Publishers Weekly

Pitch Your Book Story to Book Industry Publications

As an author, reader, self-publisher, or publisher of books, you should subscribe to and/or read these book industry publications. Most of the email newsletters are free. You can learn a lot about publishing and book marketing by reading these newsletters. These are also good publications to get a book review, an author interview, a book […]

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Book Marketing Tip of the Week: 22 March 2013

John Kremer’s Book Marketing Tip of the Week March 22, 2013 – Just one more week of Read an Ebook Month! In this issue . . . – Hug an Author! – Romance Sells Is Looking for Contributors Hug an Author! I’ve just created a new website to encourage book authors (and their family and […]

Blake Bailey: 5 Writing Tips

The following writing tips are excerpted from an article by Blake Bailey that appeared in Publishers Weekly magazine. Write about things that really interest you. Pick a subject that bores you and you’ll write a boring book. Be quiet and listen. Let the person talk. Action is character. Let us see and hear how your […]

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Dallas Clayton: An Awesome World of Book Marketing

Dallas Clayton, author of An Awesome Book! and other children’s books, originally self-published his first book after getting multiple rejections. His story was featured in a TV commercial for Google Chrome. The video had 186,000 views in less than 3 months. The commercial was featured on TV and Hulu, among other sites. I’m sure Dallas […]