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Preparing Talking Points For Media, Radio, and Newspaper Interviews

Many new authors spend a lot of time and energy trying to get in the newspaper or on the radio. When they finally get there, however, they often don’t know what to say. If you plan ahead as part of your overall book marketing and promotion strategy and prepare concise, compellin… Continue

Promoting your books or writing online is an important way of marketing yourself and becoming a successful independent writer. Whether you are writing articles, posts to your blog, or conversing on writing forums and author social networks, you need visitors. Within the World Wide Web this is known as getting traffic. With all of the pages on the internet, traffic is something you have to seek out; it doesn’t just come to you. Many people understand this concept, but have no idea how to properly… Continue

In today’s highly competitive writing and publishing world, one requirement often misunderstood by both published and unpublished authors and writers is that of the author or writer platform. Agents almost require that writers and authors have one. Publishers and editors ask about it and how it can fit into an overall marketing plan. Readers, even, are beginning to look for them in their quest to find more writing and books by authors they like. So what, exactly, is an author or writer platform?… Continue

The 9 (Nine) Biggest Reasons Most First-Time Writers Fail to Become Published Authors

Writing a book and becoming a published author is a common dream. As Harry Beckwith wrote in The Invisible Touch, “If you want to change your life, write a book.” But writing a book is no easy task. There are few people who can just sit down and crank out a few hundred pages. Most of us have to work hard at becoming a writ… Continue

One of the biggest dreams many authors and writers have is to see their book on a library shelf. Getting your published book(s) into libraries, including public, municipal, state, university, research, and private libraries can seem like a challenge. How do you accomplish your goals and reach your dreams of selling your books to libraries? Although there is no guarantee that a library or librarian will buy your book, there are several general rules and guidelines one can follow in maximizing the… Continue