Book Marketing Stories

Mark Coker: eBook Publishing Predictions for 2013

Mark Coker of Smashwords recently made the following predictions about ebooks and publishing for the upcoming year (2013). 1. Ebooks as a percentage of overall trade book sales in the US should hit 45%, up from what I’m estimating will probably be 30% in 2012. We’ll still continue to see ebooks take eyeballs from print […]

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Cliff Ravenscraft: What You Need to Know to Start a Successful Podcast

Listen in as Michael Stelzner of Social Media Marketing podcast interviews Cliif Ravenscraft, founder of Podcast Answer Man, who has devoted more than 20,000 hours to podcasting. Here are a few things you’ll learn during this Starting a Podcast interview: Start podcasting by speaking about your passion or hobby. Audio podcasts are the most popular […]

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Book Marketing Tip of the Week: 20 December 2012

John Kremer’s Book Marketing Tip of the Week December 20, 2012 – 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover Day, American Poet Laureate Birthday, Dreamgirls Day, Get a Life Day, U.S. Nobel Prize Day, It’s a Wonderful Life Day, U.S. Bachelor Tax Day In this issue . . . – Book Promotion and Book Publicity Blog […]

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Book Authors who died in 2012

Famous Book Authors Who Died in 2012

Here are just a few of the book authors who died during the past year. We are sad to see them go. Book authors make such an incredible contribution to the world, and these were some of the best book authors. R.I.P. Ray Bradbury author of The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 August 22, 1920 […]

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