Book Promotion/Platforms

How to Get Virtual Interviews

Even for Those Previously Out-of-Reach Shows! by Melissa Dalton Martinez I work in the media (mostly TV) and have some inside information for all you lovely authors out there. Now is an excellent time for you to get on TV, both within your home market and across the...

Nonfiction Cover Design—Must Knows & Nots

by Brian Halley with Mike Nash Book-cover design is about getting the reader’s attention (hooking them) and then reeling them in with promises about what transformative and/or emotionally and intellectually exciting experiences they’ll get from the book. If it’s...

Choosing Your Fiction Title

by Marla Buttars Coming up with a title can make even veteran authors groan in agony. Don’t believe us? Check out some of these original titles we found in an article from The Huffington Post: All’s Well That Ends Well  sends a much different message than War and...
How to Win Huge Exposure with Kindle Scout

How to Win Huge Exposure with Kindle Scout

By Rachelle J. Christensen Want a lot of exposure for your book? How about a shot at becoming a best-selling author with massive—free!—Amazon promotion? If you’ve got a fiction book, you’d better check out Kindle Scout, where readers help decide if your writing makes...

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Getting Your Book into Libraries

Getting Your Book into Libraries

by Lindsay Flanagan You want to build an audience for your books, and whether you’re traditionally or self published, finding readers in this saturated market can be hard. An often overlooked way to find fans is through the library—yes, that place you (or your...

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Your Book as Film: Wooing Hollywood

Your Book as Film: Wooing Hollywood

by Lindsay Flanagan It may seem like the majority of recent films are based on books. While it’s true that some of the biggest blockbusters in recent years are adapted from books, the ratio of all published books to those made into films is a much smaller number—it’s...

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Co-Authoring: Heaven or Hell?

Co-Authoring: Heaven or Hell?

by Heather B. Moore Publishing and promotion—building your platform—can be a lot of work and can sometimes take much longer than you’d hoped. But there may be options for speeding that process along that you haven’t considered. Ever thought about co-authoring (or even...

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Co-Authoring: Heaven or Hell?

Co-Authoring: Heaven or Hell?

by Heather B. Moore Publishing and promotion—building your platform—can be a lot of work and can sometimes take much longer than you’d hoped. But there may be options for speeding that process along that you haven’t considered. Ever thought about co-authoring (or even...

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Short Is the New Long—5 Tips

Short Is the New Long—5 Tips

Five Tips for Short Works That Sell by Sabine Berlin "The novella has become the Rosalind Russell of American literature, liked by all the guys but never taken out on a date.” —Gregory Feeley When I first started writing, the thinking above was still in vogue, and the...

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How to Sell More Books with Kindle Unlimited

How to Sell More Books with Kindle Unlimited

Guest Post by Penny Sansevieri We’ve heard a lot about Amazon’s big new subscription service, which is essentially a way to read books (limited to ones enrolled in this program) for one monthly fee. You’re limited to ten books at a time, so if you want more, you’ll...

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