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The Greatest (Book) Salesman in the World

by Chris on November 28, 2011

10 Rules to Live By in 2012 – Part 1   2011 has been, and continues to be, a strange year for me. I’ve had the luxury of being able to work from home for most of my adult life — for many years as an editor and copywriter and someone who helped authors get [...]

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We throw around the word “kill” a lot these days. As in… “She totally KILLED it!” (absolutely dominated) “That burger and milkshake combination was KILLER!” (delicious) “I’m getting KILLED out here!” (I’m losing in a big, big way) “Jerry Seinfeld KILLED last night at The Improv!” (had ‘em rolling in the aisles) I don’t know [...]

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Josie Leavitt over at ShelfTalker has a nice write up today on the ins and outs of planning author tours — http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/shelftalker/?p=5121. There are some really great takeaways here — tips and “tricks” I’m pretty positive you didn’t know. What was interesting is to learn of the balancing act between, as they put it, book [...]

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I just read an interesting post over at the It’s a Crime (or a Mystery) blog, which serves mainly authors in the UK (but still has some very applicable lessons and ideas for those of us across the pond). There’s a pic here that the author snapped of an ad for a book in a [...]

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Jason Book over at GalleyCat has updated the site’s list of essential feeds and “followees” on Twitter. The list is a mix of publishing and marketing experts and includes some fantastic sources. To help publishers, writers, and publicity experts connect, we will update our Best Book Publicity and Marketing Twitter Feeds directory this week. Add [...]

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Okay, maybe that’s harsh. But here’s the takeaway from this article. Publishers don’t know how to DIRECT market to their consumers. And in this age, when more and more of your success as an author is going to be determined by how well you’re able to reach the people DIRECTLY who want to read what [...]

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Around the Intertubes

From the Intertubes: May 16, 2011

by Chris on May 16, 2011

Today we’re launching a daily (except when not) roundup of important stories from around the Web that will have an impact on authors, books, and how information will be consumed and marketed in the days, weeks, months, and years ahead. Here’s the round up for May 16th, 2011… Libraries Are Hipper than Publishers Duh. It’s [...]

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