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Nothing Sells by Itself — Including a Masterpiece »

In Steve Weber's Plug Your Book!, he includes a relevant quote from bestse

Solidarity Sells: Enlist Your Friends to Help Promote Your Book »

SOLIDARITY SELLS:   Enlist Friends to Help Promote Your Book

Oh my gosh...someone else is living my life »

You have got to check out this video!

Scratching Robert Alter's Back »

After scourging the Warriors’ treatment of season ticket holders and explaining what Obama had to do to be elected and bringing me up to date on the latest, thrilling advances in prosthodontics,

New Interview »

Woke up this morning to a Google Alert and this:

Book Promotion and the Protestant Work Ethic »

I’m old enough to remember the existence of people who believed in good, honest, hard work. I’m not one of them.

Free Booze for Sober People -- A Book Tour Journal* »

* Originally published April 7, 2008I’m one of those sober people.

And some self promotion »

And in case you read romance or know 50 to 100 people who do . . .

Backlist Books: Why "All Sales Final" Works »

In Publisher's Marketplace today, there was a blurb about Penguin UK meeting with British booksellers to broach the issue of a no-return policy on the publisher's backlist.

How Malcolm Gladwell Proved There Is Such A Thing As Karma »

A Different Approach to Book Signing »

Amazon's Feud with Brit Pub Houses: What that Means to Authors »

Even in good economic times, book sales only inch up, or stay stagnant. Revenue increases seem to be tied to jumps in the retail prices of books vs.

My Friends and Associates at Book Expo America »

You can learn about a person by what that person does and what that person says. But you can also learn a lot about a journalist by the company he keeps.

Book Trailers: Will the Right Message, and the Right Medium, Bring in the Money? »

I read with interest the recent Wall Street Journal

If You Build It, Will They Come? »

At Left Coast Crime in Denver recently, I had the wonderful fortune of moderating a panel on the creative process titled “Where Ideas Come From.” Imagining the four delightful, witty, smart women on the panel (Donna Anderson, Jane Cleland, Alex Sokoloff and Penny Warner) might have an even greater affinity for the analogy than I, I suggested writing books, mysteries, is a little like being pregnant. The germ of an idea gets planted in a writer’s mind and gestates.

Memory Writers Network interview »

Exclusive Interview with author Xujun Eberlein, Part I and

Using Google Alerts to Find Out about Yourself »

Who gets an interview? »

The morning I packed up to leave on my first-ever book tour, the phone rang at 7 AM. The call was from a radio station that wanted to set up an interview the day after my arrival in Washington, DC.

Chapter 2 of my new novel now on Red Room »

After the warm and supportive response to the first chapter of my new novel, Million Dollar Ideas (Red Room's "Best Preview" last month), I am now downright thrilled to be posting

Don't Cheap Out with the Number of Copies of Your Books That You Give Away! »

All things considered, word of mouth is still the most important means of marketing any product or service.

VBT: Days 2 and 3 »

Today: New ZealandYesterday:  iTunes

Authors -- on promo and marketing »

Hey author friends,

About The Third Angel »

Although my novels aren’t autobiographical The Third Angel began with a ghostly experience in a London hotel, which you can read about

Playing With Fire ARC contest »

The contest to give away one of ten Playing With Fire ARCs (that’s advanced reader’s copy) is underway, and time is running out to enter!

Making New Friends »

As a RedRoom newbie, I was delighted just now to discover that John Kremer is also a member of this community, as I have been reading his book, 1001 Ways to

COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS FOR AUTHORS »

There are a lot of tools you, as a new author trying to pitch your book, can use to help you stand out from the pack.

Helping each other »

Hello Fellow Authors:

Patry Francis day! »

Today, over 300 bloggers, including bestsellers, Emmy winners, movie makers, and publishing houses have come together to talk about The Liar's Diary by Patry Francis. Why?

In My Red Room »

Well, I love the decor. About ten years ago, when it came time to paint our living room walls, Dianne, my wife, along with her decorator friends, were considering various shades of green.