Tag: book advertising
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Writers: You Can Only Control the Process, Not the Results

Every writer wants to sell more books. Every writer wants to find more readers. But if you are writing for the purpose of results, you’ll be frequently disappointed in this cut-throat, highly-competitive business. The faster you realize that, as a writer, the only thing you control is the process, the faster you’ll be at peace…
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I got a note from Mark Z
I got a note from Mark Zuckerberg. Okay, thanks for pointing out that I was just 1/2,000,000 to do so. And I only did so because I’m feeding the Facebook machine with my hard earned cash. Doesn’t sound that special when I put it that way. (By the way, spell-check didn’t recognize Zuckerberg, so that’s…
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5 Star Average Rating! (my foot)
I am probably the worst nightmare of other authors: click on all their links — not because I’m curious about their book — but because I’m curious as to why someone would be interested in their work. I like to troll around on Amazon and see what people are buying, read a few reviews, and…
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The Exhaustion of Self-Promotion
Boy, do I need a publicist! An independently wealthy publicist who can spend hours on end promoting my writing just because they have nothing else to do and they are head-over-heels in love with my prose. So if you know anyone … As an indie author who has a job and who coaches softball and…
