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Recommendation from someone I know

The cover
Saw on a bestseller list
Reviews you’ve read in blogs/online forums
Reviews you read in magazines/newspapers
Prominent display in bookstore

Fom a comment by Michelle Gagnon at her article, The Best and Worst Writing Advice I Ever Got
I agree that you can’t make anyone recommend your book or review your book, favorably or [...]

Today’s Tip #5: The 5-5-5 Rule Often my workshop attendees, clients and students ask me, “How much time should I spend on social networking?” “How’s five minutes a day?” I ask. “That’s all?”

Welcome to my Social Media for Author Tip Series, where I offer you tips to put into practice the your social media tips so that you can: * Connect with your readers and get to know them * Let them get to know you * Build your network * Create your author platform — Today’s Tip #6: Share — Share what? Share yourself, your humanity, your vulnerability, a slice of your daily life? Why? Because we all want to connect with each other, feel each other’s humanity, belong and be loved.

Many authors think that social media is like traditional advertising, all shouting at ya’ . But it’s not. Social media is social, which means authors succeed at it when we listen and give back. If you just listen deeply to your audience and talk about the things that are important to them then you will be included in their tribe and they will want to buy your book.

Welcome to the Monday series on Resources for Indie Authors. This week I feature an guest post from Dana Lynn Smith, book marketing coach and author. Thanks Dana! All resources I use and cull from my life as an Independent Publishing Consultant and Book Coach, published author, and indie author in fiction! I’ve used some of these ideas to get featured in my local library.

I’m inspired by Kristen Lamb to do a Twitter Tuesdays series. Today is #1! Today we’ll focus on something I got from Kristen’s book, We Are Not Alone: The Writer’s Guide to Social Media. (She’s going to think I’m a stalker! I can’t say enough nice and gushing things about her book!)

From one of the contest organizers:
Just thought I’d post a note for everyone who couldn’t make it to the meeting regarding the contests that Tina and I are both running.
The details for Tina’s contest are here:
http://authortinafolsom.blogspot.com/p/giveaways-contests.html?zx=49ecf4b2a2d0bbe6
To enter mine go to:
http://www.BellaAndre.com
These Nook Color e-readers are really amazing! Good luck.
Best,
Bella
PS. This is Beth talking! Spread [...]

I finally got the courage up to publicly post a video of me in front of the room.
What is your number one concern around using social media as an author to promote your books and create success in your career?

The government wants to know…
More at http://www.commerce.gov/blog/2010/10/05/commerce-seeks-comment-protecting-copyrighted-works-internet.

Bookfomercial for “How Not To Write A Novel” by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman. Animation by Marianne R. Petit.
Yes, they’re advertising. And if you don’t laugh at least once you’re taking yourself way to seriously.

Often, authors are under the misguided impression that all they have to do is write a book and it will sell like hotcakes, flying off the shelves. Unfortunately, even the best-written books can produce discouraging sales numbers without the right publicity and marketing efforts. It takes a plan and a concerted effort, [...]

More and more romance authors are independently publishing on the Kindle. I sat down with two women from the San Francisco Romance Writers of America chapter to uncover more about this phenomenon and discover their promotional secrets.

On Ebook Pricing by JA Konrath: “I thought I would distill my thoughts into a new blog entry, and explain why I believe $2.99 is the new ebook standard.”
JA Konrath offers the nuts and bolts on current thought, and a bit of history, on ebook and print book pricing.
I love this bit:
“Set realistic goals, experiment, [...]

Understanding how Amazon sales ranking works isn’t just for techies. All authors need to understand how Amazon works so they can use the system to their advantage, and so they be an Amazon bestseller, too.

Guest post by Brian Jud. Reprinted by permission.
You can sell more of your books if you can answer two questions honestly. First, how often do people think about your book? Second, how often do people think about their problems and how to solve them? I think you will agree that people think more about themselves, [...]