Book Marketing Stories

When to Use a Pen Name

Pen Names: When to Use Them, When Not to Use Them

Book Author’s Question My question has to do with pen names, and when they’re appropriate to use. I work in finance, and am writing a marital book for young couples. The issue I’m having is I work full time in finance and don’t want to be ridiculed for writing a marital book. I also want […]

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Publicity Tips for Book Authors

What Do You Do for People? For Media? Below is an excerpt from a long-ago issue of Paul Hartunian’s Million Dollar Publicity Strategies ezine. I just read a brochure produced by an interior decorator. I now see why most of these people are starving. Here are the first two sentences I read in that brochure: “Hello […]

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Buried Treasures of the Web

Ken Leebow: Why Authors Should Blog

Guest post by Ken Leebow Book authors need to blog! It’s the best free publicity I have ever gotten. Blogs are hot. It’s an extension of books. If speaking engagements are important, it’s a great way to obtain for fee speeches. In the four months that I’ve been blogging, I have received 11 for fee engagements. […]

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The Storyteller Way of Marketing

Jeffrey Hedquist: Promoting Your Books the Storyteller Way

Guest post by Jeffrey Hedquist The following article is excerpted from my good friend and talented radio voice and commercial producer Jeffrey Hedquist’s monthly Radio Hed Lines newsletter. In writing and performing radio commercials, Jeffrey is adamant that you have to tell stories. The same is true for books! Here’s what he says: People love […]

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