Author Tips

Using Video to Sell Rights to a Memoir or a Novel

In 2007, to help make the sale of a new book project, Curtis Brown agent Elizabeth Sheinkman encouraged the author, Rupert Isaacson, to put a 5-minute video up on YouTube. Isaacson, author of The Horse Boy, a memoir telling about his upcoming trip to Mongolia with his autistic son, was planning on making a video […]

Ricky Gervais on How He Learned to Write

Comedian and scriptwriter Ricky Gervais talks about his writing process and how he learned to write. Good info here . . . The key bit of advice that he received as a young man is important: Write about what you know. That’s true for nonfiction as well as fiction. That’s true for poetry as well […]

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Kathryn Andries: The Marketing of Soul Choices

Guest post by Kathryn Andries One of the main reasons I wrote Soul Choices: Six Paths to Find Your Life Purpose was so that it would serve as a textbook for the class that I teach about life purpose. My classes and workshops serve as the main funnel for me to sell my books. Also, when […]

John Kremer’s Book Marketing Tip of the Week: September 27, 2013

John Kremer’s Book Marketing Tip of the Week September 27, 2013 In this issue . . . – A Billboard for a Book – Blog Posts and Articles on Marketing Books – Quick Book Marketing Tips A Billboard for a Book Here’s a story from one of my newsletter readers: I took a swing for […]