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Jeff Davidson: Leveraging Your Book Talks and Author Appearances
After booking a speaking engagement it makes sense for authors to consider, “What are the other revenue opportunities with this client?” For example, would the meeting planner be interested in ordering books for all the participants? Are they having a board of directors meeting the night or morning before where you could lead a round-table […]
How to Establish an Effective Working Relationship with an Editor
Remember when email was a writer’s boon? The ability to zap over a finished manuscript on its due date, as opposed to subjecting the finished manuscript to the uncertainties of the postal service or even an express delivery service days before the due date, was a writer’s heaven. No more worrying about envelopes, zip codes, […]
Jeff Davidson: The Amazon Book Reviewer with an Agenda
Guest Post by Jeff Davidson An insidious trend is impacting authors, writers, poets, and all creative individuals everywhere. As a result of the Amazon.com review process, virtually anyone can post anything about any intellectual property at any time. Such postings can be made independently of whether or not one has actually, say, bought and read […]
Jeff Davidson: 10 Tips for Becoming a Successful Mainstream Author
Guest Post by Jeff Davidson 1. The success of a book is 10% content and 90% marketing. Unless the publishing house is behind your book, forget it. 2. The book publishing industry is agent driven. Agents sell the best books for the most money, with some few exceptions. Authors representing themselves hardly ever match this. 3. The […]