In an effort to understand Children’s Book Authors, their inspirations, their writing process, their needs, their problems,… we reached out to Donna Maguire, author of the Silly Willy Winston series who after close to 40 years in the advertising business Donna left it behind to care for her grand niece and nephew in Nevada some […]
Q&A: How to Launch an eBook
On 7th of December, we had an interesting and informative webinar about ‘How to Launch an eBook’. Our panel consisted of D’vorah Lansky (M.Ed. and Author of Book Marketing Made Easy: Simple Strategies for Selling Your Nonfiction Book Online), Phyllis Zimbler Miller (co-founder of Miller Mosaic Power Marketing) and Penny C. Sansevieri (CEO of Author […]
Lynn Serafinn Talks About The 7 Graces of Marketing for Authors
Today we have the great pleasure of being the host on Day 3 of the Virtual Blog Tour of author Lynn Serafinn whose book The 7 Graces of Marketing: how to heal humanity and the planet by changing the way we sell launches on Amazon on Tuesday December 13, 2011. Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC is […]
Best Podcasts for Authors List
Looking for Podcasts for Authors? To help writers and authors find informational and inspirational podcasts about writing, publishing and marketing we are putting together a list of Podcasts for authors. We have categorized the podcasts based on what they are about. Categories – 1. Author Interviews – These are interviews with authors speaking about their […]
The BookBuzzr Gold Rush Begins
Update: Congratulations to our BookBuzzr Grand Prize Winner – Amanda Taylor (@a_k_taylor) on winning a basket of book marketing goodies worth over $2000 from experts across the publishing industry. A special thank you to all who participated and made the contest such fun. We enjoyed running this contest for all you authors out there and […]
3 Ways to Market Your Book to iPhone Users
There are millions of iPhones in use all over the world. iPhone users are usually quite enthusiastic about their devices. They surf the web, check email, play games and of course buy and read books on their devices. Now as book-marketers, if you can figure out a way to engage with this audience, you stand […]
Q & A: E-Book Formatting: The Next Generation of Readers are Electronic
On 16th March our webinar on E-Book Formatting: The Next Generation of Readers are Electronic was interesting and packed with great info. Our panel consisted of Claudia Jackson (from Telemachus Press who have launched NovelHelp University) and April Hamilton (founder and Editor in Chief of Publetariat). They answered a lot of questions but we still […]
Q & A: Marketing your Book on Twitter
On 23rd Feb. webinar on Marketing Your Book On Twitter was interesting and packed with great info. Our panel consisted of Joanna Penn(Author and creator of the Author 2.0 Blueprint) and Gary Smailes(with over 10 years experience of the publishing industry). We answered a lot of questions but still had a few unanswered. This post […]
Q&A: Using Twitter to Market Your Book
On 16th of Feb. we had an interesting and informative webinar about Using Twitter on Market Your Book. Our panel consisted of Carolyn-Howard Johnson (author of the HowToDoItFrugally series), Joel Friedlander (proprietor of Marin Bookworks), Laurel Marshfield (professional writer, ghostwriter and developmental editor), Phyllis Zimbler Miller (co-founder of Miller Mosaic Power Marketing) and Penny C. […]
How to maintain your privacy on Facebook
Privacy settings on Facebook are important and I cannot stress this enough. No matter whether it’s for games or work or marketing, setting your privacy right can avoid some embarrassing moments and data/identity theft. Facebook by default sets all Privacy Settings to Public. i.e. viewable by everyone. That means, if you have never visited your […]
Organise your Friends! Create ‘Lists’ on Facebook
Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with both close friends and new friends you make but, as your number of friends increase you will start to miss out on updates or see too many updates from someone you aren’t very interested in. This dilutes the value of Facebook both as a personal […]