Inspirational Stories
Derek Murphy Launches His YA Novel with Grace
Derek Murphy, author of Shearwater, book one of the Ocean Depths mermaid series, has done some wonderful stuff in promoting his book launch this past week. Here’s a little of what he has to say about his launch (on his Urban Epics blog): I just published Part One of my first novel Shearwater – an epic YA […]
18 Things High Achievers Do That Low Achievers Don’t
This positive Tip-O-Graphic reveals 18 things that high achievers do that low achievers don’t. These points are adapted from several blog posts featured on Forbes.com (but which phrased the tips as what high achievers don’t do rather than what they do do!). 1. They move on. They don’t waste time feeling sorry for themselves. 2. […]
Ernie Zelinski: Creative Book Marketing Strategies
Below are a few of self-publisher Ernie Zelinski’s favorite ways to sell his books. Ernie is the author of Career Success Without a Real Job: The Career Book for People Too Smart to Work in Corporations. What Should You Do with Defective Books? Here’s Ernie’s solution: He had defective copies of his book The Art of Seeing […]
One Self-Published Author Sells a Million Books a Year
This year Diane Pfeifer will sell over a million copies of her Gone with the Grits cookbook and other books (GritsBits.com). How did she do it? Her answer: Just a combo of wholesale gift shop sales, gift catalogs, on-site retail including holiday shows, special sales (Quaker Grits), commodities catalogs, in-office/school lobby sales and, of course, Amazon and Ingram. […]