Indie Authors

Day 2: Best Book Marketing Tips for Authors

It was all book marketing, all day Sunday, on our first at-sea day, during the fourth annual Publishing at Sea cruise for authors. 8 a.m. Here are the three best take-aways from each of our our five speakers. Judith Briles — Your “About Me” Tip 1: Always enhance your 15-second pitch with numbers. Don’t just say you’ve coached… Read More

Beware of Listopia, Indie Writers Support #AuthorScams

A book promotion scam that dates back to 2011 and promises authors massive exposure for their books has resurfaced. And the person behind it is offering a new service regarding Listopia, the Goodreads feature that lets users create lists of books that anyone can vote on or add to, for free. A misleading email from “Writers… Read More

Dog Tweets–#BookPublishingTips For Your Own Book

Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow The Publicity Hound on Twitter. #BookPublishingTips For Your Own Book | @emsiPR http://ow.ly/SWE4f Do You Have Effective #Online Visibility? Watch this video from @DeniseWakeman and learn. ow.ly/SKQJa #onlinemarketing 5 #Blogging Mistakes That Make Your Readers Switch Off… Read More

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