book author tips

The Billion Dollar Initiative for Book Authors (Book Marketing Tips)

During the past 25 years I’ve helped authors and publishers sell over a billion books. Last year I established the Billion Book Initiative to help a new generation of authors and publishers to sell another billion books. This year, however, I realized that we’ve all been going in the wrong direction — me, you, and […]

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Edward Atkins: 8 Rules of Writing

Edward Atkins is the author of On Which We Serve: Where Life-Lessons Are Learned. Use a precise and succinct writing style. Make sure the words you use are particularly appropriate for the meaning you’re conveying. Generate smooth-flowing prose that at times has a cadence. Be accurate at all times. Write prose that is easy to […]

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Ken Leebow: Why Authors Should Blog

Guest post by Ken Leebow Book authors need to blog! It’s the best free publicity I have ever gotten. Blogs are hot. It’s an extension of books. If speaking engagements are important, it’s a great way to obtain for fee speeches. In the four months that I’ve been blogging, I have received 11 for fee engagements. […]

Website Essentials for Books and Authors

About a year ago I did some work for an author (Robert Medley) to build a website and generate traffic to his site. Because I was an expensive option, he eventually decided to let me go. He has since hired someone new to revamp his website at http://www.successforyourchildren.com. It’s not a bad looking redesign, except […]