6 Tips for Creating Knock-out Book Trailers
Want to know more about book trailers? In this guestpost by Rona Simmons, author of the new novel, Postcards from Wonderland, you’ll learn valuable tips on how to create a book trailer for YouTube and...
View ArticlePut Your Ego in a Box: An Interview with Noelle Granger
Hello readers, I’m thrilled to post this interview with author Dr. Noelle Granger, professor emerita at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. This former dean at the UNC...
View ArticleHow Do You Book a Book Signing?
When you’re an independent author or publish with a small press or are a poet, you have to book your own signing gigs, much like independent musicians book theirs. Your publisher is too small to do it...
View ArticleHow to Host a Book Launch Like a Boss!
Last week I celebrated two book launches for Heroes without Capes (check out more info about my book by clicking here), my new book of poems from Main Street Rag Publishing Company. I read my poems,...
View ArticleHow Do You Book a Book Signing?
When you’re a self-published author you have to book your own signing gigs, much like independent musicians book theirs. Even small press authors have to book signing gigs because their press doesn’t...
View ArticleGet More When You Ask More
Do you ask for what you want or do you say, “Nah, that’s too much trouble and besides…they’ll say ‘no’ anyway.” WRONG. BAD ATTITUDE. Yes, it may cost you a little pride if you ask for something and the...
View ArticleLesson from John Denver: Too Much Self-Promotion?
I recently received some feedback that I promote myself too much and that I should “tone it down.” I didn’t reply, but still wanted to thank the giver of that feedback. Why? Because if I’m promoting...
View Article9 Secrets to a Successful Book Launch Party by Sylvia Inks
Once you’ve finished writing and publishing your amazing book, you need to celebrate this important milestone with a book launch party! Many new authors are so busy trying to meet the deadlines of...
View ArticleGet Your Foot in the Door at Local Bookstores
Congratulations! You will have a published book soon—now begins the fun challenge of getting folks to buy your book and perhaps make it a best-seller! How do you go about doing this? First of all, take...
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