5 Tips for Working with a Publicist
The job of a publicist is to create awareness and manage an individual’s or company’s product,...
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Author: Sherrie Wilkolaski
Top 5 Best Gifts to Give an Author
With only a few days left to Christmas, you may be wondering what last minute gift you might get for your favorite author. Here is a list of gifts that you can give any time of year. Most authors won’t come out and ask for what they really want this holiday season, so use this list as your cheat sheet.
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Karen Schaufeld Author Interview
Karen Schaufeld is the co-founder of All Ages Read Together and founder of 100 Women Strong an...
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Authors Tell Santa What You Really Want for Christmas…
When my pen hit the paper this morning I was thinking about writing an article about the top 5 tips to drive holiday book sales and then found myself wondering down another path. (That article I will write up next.) I got to thinking about what every author really wants for Christmas…book sales. Then I imagined that authors around the world are suddenly rekindling their holiday spirit with Father Christmas and started daydreaming about the letter they might write to help make their wish come true.
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Book Awards Tips
We’re closing in on the end of the year and we should be thinking about how to better promote our books in the New Year. Today I wanted to talk specifically about how to use book awards to help market and promote your book.
First, you’ve got to be in it, to win it…as the saying goes. Enter your book into as many book awards as you can. Look at what local book awards contests are available and submit your book to those programs. Then take it to the next level and submit your book to some national book awards programs.
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