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Mama by Terry McMillan

Author Promotion: How Terry McMillan Got Her Bestselling Start

When Terry McMillan’s first novel Mama was published in 1987, her publisher only sent out press releases and review copies — their standard low-level effort for first-time authors. So Terry took the promotion into her own hands. She wrote more than 3,000 letters to bookstores, colleges, chain stores, African-American groups, and other groups asking them […]

About John Kremer

John Kremer is author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, the Relationships Matter Marketing program, and many other books and reports on book marketing, Internet marketing, social media, and book publicity. -- .

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Podcast: How to Create Effective Joint Venture Author Promotions

http://media.blubrry.com/bookmarketingsuccess/traffic.libsyn.com/rayedwards/REP029.mp3Podcast (book-marketing-success-video): Play in new window | DownloadJoint Ventures are a hot topic. This past weekend, Ray Edwards was a featured speaker at JV Alert Live conference in San Diego, California. Talking with so many people about their concept of what a joint venture really is led him to create this podcast on what a […]

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John Kremer is author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, the Relationships Matter Marketing program, and many other books and reports on book marketing, Internet marketing, social media, and book publicity. -- .

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The Power of Single-Author Blogs

Listen in as Michael Ellsberg interviews superstar blogger Tim Ferriss on the power of single-author blogs. An appearance on a single-author blog with a passionate following can be more powerful than the New York Times, CNN, and even The Today Show. Write a guest blog post. Have them interview you. Encourage them to review your […]

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John Kremer is author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, the Relationships Matter Marketing program, and many other books and reports on book marketing, Internet marketing, social media, and book publicity. -- .

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51 Ways to Help a Book Author You Love

Eileen Flanagan, author of The Wisdom to Know the Difference, wrote a blog post several years ago telling friends of book authors how they could help the author sell more books. Inspired by her post, here is my much-expanded list of over 50 ways that friends and family can help book authors to sell more […]

About John Kremer

John Kremer is author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, the Relationships Matter Marketing program, and many other books and reports on book marketing, Internet marketing, social media, and book publicity. -- .

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