Book Marketing Stories
Colleen Hoover: A New York Times Bestselling Self-Publisher
Below is an excerpt from an interview with Colleen Hoover, a New York Times bestselling author who self-published several novels, including Slammed several years ago. I just wrote these books less than a year ago, so I never tried to get them traditionally published. In all honesty, I wrote them for fun and never thought […]
The Mama Bestseller Video
When Terry McMillan’s first novel Mama was published in 1987, she wrote more than 3,000 letters to bookstores, colleges, chain stores, African-American groups, and other groups asking them to stock and/or promote her book. She offered to do readings wherever they would give her space. The response was so great that she ended up doing […]
Indie Booksellers: DC Area Independent Bookstores
Here are the best independent bookstores in the DC Area. They sell great books, host events for wonderful authors, and promote to book readers. Bridge Street Books, Rod Smith, 2814 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20007-3717; 202-965-5200. Email: rod@bridgestreetbooks.com. Web: http://store.bridgestreetbooks.com. Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/Bridge-Street-Books/111686825536471. A small serious intellectual bookstore. Many poetry readings. Specializes in poetry, theater, […]
Twitter Marketing: Do You Have Great Twitter Followers?
Check out Twitter Audit (http://www.twitteraudit.com) to discover how many fake Twitter followers you have and how many real followers you have. As you can see, my audit score for my @JohnKremer Twitter profile is 99% real! Thank you to all real people who follow me! Check out Twitter Audit to discover how many fake Twitter […]