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Thinking About Selling...When?
When is the right time to start thinking about selling your book? The answer may surprise you!
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Affordable Book Marketing Tactics
There are many tactics you can use to sell your book that don't cost a lot of money. Selling books just takes some imagination, and lots of hard work.
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Breaking into the Children's Book Market
It's not as easy as you think. In fact it's harder than you ever imagined. Find out why...
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Do People NEED Your Book?
With thousands of books being published each year, what about your book will make people NEED it?
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GUERILLA MARKETING FOR WRITERS
A review of GUERILLA MARKETING FOR WRITERS, a hands-on guide to selling your books, using the popular "guerilla marketing" techniques. These tips apply to both fiction and nonfiction, with emphasis on different techniques depending on your field.
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Marketing Starts Early
You don't need to have a finished product to start marketing. In fact, marketing should start before you even write a word.
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Social Networking & Web 2.0 for Book Marketing
The author and writer has unlimited potential for self-published book marketing and self promotion through social networking and other innovations of the new web 2.0.
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Your Book's Elevator Speech
The elevator speech isn't just interns anymore. Find out how 25 words or less can create the future success of your book.
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Ally Takes a Trip
Ally visits Sydney.
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Book Review: The Self-Publishing Manual
Poynter's book leads the writer/author through the complete process of self-publishing from evaluating possibilities of publishing one's own book to the final product.
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Getting Published
Review of Getting Published, Writer's Little Instruction Book, by Paul Raymond Martin
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Romance Novels and Book Publishing
The romance novel industry is hardly the lightweight it's often taken for. In fact, it is a powerful force in book publishing, comprising half the paperback market.
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Should you Write a Book Proposal?
Instead of writing that full-length book, you may benefit from first pitching your idea to an editor.
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Strategies to Increase Book Sales
There are several critical elements which need to be covered in your marketing plan, including prospective buyers, comparisons, and marketing links.
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The Audiobook Market
The audiobook market is changing. The availability of digital downloads is altering the way that audio editions are being purchased and how they are listened to.
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Your Query Letter Hook
The hook is important to making sure your letter doesn't end up in the recycling bin. How can you ensure your reader will want to read more?
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Amsterdam for Book Lovers
Amsterdam has been selected as the UNESCO World Book Capital 2008, but has plenty to offer literature fans at any time.
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Getting an Edge in Your Writing
The work that goes into a book even before the writing begins can bring benefits giving the writer an edge in today's competitive marketplace.
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Market Valuation of Comic Books
There is an ever-changing market for comic book investing so a savvy buyer or seller needs to know what determines the price of a comic book.
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Markets on Italy’s Lake Maggiore
As much a mirror of local life as a place to shop, weekly street markets around Lake Maggiore offer a lively buzz and a chance to sample some local culinary specialties.
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E-Books and E-Marketing
Writing an e-book is a popular thing today, however that is only half the task. The important half is marketing your e-book to let people know that it is available.
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Writing for the Asian market
Authors, rejoice: Asia is a vast and promising market for Western journalists writing in English.
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Barnes & Noble to become an e-Publisher
Barnes and Noble will enter the field of electronic publishing
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Book Review: Insights Into Hispanic Marketing
There are no doubts that, with the rapid growth of the Hispanic population, everyone wants in on the action, and among them are marketers, retailers, and merchandisers. Isabel Valdes' book, "Marketing to American Latinos, Part I: A Guide to the In-Culture Approach” has many interesting insights invaluable to those who cater to the Hispanic marketplace.
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Franklin to offer $50 readers next year
Franklin hopes to make a $50 eBook reader next year. Open eBook Forum is launching an ad campaign.
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Easter in Shropshire
A small sample of the many and varied attractions that Shropshire has to offer this April.
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Indie Bookstores are a New Author's Saviour
Unlike the mega book chains like Barnes and Noble, Independent bookstores are almost always picking up unknown and new authors when other stores won't give them a chance.
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Lightning Source to produce e-books for PocketPC
Lightning Press, now Lightning Source will produce e-books for Microsoft PocketPC.
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A Children's Writer's Library
A listing of children's writers resources.
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African-American Fiction for Teens
From Coretta Scott King Award Winners to lesser known titles, this is a guide to some of the best in African American Teen Fiction.
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Believable Characters for Young Adult Readers Part I
How to create beleivable young adult characters, elements of writing for young adults
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Book Promo101 by Nikki Leigh
Historic-Romance-suspense writer Nikki Leigh has put together an invaluable book of advice from published writers for authors on how to effectively promote their new work
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Boost Your Book's Sales
Review of THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BOOK PUBLICITY by Jodee Blanco, a good primer for authors and self-publishers.
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Chaos Comics' Evil Ernie: Youth Gone Wild
Chaos Comics' original flagship character, Evil Ernie, gets his start in the down and dirty trade paperback that's sure to please the bloodthirsty horror fan.
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How to Lower Textbook Costs
College textbook prices have climbed 240% since 1986, says U.S. Bureau of Labor. Here's how Congress, students and professors are trying to slow down the rising costs.
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Marketing Your Indexing Services
Besides directing your cold calls and resumes to book publishers, there are a number of other possible clients to contact that may produce indexing jobs.
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Reciprocal closes its doors
Reciprocal closes its doors. Random House launches kid's e-book line. B&N.com no longer selling Rocket Books.
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Sequels in Genre-Fiction
A look at how series have come to dominate the genre-fiction market and how industry trends are making it difficult for genre authors to produce single-book plotlines
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When a Spell Becomes a Ritual
The definition of spell and ritual is often confused. Learn how to tell the difference between these two separate practices.
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Witchblade and Tomb Raider Unite!
Witchblade and Tomb Raider Unite for a comic book available only online - and not from your comic book retail store!
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Writer's Conference Sessions
Choices abound at most writer's conferences, but selecting the right sessions helps use time wisely.
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YA Books Gaining Adult Readers
With the popularity of the Gossip Girl, It Girl and the Clique series, young adult books are becoming more widely read by adults, for their racy content and unique style.
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How to Get Your Book Published
From New York conglomerates to independent presses, there have never been so many options for getting into print.
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Misleading Print on Demand Info
Due to the unethical business actions of some publishers, print-on-demand is getting a bad reputation. But it isn't the actual service that is at fault.
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More Than An Airport: Frankfurt am Main and its Major Sights
Frankfurt am Main is all too often viewed as the gateway to some other destination in Germany. Yet this vibrant, energetic city is worth a look, if even for the day.
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Romance Fiction Myths & Facts
Debunking myths of the 'typical' romance fiction reader with survey results from Romance Writers of America, and some intriguing, fascinating facts!
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