For too long, the publishing industry has been a mysterious, clubby, closed business. Authors have had to struggle with a number of unanswered questions. Questions like, “What makes a best-seller?”, “What is a Co-op?” or “What are Reserves against returns?” In her book, ‘Get Published Today’, Penny Sansevieri answers such questions and more. The sub-title […]
Notable blog posts, articles and happenings on the web: Joel Friedlander wrote up an inspiring blog post at his Book Designer blog. Read ‘The Profit in Persistence‘, to get the “Rocky Balboa” in you to wake up and start blogging. The Justice Department jumped directly into the fight over the future of digital books on […]
BBMTC is the world’s first and only online, free, learning program designed to help authors learn about emerging new technologies and associated opportunities for book promotion. BBMTC features a monthly online seminar or roundtable (aka webinar) featuring industry leading book marketing experts. Each month they will cover a new technology or emerging trend through webinars […]
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<< Back Aggie Villanueva A published author at Thomas Nelson before 30, Aggie Villanueva is now a self-published multiple fiction & nonfiction Amazon/Kindle category bestseller, for The Rewritten Word and Rightfully Mine. Aggie founded Promotion á la Carte, author promotional services and 6 months later was voted #2 at Predators & Editors in the Promotion […]
Guest Expert: Penny C. Sansevieri Sorry for the buzz kill title of this article, but instead of spreading pixie dust as many marketing articles do, I thought I’d take a hard look at the realities of self-defeating behavior and some of the things authors might buy into that will sabotage their careers. Over the years […]
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 […]
<< Back An ebook is an abstract product. You can’t hold it. You can’t touch it. Heck, you can’t even gift wrap it! Our webinars this month bring together some of the best known experts who understand how to get attention for your ebook when you release it. If you’re wondering how you can launch […]
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A new kind of giveaway turns contacts into evangelists to sell more books Guest Expert: Penny C. Sansevieri We have marketed hundreds of books over the years, and many of our authors have launched their own book giveaways. For them and every other author we’ve spoken with, those giveaways just don’t do much to generate […]
<< Back Amazon is a vast, ever-changing labyrinth of book marketing opportunities. Our webinars this month bring together some of the best known experts who understand how to navigate through this maze. If you’re wondering how you can can market your Book on Amazon join us in our webinars this October. ****Important Note – (Access […]
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Guest Expert: Penny C. Sansevieri With all the Tweeting, Facebook Liking, and LinkedIn connecting going on, it’s easy to forget about blogging and finding the time to do so. Blogging, however, can be extremely useful for more reasons than just populating your website with content (although that’s important too). Let’s look at some reasons why […]
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. […]