Book Marketing Stories

Oprah Winfrey on Belief

Oprah Winfrey: On What You Believe

You don’t become what you want. You become what you believe. — Oprah Winfrey on success If you want to sell your books, you must truly believe in your books. What do they offer to others? Entertainment? Information? Education? Inspiration? Enlightenment? (more book marketing advice below the quote) You can give away your book if […]

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Booking Interviews

Book Marketing Q&A: Marketing Without an Author Platform

Author Marketing Tip: Find someone who loves you (a teenager, a neighbor, a friend, an acquaintance) and hire them to help you book some interviews if you cannot book those interviews yourself. Then have fun doing those interviews or those speaking engagements. Book Marketing Question I know 80% of books are sold by word of […]

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Stephen King on Writing

Stephen King: On Writing

Here are a few wonderful quotations from master storyteller Stephen King on writing and horror presented as a tip-o-graphic. Enjoy these writing quotes. If the stuff that you’re writing is not for yourself, it won’t work. — Stephen King Alone. Yes, that’s the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn’t […]

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13 Ways to Improve Your Love Life: The Leira Chronicles

These 13 Ways to Improve Your Love Life are excerpted from an email I received from Martha Carr, co-author of The Leira Chronicles magical realism series. If you love magical realism, check out The Leira Chronicles. 13 Ways to Improve Your Love Life Read the Leira Chronicles together. Bond for life like a troll. Learn to compromise […]

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