Author Tips
Nick Tosches: How I Start Writing a Book
In an interview in the January issue of Esquire magazine, novelist and biographer Nick Tosches was asked how he starts writing a book. Here is his answer: I sit there. I come up with an opening line. And then I go little by little. I’ll wonder, Well, what’s coming? And that goes right through to […]
Book Marketing Tip of the Week: 28 December 2012
John Kremer’s Book Marketing Tip of the Week December 28, 2012 – Chewing Gum Birthday, Eat Chocolate Day, Advent of the Bathtub in America, Festival of Fools, Fly Fly Away Day, Collective Work and Responsibility Day, National Quilter’s Day In this issue . . . – Book Promotion and Book Publicity Blog Posts – Bookgraphics […]
Dallas Clayton: An Awesome World of Book Marketing
Dallas Clayton, author of An Awesome Book! and other children’s books, originally self-published his first book after getting multiple rejections. His story was featured in a TV commercial for Google Chrome. The video had 186,000 views in less than 3 months. The commercial was featured on TV and Hulu, among other sites. I’m sure Dallas […]
What Is Google AuthorRank and Why Should You Care?
AuthorRank is Google’s attempt to analyze the influence and reliability of those who write blog posts, web pages, and the like. But AuthorRank essentially became unimportant when Google+ disappeared. For the average writer, marketer or content producer, AuthorRank offers an incredible opportunity to brand yourself. Even more important for those of us who write books, […]