Inspirational Stories

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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John Kremer is author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, the Relationships Matter Marketing program, and many other books and reports on book marketing, Internet marketing, social media, and book publicity. -- .

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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 […]

About John Kremer

John Kremer is author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, the Relationships Matter Marketing program, and many other books and reports on book marketing, Internet marketing, social media, and book publicity. -- .

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Public Libraries

Public Libraries: The Ability to Travel Through Time and Space

Public libraries are a great source of information, education, entertainment, and inspiration for those who may not be able to afford a computer, an Internet connection, books, CDs, or DVDs. It would be a shame to see them disappear. Source: Cartoonist Rob Rogers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/opinion/rob-rogers-cartoons/30863-library-card About John KremerJohn Kremer is author of […]

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John Kremer is author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, the Relationships Matter Marketing program, and many other books and reports on book marketing, Internet marketing, social media, and book publicity. -- .

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Reading a Book Off the Side of a Mountain

Some Book Readers Are Very Dedicated

Some book readers are very dedicated (like the one above hanging off the side of a mountain). We need more such dedicated readers. Mashable called this the world’s scariest place to read a book. A Reddit user wrote that even with climbing bolts, the platform is still hanging off a sheer cliff. “My idea of […]

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John Kremer is author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, the Relationships Matter Marketing program, and many other books and reports on book marketing, Internet marketing, social media, and book publicity. -- .

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