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November 26, 2009
- Books Are Bad for You by Michael Wolff A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell and then not selling—I wrote the line “books suck,” subjecting me to much middlebrow opprobrium. I’d like to revise that line: Books are evil.They’re pernicious. They represent themselves as being one ...
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November 17, 2009
- Yesterday, I wrote about preparation and sales etiquette, today, the crowd rallying specialists.Barkers, Salesmen, and Street Venders all have one thing in common, they know how to lure an audience and keep them. Remember, crowds pique the interest of passersby. Take a look at how the holy trinity of pitchmen works the room during a book promotion. How would you blend their techniques with your ...
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November 16, 2009
- It's a very sad sight to see an author alone at a booth or signing table looking like they'd rather be somewhere else. Even worse is seeing two or more bored authors making small talk to pass the time.Promoting anything means creating a buzz, but generating a buzz can be a challenge at book signings and public events. If you're a new author most people will not have a clue as to who you are or ...
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November 16, 2009
- Looking for an unusual business opportunity? I've posted another chapter from my work-in-progress, "Kitchen Sink Confidential." 4,000 years of plumbing, from the qanats to you anxiously awaiting the arrival of your plumber as water drips through the ceiling. I pull back a few curtains, and lift a few rocks, and what you see is not pretty. http://ithoughtso.net/id16.html
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November 4, 2009
- I'll be a real book slut and piggy back my foray into thrillerdom by starting my better-be-a-surefire-hit-thriller novel this month. This morning, in fact. I'll plot it, character it and even have an ending before I start - totally unlike my usual writing method. How many words - hmmm?
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October 31, 2009
- Would you, as an author, be willing to share your book in return for a book from another author to give an honest review? Sort of a review for a review. You could go down a list of books - that had been registered by their authors as available, with brief descriptions, and offer to review that title. If the author was interested in trading for your title he/she would send you the book in ...
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October 23, 2009
- "Unless those massive chains start discounting all hardcover books, the independents will be fine," Murphy said. "We'll just stop selling the New York Times bestsellers, and sell more of the books we love." Liz Murphy, owner of The Learned Owl Book ShopHudson, OH"I'm tickled pink (that Wal-Mart and Amazon.com are fighting), and I'm hoping that they lose a lot of ...
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October 23, 2009
- By Jim Milliot -- Publishers Weekly, 10/22/2009 4:30:00 PMIn a letter sent to the antitrust division of the Department of Justice Thursday, the board of directors of the American Booksellers Association requested that the government begin an investigation into what the organization believes is the illegal predatory pricing policies being carried out by Amazon, Wal-Mart and Target in selling 10 ...
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October 5, 2009
- So your book has been published and is available in various formats like ebooks, hardcover, paperback, mp3-4, etc. Now your promoting your own book as your publisher has asked you to do because your not Dan Brown or James Patterson at your time and expense. You worry about this new social media thing and you worry about not being a three week statistic. Then you find out that your ebook has ...
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October 1, 2009
- Just found out last week that the Polish translation rights to Going Nowhere Faster were sold, which sounds like a dumb joke but isn't. I'm ecstatic that the teens of Krakow may soon be reading a Polish version of GNF and can't wait to see what the new title is going to be idiomatically.
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