by Daniela McVicker | Jun 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
There’s no doubt that the rise of social media has changed the rules of book marketing. Irrespective of the type of book you are promoting, you will need social media to stand out from your competition. Writers need social media to make themselves visible and attract...
by Susan Burrowes | Jul 10, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, News + Features, Resources for Writers, Writer to Writer
I wrote my book quickly, taking months rather than years. I wrote it with the urgency of emotion, grateful that my addicted daughter was still alive and still willing to be part of our family after being sent to a brutal wilderness experience, a locked-down treatment...
by Savannah Harrelson, BookSparks | May 23, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing, Resources for Writers, Writer to Writer
As a first-time, indie, or even veteran author, the task of requesting and securing blurbs can be a daunting one. Putting your book baby out there for other authors to see takes immense courage and confidence in your work. That being said, it’s no doubt that blurbs...
by editor | Mar 22, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing, Resources for Writers
By Caroline O’Connell & Joe Wehinger Facebook offers authors a simple, yet multi-faceted, platform to reach a worldwide audience and sell their books. We’ve come a long way from the days of being dependent on a publisher for distribution and...
by editor | Feb 21, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing, Resources for Writers
By Scott Lorenz, Westwind Communications PR stunts get a bad rap because many are either ill-conceived or poorly executed. But I like them and have been involved in many successful ones. One recent PR stunt of note paid huge dividends when Elon Musk sent a TESLA into...
