Guest Expert: Tony Eldridge It is the dream of most authors to get their book reviewed in a major newspaper. But even the big ones are starting to cut back or eliminate reviews. And the ones that are still doing reviews tend to only do so on books published by the largest publishers. But that […]
Mid-Week Book Marketing Tips: Do blurbs matter?
Bob Sutton is a professor at Stanford University and the author of a best-selling book (caution: you may be offended by its title) called The No Asshole Rule. Prof Sutton has also written other books that haven’t been best-sellers. The difference between the best-seller and the non-best-sellers: The best-seller had no blurbs, while the non-best-sellers […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Carolyn Griffiths – Author of ‘FEATHERED SERPENTS’
Carolyn Griffiths was born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1960. The daughter of Warren and Sheila McDaniel. She lived her entire childhood in the small town of Atchison, Kansas most noted for the famed female pilot Amelia Earhart and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. Writing since childhood she often found herself immersed in […]
Mid-Week Book Marketing Tips: Start Your Online Book Promotion Strategy Before You Finish Your Book
Our guest blogger this week is Phyllis Zimbler Miller; she has an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, is the co-founder of the Internet marketing company Miller Mosaic, LLC, and is the author of the novel “Mrs. Lieutenant” and the co-author of the Jewish holiday book “Seasons for Celebration.” SPECIAL OFFER: Read about the Miller Mosaic […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Author April L. Hamilton
April L. Hamilton is an author, blogger, Technorati BlogCritic, leading advocate and speaker for the indie author movement, and founder of Publetariat, the premier online news hub and community for indie authors and small imprints. She’s spoken at the O’Reilly Tools of Change conference and the Writers Digest Business of Getting Published conference. Recently, she […]
Mid-Week Book Marketing Tips: How To Be A Multi-Media Author and Stand Out From The Crowd
Guest Expert: Joanna Penn As authors and writers we focus on text based marketing because that is what we are good at and comfortable with. However, all other authors focus on the same thing and if you want to stand out from the crowd in marketing your book, then you could consider multi-media options. Here […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Authors Rebecca Fox And William Sherman
Rebecca (Becky) Fox and her husband William (Bill) Sherman are the authors of the novel Measure By Measure, a romantic romp for the fabulously fat. They met at a wedding in 1982, fell first in lust and then in love, and ultimately married beneath the June skies at the Temple of the Trees in Central […]
Mid-Week Book Marketing Tips: Creating A Marketing Hub
Starting today, every Wednesday we will host Book Marketing Experts who will share their knowledge and views with our BookBuzzr authors and readers. Through this new section they will share marketing tips and techniques. We will also have authors sharing their learning and experience in book marketing. Without further ado let me handover to our […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Fiona Ingram – Author of ‘The Secret Of The Sacred Scarab’
BookBuzzr recently interviewed Fiona Ingram who is the author of the book ‘The Secret Of The Sacred Scarab’ which was nominated a Finalist in the Children’s/Juvenile Fiction section of the USA 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, as well as the USA National Best Books 2009 Awards. It was nominated a winner in the 2009 […]
Scribd vs BookBuzzr: An author’s perspective
[A few days ago I came across Joel Friedlander’s post – Getting Started with Scribd.com and passed it on to friends. One thing led to another and soon I was asking our in-house author Chetan Dhruve for his opinion. What he had to say would be of interest to most authors so, over to Chetan. […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Myne Whitman – Author of ‘A HEART TO MEND’
Nkem Akinsoto aka Myne Whitman is a Nigerian writer/editor based in Seattle, USA, and currently writes on her website mynewhitman. Her blog runs a web-based naija blogsville interactive story on www.mynewhitmanwrites.com. The blog started out with excerpts from a manuscript she was writing which she has now self-published via AuthorHouse. The author grew up during […]