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Book Marketing Tip of the Week: 7 December 2012

John Kremer’s Book Marketing Tip of the Week December 7, 2012 – The Birthday of Plastics, Gramophone Day, Bizarre Behavior at the Post Office Day, Marshmallow Peeps Day, Instant Replay Day, Dock of the Bay Day, National Fire Safety Day, International Civil Aviation Day, Microwave Oven Birthday In this issue . . . – The […]

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Love the Work You Do

3 Steps to Doing the Work You Love and Loving the Work You Do

I have discovered that many book authors hate marketing books. That’s too bad, because it can be the most fulfilling part of the job — that interacting with potential customers, with people whose lives you can change, with readers who will respond in the most interesting ways. I have discovered that many book authors hate marketing […]

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It Is a Miracle

The Holiday Season: It Is a Good Time to Tell Stories

While reading the December issue of Real Simple magazine, I noticed this quote from Lemony Snicket’s The Lump of Coal. I liked it so much that I created a graphic quote out of it so I could share it with all of you. Note that one of its messages is clear: The holiday season is […]

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Melanie Phillips: An Accidental Success

The following story is a guest blog post from Melanie Phillips, author of Love by Prescription. Two years ago I responded to an advertisement about getting something published and, though my intention was to publish a brief factual pharmaceutical article, somehow the publisher on the end of the phone talked me into sending a page of […]

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