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For more information on the Random Acts of Publicity Week, see this post or the Facebook Event page. Today’s task for Random Acts of Publicity: Write something online and link to your friend’s website, blog, book page, Facebook page, etc. Why are we spending an entire day on links? Because of Search Engine Optimization (SEO)! [...]
For more information on the Random Acts of Publicity Week, see this post or the Facebook Event page. Today’s task for Random Acts of Publicity: Post a review of a book somewhere. Your blog, GoodReads, Amazon, a school newsletter, a bulletin board. Anywhere. Amazon Reviews Are you like many authors, always intending to post a [...]
Random Acts of Publicity: Word of Mouth Today’s task is Word of Mouth: Tell one person about a friend’s book You want to tell someone about a friend’s book. Great! What will you say? The Message and The Conversation There are two things to think about when we talk about books and using word-of-mouth to [...]
Guest Post by Joelle Anthony Here you go. http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/5228-restoring-harmony Giveaway on GoodReads.com Last week, we talked about book giveaways in general. Today, we have a case study on book giveaways on Goodreads.com. Thanks to Joelle Anthony for this guest post. On Your Site OR On GoodReads? Book giveaways have become a great way for authors [...]
WHAT: Random Acts of Publicity 2010 WHEN: September 7-10 Last year, I declared the week after Labor Day, as Random Acts of Publicity Week. It’s coming back this year on September 7-10. Here’s a quick summary from last year and we’ll update it with lots of fun this year! Random Acts of Publicity 2010 Are [...]
Recently, I was asked a basic question: should authors promote their books? Yes. Here are your options.
I’ve been working on an eBook (pdf), The Book Trailer Manual, which will be available starting August 15. That means, of course, that I should create some book trailers. Right? My teen fantasy, The Wayfinder, is now available for Kindle and for iPhone (StanzaApp/Smashwords) and for the Nook. Perfect. I decided to use it as [...]
Why you Should Promote Your Back-List Books Author Alexis O’Neill has just released a video for one of her back-list titles. Most authors promote heavily newly released books, but don’t do much for titles a couple years old. I’ve asked Alexis to explain why she’s focusing on her back-list books and give us a few [...]
Meet Cynthia Leitich Smith Cynthia Leitich Smith is the New York Times and Publishers Weekly best-selling author of ETERNAL and TANTALIZE (both Candlewick). Her award-winning books for younger children include JINGLE DANCER, INDIAN SHOES and RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME (all HarperCollins). Cynthia’s upcoming releases include HOLLER LOUDLY (Dutton, Nov. 2010), BLESSED (Candlewick, Feb. [...]
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