Towards the end of 2008, author David Carnoy released an iPhone app of his book – Knife Music. Unfortunately (for Apple), the application was banned on the grounds that the content was too racy and objectionable. This resulted in a firestorm of news articles from major blogs. For example CNET wrote – “In its rejection […]
Why Fun is Important for Book Marketing
In 2006, George Wright budgeted $50 to create and upload 5 online videos featuring his company’s founder Tom Dickson. The format was simple, goofy and offbeat. Tom put various household articles into a blender to test whether the articles would blend. And the online video went on air with the tagline “Will it blend?” The […]
How to Market your Book with Blurbs
(Note: This blog article is a request for feedback on an important new feature that we’re developing at BookBuzzr for our authors. We’d appreciate any feedback or suggestions that you provide on this feature. You can provide feedback in the form of comments at the bottom of the article.) Anatomy of a blurb: As you […]
Site Outages
As many of you have noticed and pointed out, our server was not able to handle the volume of requests yesterday and went down for a few hours. We’ve now fixed the issue and are monitoring both Freado.com and BookBuzzr.com carefully. Sorry for the inconvenience caused. We’re taking steps to ensure that this does not […]
Book Marketing is Not the Same as Sales
Many authors mistakenly think that selling and marketing are the same. They aren’t. You may already know that the book marketing process is broad and includes all of the following: 1. Identifying your target readers 2. Deciding upon a suitable subject, story and style 3. Writing and editing the book 4. Developing a suitable title […]
Announcing the Winners of the Great BookBuzzr Christmas Giveaway
A few weeks ago, we’d announced a fun little contest for authors. It was called the Great BookBuzzr Christmas Giveaway. Today, we’re pleased to announce the winners of the contest. Winners were picked randomly (using Random.org) from the long list of participating authors. Winners receive a free, 3 month subscription to BookBuzzr Author Pro (valued […]
How to Market Your Book By Sharing Your BookBuzzr Book Widget on Facebook (Part 2)
Last updated – 23rd September, 2014 The first version of the BookBuzzr Widget worked flawlessly with Facebook. You simply clicked on the Facebook icon inside the widget, followed a few prompts and you’d have your book widget appearing on your Facebook profile. The instructions for this were presented in an earlier blog post. Then […]
Indie Authors and Foreign Rights Offerings
This month, we were delighted to know from Shelley Stout , one of our authors, that she has been contacted by foreign rights agents regarding her two novels. Shelley Stout is the author of ‘Radium Halos’ and ‘Celebrities For Breakfast’. We wish her all the very best. But this also got us thinking … Is […]
How to Increase Your Book’s Amazon Rank
Author Susan Bischoff who has a subscription to BookBuzzr Author Pro and is giving away over 30 free copies of her e-book on Freado.com has seen her book’s Amazon rank increase substantially over the last few months. We got in touch with Susan and asked her for some tips that she may want to share […]
The BookBuzzr Blog is Mentioned in 52 Great Blogs
A few days ago, we learned that the BookBuzzr blog had made it to Joel Friedman’s list of 52 Great Blogs for Self-Publishers. Thank you Joel! It is this kind of recognition that inspires us to write out well-researched, actionable articles devoted to helping authors market their book using new technologies. We’re also deeply appreciative […]
New Technology to Earn Goodwill From Your Readers
As an author you want to build a relationship with your readers. One way to do this is to give your readers something of value when they visit your web page, Facebook page (or Facebook fan page) or Twitter page. This could be interesting content, an opportunity to participate in a prize giveaway or something […]