Publicity Tips for Authors By Pam Lontos So you have finished your masterpiece, you’ve found your press; you’ve lined up a distributor, and then what? Where do you start? How do you differentiate yourself and your book from all of the others available via online booksellers or on bookstore shelves? How do you get the […]
Book Marketing Mondays: How to Become a Blogging Expert Overnight
Guest Expert: Jo-Anne Vandermeulen With age comes wisdom…but, not when we’re talking about blogging. It doesn’t take years to become an expert blogger. You can *conquer all obstacles* and become a professional as early as…tomorrow. Yes, I said tomorrow. To become a blogging expert, all you need to do is: – Define Your Niche […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: 5 non aggressive ways to increase the online exposure for your book
Guest Expert: Teresa Morrow During the time you are writing your book, you can begin to coordinate ways to increase the online exposure for your book. By starting the process while you are writing the book, it gives your potential readers to get to know you and for you to find, gain and connect with […]
Book Marketing Mondays: How To Get Your Book Mentioned In A Newspaper
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 […]
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: 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 Author Kaylin McFarren
Linda Yoshida, writing as Kaylin McFarren, minored in English in college and for the past twenty years has led PR/marketing efforts for several companies within her family’s international conglomerate. She is a wife and mother of three, and resides in Oregon. In addition to serving on numerous foundations and boards, she actively works with multi-published […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Author Dan Holloway
Dan Holloway is a Year Zero Writer; Organiser of the Free-e-day indie culture festival; blogger promoting the interests of readers and writers throughout the world and cyberspace; futurologist of publishing. Author of literary fiction; presenter of cultural studies papers; in search of a twenty-fifth hour in the day. BookBuzzr recently interviewed Dan Holloway who is […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Bronwyn Schweigerdt – Author of ‘Free To Eat: The Proven Recipe For Permanent Weight Loss’
Bronwyn “Fiber-Girl” Schweigerdt is the most entertaining authority on nutrition that you’ve ever heard. Bronwyn has a Master’s degree in nutrition from Tufts University, is an author, columnist but most of all, an amazing speaker. She has literally helped thousands of people learn how to lose weight with her seminar and previous book: The UnDiet: […]