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Seth Godin on Horizontal Book Launches

Reposted courtesy of Seth Godin I’ve explored a variety of ways to get to market with the books I’ve created over the last thirty years. I’ve self-published, worked with most of the major NY publishing houses, did a partnership with Barnes and Noble and another with Amazon — all as a way to solve the […]

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Jeff Davidson: Grappling with Your To-Do List

Guest Post by Jeff Davidson Any author worth his/her salt periodically grapples with the daily to-do list. To-do lists have been with us since the dawn of humankind and, today, everyone keeps one in some form or another. However, some authors are more effective at maintaining a to-do list and executing the items on the […]

The Book Publishing Industry on the Rocks?

Guest Post by Jeff Davidson The book publishing industry, as we have long known it, is beginning to implode. A book that sells as few as 3,500 copies in a week can land on the bestseller list. Once, such sales figures wouldn’t cause a ripple. Curiously, the best literary agents receive 200 or more book […]

Great Book Trailer, Book Cover Needs Work

Here’s a wonderful video promo for R. Scott Mackey’s mystery novel Courage Matters. It features good images, great pacing, strong voiceover, and a great music soundtrack. It made me want to read his novel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://youtu.be/BiK_IVp909U&rel=0&w=640 Here’s a wonderful video promo for R. Scott Mackey’s mystery novel Courage Matters. Click To Tweet Too bad his book […]