Book Marketing Stories
The Business of Writing: An Interview with Sharyn November
The following interview with Sharyn November, senior editor at Viking Children’s Books, is excerpted from a new book edited by Jennifer Lyons, The Business of Writing – Professional Advice on Proposals, Publishers, Contracts, and More for the Aspiring Writer. You can check out more about The Business of Writing on Amazon.com. JL: How do you find […]
Some Book Readers Are Very Dedicated
Some book readers are very dedicated (like the one above hanging off the side of a mountain). We need more such dedicated readers. Mashable called this the world’s scariest place to read a book. A Reddit user wrote that even with climbing bolts, the platform is still hanging off a sheer cliff. “My idea of […]
Ebook Marketing: Bestselling Kindle eBooks
On the 5th anniversary of Amazon’s Kindle, GeekSugar looked at the top 5 bestselling Kindle ebooks. Here they are (all fiction bestsellers in the real world as well): Fifty Shades of Grey The Hunger Games Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, Book 2) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3) Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades Trilogy, Book […]
12 Best Ways to Get Facebook Fans
A recent survey asked: What has motivated you to like a company, brand, or association on Facebook? Below are the respondents’ answers (multiple answers were allowed). Check these answers out. They offer you the 12 best ways to get Facebook fans for your pages. 40% – To receive discounts and promotions 39% – To show my support […]