, 2009 at 7:15pm — No Comments

Crafts for Children

Hello, My name is Doris Anne Beaulieu and I’d like to this time to talk to mail order companies and parents. To parents I have a wonderful craft book for your child to give his or her teacher at the end of the school year. My Easy and Inexpensive Holiday Classroom Crafts for Teachers book is truly a gift that will forever keep giving from year to year, holiday after holiday. It’s a craft book for developing creative minds. This book will tell you what items you will need for each craft along wit… Continue

Added by Doris Anne Beaulieu on May 17, 2009 at 4:09pm — No Comments