Sue Collier | September 28, 2011
Your name: D’vorah Lansky Your website: http://BookMarketingMadeEasy.com Your bibliography: Connect, Communicate, and Profit: Build Successful Business Relationships Online Book Marketing Made Easy: Simple Strategies for Selling Your Nonfiction Book Online Promote Your Book with Teleseminars: Simple and Affordable Ways to Turn Your Message Into Money 1. What is your background? I have a Master’s Degree [...]
Sue Collier | August 19, 2011
I get asked this question a lot by authors who are looking for a simple, cut-and-dried answer. But deciding which might be the right option for a particular author depends on a number of things. Here are some questions to ask yourself: How long are you willing to wait to see your book in print? [...]
Sue Collier | July 25, 2011
I’m very pleased to welcome today’s guest blogger, D’vorah Lansky. D’vorah is the bestselling author of Book Marketing Made Easy: Simple Strategies for Selling Your Nonfiction Book Online. Thanks, D’vorah! How Authors Can Benefit From Article Marketing by D’vorah Lansky If you are an author wishing to increase your readership, article marketing can send highly [...]
Sue Collier | July 25, 2011
Your name: Kevin Cullis Your website/blog: http://www.MacStartup.com Your bibliography: How to Start a Business: Mac Version; i.Business Issue #3, #4 magazine articles: 1. What is your background? Writing a Masters thesis for my Masters degree in Administration was the largest document I have ever written up until that time, and if you had told me [...]
Sue Collier | June 7, 2011
Back when I was in college, I had two English lit professors one semester who I would frequently see on campus lunching together, having coffee, and so forth. They were so different from each other, it was always kind of surprising to see them hanging out. Professor Uptight was always quite serious in his approach to [...]
Sue Collier | May 27, 2011
It happened again. I spoke earlier this week with an author who had recently “self-published” a nonfiction book, and she was particularly interested in reaching the library market. She directed me to her author website—which listed the book’s publisher as “AuthorHouse.” That re-routed our conversation immediately because I had to break the bad news to [...]
Sue Collier | May 5, 2011
Guest post by Susan Daffron, The Book Consultant A lot of authors get stuck on their book projects. Some writers start strong, but flail over time as they encounter a few of the realities of book publishing. Others have trouble getting started at all. So their dream of writing a book stays just that: a dream. [...]
Sue Collier | May 4, 2011
Next week, I’ll be featured as a speaker at the Third Annual Self-Publisher’s Online Conference, next week on May 11 from 9am to 10pm (Pacific time). I thought I would provide a little preview on my topic, which is how authors and self-publishers can use social media marketing to increase their book sales. Before the [...]
Sue Collier | April 14, 2011
I’m fond of telling authors that after they’ve written their book, the hard work begins—and by that I am referring to marketing and promoting. In reality, though, your book promotion plans should begin well before you start writing the book. In this post, I’ve listed those things you can do before you start writing, before [...]
