Marketing Novels

ThingLink: 5 Simple Rules for Happiness

I just found out about ThingLink today. It’s a free/paid service to allow you to create links and other interactive elements on any image you can upload. Check out this image I just created on ThingLink. Just place your cursor on the image and see it come alive with links. Start by signing up for […]

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American Borders by Carla King

Nina Amir: Can You Describe Your Book Market?

Guest Post by Nina Amir Before sharing an excerpt from Nina Amir’s new book, The Author Training Manual (Develop Markets, Craft Books That Sell, Become the Author Publishers Want, and Self-Publish Effectively), I’d like to review it briefly. Nina’s abbreviation for The Author Training Manual is a good description of the value of her book. […]

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Kurt Vonnegut on Writing Fiction

Kurt Vonnegut: 16 Rules For Writing Fiction

16 Rules For Writing Fiction by Kurt Vonnegut. Check out these great rules for writers, novelists, and short story writers from one of the top novelists ever to write a book. 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. 2. […]

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John Kremer: On the Air with That Literary Lady

That Literary Lady, Yolanda M. Johnson-Bryant, interviewed me via Blog Talk Radio this afternoon. We talked about marketing books, taking care of social media, building relationships, and my new Billion Books Initiative. For more about Yolanda, check out her website at http://www.thatliterarylady.com. Listen in now: John’s social media advice: Don’t spend more than 10 minutes […]

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