At a neighbor's BBQ, a wedding, the airport, a conference... ANYWHERE... you have the opportunity
of talk about your book.
In some circles of writers, there is a lot
of talk about book launches.
As many authors can attest, however, after a few months
of talking about your book topic, day after day after day, you get the writer's equivalent of the late - night giggles.
But really, friends are sick
of me talking about the books.
So, instead
of talking about your book, you may have more success if you put together lectures for other writers on marketing, grammar or editing.
A video
of me talking about book cover design (and trying not to look uncomfortable on camera).
I've heard a lot
of talk about his books and I think he'll become a very popular author.
Best of all, it gave me a way
of talking about my book without the obvious plea to buy my book.
Here you can upload your biography, list of books, a promotional video of your book, or one
of your talking about your book.
Additionally, you can also shoot and post videos
of yourself talking about the book or about a key issue in your literary genre or field of expertise.
Not exact matches
«People
talked about the demise
of physical
books as if it was only a matter
of time, but even 50 to 100 years from now, print will be a big chunk
of our business,» Penguin Random House chief executive Markus Dohle told the Times.
«This
book talks a lot
about paradox
of our world
of hyper digital convenience that doesn't necessarily translate to a seemingly logical replacement
of physical things.
In her recent
book, «WEconomy,» co-authored with philanthropists Craig and Marc Kielburger, Branson
talks about the importance
of building a purposeful career that allows you to make money while impacting the world around you.
Most authors think the purpose
of the introduction is to lay out and explain everything the author will
talk about in the
book.
Like so many
books about innovation and the exciting world
of tomorrow's business, it's a little buzzwordy and breathless, which can get stale quickly — and when you're
talking about the future, stale is the last thing you want to be.
So instead
of talking about the weather or your commute, says Levy, «I always have a story
of something I've been doing recently or a
book that I've been reading.»
The
book talks a lot
about the social dimensions
of grief.
In this episode
of the The School
of Greatness, Michael
talks about his new
book, which is all
about how to steal the show by crafting an incredible speech.
But it takes a lot to move from
talking about writing a
book to actually doing it — and this is the biggest leap
of all.
«Diary
of a Wimpy Kid» best - selling author Jeff Kinney
talks about the tenth installment in the middle - schooler's
book series, brick and mortar
book - selling and the global phenomenon
of growing up a wimpy kid.
This new release also made Grant's list
of upcoming
books everyone will soon be
talking about.
Trivago chief executive Rolf Schroemgens
talks about the state
of the travel
booking sector, with specific comment on oil, disruption and competition.
You might not be thinking
about what
books, articles or speeches to create, but there has probably been a point in time where you have
talked yourself out
of pursuing something, because you convinced yourself that you lack a certain level
of creativity that it takes to get the job done.
We
talk about grit all the time here at Spartan Race but Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth is the woman who literally wrote the
book about it (or at least she will be when Grit: The Power
of Passion and Perseverance is published May 3 by Scribner).
I used to think
about all
of the
books, articles and speeches that I wanted to create but then eventually
talked myself out
of it, because I would hit a wall and just tell myself that creativity isn't a strong suit
of mine.
Because as much as Gossip the
book is
about the popularization
of back - fence
talk and the search for a reason why one
of the world's most compelling pastimes is so pleasurable, it's also
about admitting that people just can't keep secrets; they don't want to, and we might as well embrace the fact that they'll keep fewer and fewer in the future unless we collectively settle on some new etiquette.
In his new
book, angel investor Brian Cohen
talks about the importance
of getting smart money for your startup.
He just released a
book with another Inc. columnist Drew Hendricks,
talking about some
of the tips and tricks they've learned along the way.
«In most
of the Western world, salary just isn't something people feel comfortable
talking about,» writes researcher David Burkus in his 2016
book «Under New Management: How Leading Organizations are Upending Business as Usual.»
In this next installment
of AskJZ, Zimmerman
talks about his
book, Leading Fearlessly: Transform Your Life and Find Success (Greenleaf Book Group Press, 20
book, Leading Fearlessly: Transform Your Life and Find Success (Greenleaf
Book Group Press, 20
Book Group Press, 2015).
podcast, Joe De Sena
talks to the author
of «Born to Run»
about his new
book, «Natural Born Heroes.»
Gibbs, a former pastor who
talks to young audiences
about bullying and life choices, says Shipp's opening doors for him has produced 90 percent
of the 40 - plus engagements he has
booked so far this year.
«I was in «The
Book of Henry,» the movie that Colin Trevorrow directed, and we
talked about [«Star Wars»] a great deal.
In our
book, The Gen Z Effect, my co-author Dan Keldsen and I
talk about how 3D printing is creating an entirely new model for hacking the high cost
of manufacturing and creating a manufacturing renaissance for entrepreneurs.
Robert Greene
talks with Patrick Bet - David
about his life and inspiration behind his five
books, the first
of which is now a mega cult classic among rappers, the Hollywood elite and prison inmates.
Cain, a former Wall Street lawyer, has been researching and writing
about the subject for years, and her new
book, Quiet: The Power
of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop
Talking (Crown), synthesizes much
of that research.
In a recent interview for Knowledge@Wharton the co-founder
of microlending site Kiva
talked about her new
book Clay Water Brick: Finding Inspiration from Entrepreneurs Who Do the Most with the Least and shared stories from the early days
of her paradigm - shifting startup.
The
book, part
of a series
of primers from the publisher on complex issues deemed impactful to society, is what it sounds like from its title: An overview
of what people are
talking about when they
talk about artificial intelligence and concerns stemming from proliferation
of technology that falls into the category.
We hosted Chris, the «Head
of TED,» recently at 1871 for a short lecture
about his new
book TED
Talks and for some Q&A with our member companies and other guests.
Clients spend an hour and a half on the phone with an editor
talking about their goals for the
book, another 90 minutes creating a table
of contents and an outline, another 30 to 60 minutes approving it and six to eight hours being interviewed by the editor.
Here's one
of the more challenging parts
of this to grasp: when we're
talking about digital currency such as Bitcoin, there's no repository
of coins — that line item in the record
book is the money.
In your
book, you
talk about how games make us happy by providing satisfying tasks, achievable goals and the chance to be part
of something bigger than ourselves.
We're going to be
talking about this
book, and some
of the misleading concepts that are out there, in terms
of economics, and understanding economics.
Any bookstore can also order it if you give them the full title: «Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World» — there are more than 60 Guerrilla Marketing
books that cover other aspects
of business and have nothing to do with what we've been
talking about.
«The Congressional Review Act is a pretense for the majority party in Congress to wipe rules off the
books without ever
talking about the merits the agency had in mind when it made the rule final,» Rena Steinzor, a law professor at the University
of Maryland, said in an email.
I reply to almost all
of them, just like I
talk about in the
book.
Any bookstore can also order it if you give them the full title: «Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green» — there are more than 60 Guerrilla Marketing
books that cover other aspects
of business and have nothing to do with what we've been
talking about.
In his
book Predictable Revenue, author Aaron Ross
talks about how forward - thinking sales companies like Salesforce.com moved to a specialized sales role model
of selling (for example, Sales Development Representative (SDRs), Business Development Manager, Customer Success Managers, etc.).
«If you take this over the course
of a 30 - year career and compound it,» one researcher told Malcolm Gladwell for his
book Blink, «we're
talking about a tall person enjoying literally hundreds
of thousands
of dollars
of earnings advantage.»
In this Marketing Over Coffee: Author Jonathan Pellegrin
talks about his
book and The Art
of Selling the Family Business