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Ebook HowTo & Author Spotlight
Ohio State University has a good tutorial online on how to do a basic ebook. Click here for the link.
Also, Author Spotlight was kind enough to shine the spotlight on me yesterday. They are open to sign-ups from other other authors. Here’s the link to mine: Author Spotlight
Book Promotion For Introverts
If you’re like me, you’d rather write than promote. Okay, you could be an extrovert and still feel that way. But the fact of the matter is that it is harder for us introverts to promote our books. I know I’d be overwhelmed without the protective barrier of the internet. Writer’s Fun Zone has a nice article on this. Click here for it.
Edible Cookbook: How’s This For Book Promotion?
Directly from the Shelf Awareness Newsletter:
Inhabitat showcased “The Real Cookbook” from German design agency Korefe, “a delicious creation made of 100% fresh pasta. Flip it open for some toothsome inspiration, and tear out the pages to use as sheets of lasagna. For both the seasoned chef and the novice cook, just bake the book and eat!”
Do You Promospam?
If you are a writer, and spend lots of time online, no points for guessing what promospam is. So do you? Check out an interesting post by blogger India Drummond. Click here for the post.
Pinterest: the next Facbook or Twitter?
The photo sharing website has garnered 12 million followers in under a year. How this works – you ‘pin’ a picture of something you like you to your page. You can repin or like, share via Facebook, twitter, and so on.
Potential uses for Pinterest: if you have a great recipe you want shared, take a great picture of it. Works for travel agents as well.
How it might help writers: the cover of your book gets shared, building a buzz around your book. Worth a try, imo.
For Readers And Writers
I’ve created two groups on Facebook:
Recommendation for Readers
Feel free to post information about your own book, but only once please.
If you’ve read a book you feel deserves wider audience, please post.
I’ve started off with Bob Sanchez’s When Pigs Fly.
Resource For Writers where you may post:
a. Tips for writers
b. Resource of use to writers – editors, kindle formatters, writing opportunities etc
I’ve started off with information about a book cover designer.
Prize Awarded to Wrong Title, Oops!
The (US-based) National Book Foundation goofed up big time. After announcing Lauren Myracle‘s Shine as a finalist for the NBF, the organization asked Myracle to withdraw from the nomination.They apparently meant to shortlist Franny Billingsley‘s Chime, but got it confused with Shine. Since Myracle’s book is about a teenage victim of hate crime, at least the Mathew Shepard Foundation got $5000 out of it (in apology from the NBF).
Book Trailer How-To
Book Promotion
Whether you are a traditionally published author or self-published, you have to promote your books. That’s the new reality, and there’s no way around it (unless you are Stephen King or Nora Roberts).
Publicist Maryglenn McCombs has some tips. Click here for details.
Facebook Marketing Basics: Free Webinar
Whether you’re self-published or a mainstream author, marketing matters. The VT Small Business Development Center, part of the e-Vermont Community Broadband Project, is generously offering a webinar on marketing basics, free of cost.
Click here for details.
Amazon Bestseller in ‘Eastern Drama’: Click On Cover To Buy
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