In life, we all need a horse to ride. Without the horse, we are a small fraction of what we could be. When I was 13, my parents took me to a motor museum at a grand country house. Big yawn. Happily, there was a donkey derby alongside it, and they agreed to let me […]
Why do so many writers use words that might be difficult for some readers?
I’ve never understood this. The message becomes more difficult to decipher, and more than half the time I quit reading due to the complexity of the article/blog/novel. Why wouldn’t you want a more simple message, that could target a broader audience? Read Quote of Laura Copeland’s answer to Writing: Why do so many writers use […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Best Selling Author Roberta Kagan
BB: Hello Roberta. We recently saw that your book – ‘All My Love, Detrick’ broke into a top 10 list on Amazon. Congratulations! Thank you so much. I appreciate your taking the time to interview me. The screenshot below was taken on March 26th, 2013. BB: Can you tell us a little about yourself? Since […]
Easter Season is Here Again and So is the Easter Landing Page Widget from BookBuzzr
Aah … Easter! The season conjures images of bunnies, chocolate eggs and candies. To celebrate the season, we’ve released the Easter egg widget which showcases your book with an ‘Easter spirit’. All landing page themes from BookBuzzr now come in three sizes. One size is a large, overlay screen (useful when you really want to […]
5 Tips for Marketing Your Book Online
For the last four years I’ve been running an online digital publishing platform (which we’ve recently rebranded as ReadWave), that aims to help writers build up a readership online. During that time I’ve had access to a lot of data on what people read online, when they read, and most importantly, why some writers […]
The Genesis of the Novel MRS. LIEUTENANT: Inspired by Actual Events
In May of 1970 I accompanied my new husband to Ft. Knox, Kentucky, where he was scheduled to enter active military duty by attending Armor Officers Basic. Mitch and I had met at Michigan State University and he was in Army ROTC. Initially wanting to wait to marry until after he had served his […]
No-Holds Barred Author Interview – How to do a Kindle Free Day
A few years ago, if you gave away a copy of your free book, you could expect at least a few readers to gratefully read through your book and leave a review. Today, the competition is intense with Amazon listing thousands of free books at any given point in time. Many authors struggle to get […]
BookBuzzr Author Sherrill Cannon Hits the Best Seller List on Amazon
We learnt today that Sherrill S Cannon’s book – Manner-Man has broken into the top 50 on Amazon. Congratulations Sherrill! And here is Sherrill’s book in the BookBuzzr flipper: And check out her cute little book trailer below:
Book Marketing Commandment 10 of 10 – Write Many Books
How I discovered Roald Dahl Growing up, I had never heard the name of Roald Dahl (for some reason, he was not a big name in India when I was a kid.) However, a few years ago, my daughter began reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I did not read the book but the name […]
Using Online Marketing to Promote (Not Sell) Your Books
The Internet provides traditionally published and self-published authors numerous opportunities to promote their books to prospective fans. But it is important to understand the nature of online marketing – creating relationships rather than selling. For these types of opportunities you want to connect with prospective readers in a friendly way rather than constantly “pushing” […]
Book Marketing Commandment 9 of 10 – Practice the Pareto Principle
As an author, you have a number of different book marketing opportunities. And it is easy to drown with all of the information (noise) that is out there. Should you blog? Tweet? Post on Facebook? Run a Pinterest contest? Setup an affiliate program? The ideas are endless. But your time is limited. And you need […]