Sentences with phrase «authors about their book launch»

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She's released a series of workout DVDs such as Bodyshred and Body Revolution, authored a handful of bestselling books about weight loss, and in 2014 launched a women's and children's activewear brand called Impact.

As you may or may not know, I started a publishing company almost two years ago, and as part of the process of publishing and marketing books, I wanted to create a «Book Launch» strategy so that the authors whose books we publish could get a good start on helping people learn about their bBook Launch» strategy so that the authors whose books we publish could get a good start on helping people learn about their bookbook.

Also as a VA for another author, for her last book launch, we gathered a group of friends will to post a prepared post about the new book on their blogs and websites.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

So authors contact me and say «I'm curious about what it would take to launch a book promotion campaign for my self - published book» too late for me to steer them toward the most information they could find: they haven't really self - published at all.

This could be seriously good news for unknown authors who are launching, or who are about to launch, book promotion campaigns.

Kaufman spoke about Copia's global expansion into Australia and Spain — and alluded to some big news that will hopefully be launched in time for next month's O'Reilly Media Tools of Change publishing event — as well the popular reception of the annotation feature that lets authors enter the discussion and post commentary inside the pages of readers» books, almost creating a «director's cut» out of books, much the way that JK Rowling has granted her fans insider access into the creation of the Harry Potter books by adding additional notes and comments on the series.

A few authors are doing pretty well, because they hustle and work and write amazing books that readers love and learn enough about marketing and book design and launching for their books to be successful.

This is so that anyone even remotely interested in either you as an author or your Kindle book (s) can have a launching point with which to learn more about you in as minimal amount of time as possible.

Nick invited me to speak about my upcoming book launch for Escape The Cubicle as well as asking me to share some tips for new authors.

In order to assist indie authors they have launched Reedsy Learning, which is a new learning platform that will enable millions of writers to learn about book... [Read more...]

If you're at all nervous about making a book launch speak / reading your work aloud / giving author talks then join a Speakers» Club (UK) or Toastmasters» Culb (UK / US).

Jo and Jeff talked about how things go now as authors with established fan bases, and Lindsay talked about her recent pen name launch, where nobody knew about the books, and she was essentially starting from scratch as a new author.

... I love that she likens book launch to a startup company... The fact that you can buy some of these services very cheaply is irrelevant for the author who wants to produce a quality book that can compete head to head with those from traditional publishers... I have little sympathy those who complain about the costs of putting out a book now... You don't need to spend this kind of money to self - publish a good book successfully...

The How to Publish Your Group on Facebook now has over 2,000 members and is a great place to meet authors, as questions about self - publishing and launch your books.

A video of the author is on the site, promising that the full launch in October will contain an online reading experience unlike any other, with descriptions that lead to interactive content, safe social networking capabilities, and the occasional jump - in from the author herself in which she will share never before released information about the characters, the books, and the writing of the series.

or something like that, and it's terrible, and we don't want authors to be in that situation, so we decided to write the definitive book on how to think about book marketing, and then exactly what to do to launch a book.

Now that I fully understand how important this is for an author, especially a first - time writer, feel free to drop me a line and let me know about your upcoming book launches.

Along with at least three other writers, I will read a brief excerpt not heard at the book launch, answer questions about how to become an independent author, and sell copies of An Extraordinary Life: Josephine E. Jones.

Along with at least three other writers, I will read a brief excerpt not heard at the book launch, answer questions about how to become an independent author, and sell copies of

Other examples of authors doing well in tight times is Stephenie Meyer, whose Twilight series at one point accounted for 15 % of all books sold in the US; and J.K. Rowling, who is about to jump into the electronic book market by launching Pottermore, her new virtual online bookstore.

At launch there were about 5000 selections available but that amount has vastly increased over the past few weeks and will continue to grow — self - published authors can submit anything from a single book to an entire catalogue.

Marketing for writers is about helping authors build platforms that can sustain long - term booksales and easily launch a book to # 1 bestseller — but publishing a book can be a long, challenging process... especially if you're self - publishing.

You can learn more about this at Digital Book Launch and Author Marketing Club.

He is a bestselling author and expert book marketer, and he shared some great insights about self - publishing, as well as some book launch strategies and tips.

To answer how he, as a fiction author promoting a book launch next month, might find the topic a challenge to be passionate about, Joanna recommends talking about personal stories and speaking coherently about the story rather than saying bluntly what is hard to explain.

One downside I have heard about preorders from authors who have used it before is that Amazon's algorithms don't create a tsunami effect on the first day of a book launch, since fans have been buying the eBook via preorder over a period of many days in advance.

Smashwords launched about a year ago as a way for self - publishing authors to get their books turned into ebooks and sold.

For me, this book is about launching my career as an author and entrepreneur.

Whether you're a debut author about to launch a book (congrats!)

You'll learn more about publishing and book marketing in those four weeks than most authors learn in a year, and I'll personally help you design and launch your book.

Perhaps it is because of this that she has more than 650 reviews of her book posted on Amazon (a 4-1/2 star overall rating) or perhaps this success is due to our curiosity about the niche topic she so readily and easily explains with her insider knowledge, but I'd like to think that Caitlin is a perfect example of an author with an extensive author platform, established long before the launch of her book.

We'll obviously emphasize that this is a great opportunity for new authors to tell us about their books, but authors new and old can come and ask us anything at all — general questions about bookselling, best practices for working with us on book launches, ideas for how to help promote their books between releases, or anything on their minds about working with a bookstore like ours.

About your host: Orna Ross launched the Alliance of Independent Authors at the London Book Fair in 2012.

Popular fantasy author Rachel Aaron joined us today to talk about succeeding with books that straddle genres, launching later books in a series, and turning your writing into a business, among other topics.

I actually feel bad charging so much, because I don't want to seem like I'm ripping off new authors who don't know any better, but I also know a few emails from me about how to launch your book will help more than 95 % of the marketing advice out there.

So as an author - entrepreneur, start thinking about how to get as many reviews as you can before you officially launch the book.

In this episode, we interviewed entrepreneur and author Joe Pulizzi, who shared some great insights about launching a book for both fiction and nonfiction authors, how he builds an audience, and more.

I'm about ready to launch a package of DIY book cover templates in MS word, to give indie authors and affordable options for high quality cover design.

It's been just five years since I worked on my first book launch campaign, but since that time I've worked with over 100 authors in just about every marketing capacity you can imagine.

In London for the opening of her exhibition, before heading to Oxford for the launch of a book (she is also a published author), Oka Doner spoke to Studio International about her practice in general and, more specifically, her love of fire and the need to bring it back into her life.