Book Marketing Stories

Larry Page on Doing Crazy

Larry Page on Doing Crazy Things

If you’re not doing something crazy, you’re doing the wrong things. — Larry Page Larry Page, CEO and co-founder of Google, speaks quite boldly about how you accomplish things that matter. You have to do a few crazy things. Now, while most book marketing activities are going to be boring, prosaic, by-the-book activities, once in […]

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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Good Friends vs. Real Friends

Real Friends vs. Good Friends

Good friends offer advice and simple words of wisdom. Real friends come over unannounced with gin, chocolate, glitter, duct tape, paper clips, disguises, explosives, a plan A, and a plan B. When you pursue creating working relationships, go for real friends not just good friends. You want more than advice. You want the chocolate, disguises, […]

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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Blake Bailey: 5 Writing Tips

The following writing tips are excerpted from an article by Blake Bailey that appeared in Publishers Weekly magazine. Write about things that really interest you. Pick a subject that bores you and you’ll write a boring book. Be quiet and listen. Let the person talk. Action is character. Let us see and hear how your […]

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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Reading Bookmark: Read Books!

Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you’ve finished just to stay near it. — Markus Zusak What you read when you don’t have to determines what you will be when you can’t help it. — Oscar Wilde Reading is dreaming with open […]

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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