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Book Marketing Tip of the Week
March 25, 2008: American Diabetes Alert Day, Old British New Year, Titan Discovery Day, National Pecan Day, Feast of the Annunciation, Global Understanding Day

Details on these days — and 18,500 others! — can be found in
John Kremer's Celebrate Today Special Events Data Files.

In this issue . . .
-- The Adventures of Saffron Sally
-- TV Directory sale . . .
-- The Women for Hire Career Expo: Book Writing Seminars
-- upcoming book trade shows

The Adventures of Saffron Sally
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Novelist Melanie Lynn Hauser is writing a very interesting serial blog, perhaps a novel in progress (although she denies this), but whatever it is, it is good writing. Check it out here: http://www.melanielynnehauser.com/sally

I just read Episode Six and it was a hoot. Or, as she would say, it tickled my fanny.

TV Directory sale
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Steve Harrison's Guide to the Top National TV Talk & Interview Shows is going on sale today until Friday at 6:00 p.m. Eastern time. You can save up to $200 for the best TV show directory by going to this website:
http://www.appearontoptvshows.com/special/?10005

The guide features 259 top national shows with key contacts, what they are looking for, and how to get booked. Shows include Oprah, Good Morning America, CNN, Today, Fox News, MSNBC, Larry King Live, Bloomberg TV, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, etc. A treasure trove of detailed info that will help you get featured on national TV.

At the same time, Joe Sabah is asking people to join Joe's Bathrobe Club to promote your book via radio shows done from home. Check out the details at http://www.SabahRadioShows.com.

The Women for Hire Career Expo: Book Writing Seminars
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Robyn Spizman, co-author of the Author 101 series, will be speaking at The Women For Hire Career Expos on Thursday, March 27th in New York and Tuesday, April 1st in Atlanta, Georgia. Each talk will be fast-paced 90-minute seminars on writing books and getting them published. Her sessions will be from 10: 45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. each day.

To find out more about the Women for Hire Career Expos, go to http://www.womenforhire.com. To find out about Robyn's talks, go to:
http://www.womenforhire.com/career_expos/book_writing_and_publishing_seminar.

The registration fee for either talk is $85, but if you enter the following code (BWPS) at checkout, you will save $20. To register for the talks, go to http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=153309.

That is not an affiliate link. It just assures that you can get the $20 discount Robyn is offering to readers of this newsletter.

Another Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog
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Ronda Del Boccio, The Story Lady, now has a blog at the Seattle PI called Brain TV: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/braintv. I like the title. Should be a good read.

upcoming book trade shows
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The following list of upcoming trade shows of interest to book publishers
comes courtesy of my book distributor, National Book Network:

London Book Fair -- Dates: 04/14 - 04/16
Location: Earls Court London / Web: http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk

IRA (International Reading Association) -- Dates: 5/4 – 5/8
Location: Atlanta, GA / Web: http://www.reading.org/association/meetings/annual.html

Book Expo America -- Dates: 05/30 - 06/01
Location: Los Angeles, CA / Web: http://www.bookexpoamerica.com

Book Expo Canada -- Dates: 06/15 - 06/16
Location: Toronto, Ontario / Web: http://www.bookexpo.ca

ALA (American Library Association) Conference -- Dates: 06/28 - 07/01
Location: Anaheim, CA / Web: http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2008a/home.htm

Christian Booksellers Association Trade Show -- Dates: 07/13 - 07/17
Location: Orlando, FL / Web: http://www.christianretailshow.com

Frankfurt Book Fair -- Dates: 10/15 - 10/19
Location: Frankfurt, Germany / Web: http://www.frankfurt-book-fair.com

Quotable Books update
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Dance as if no one were watching. Sing as if no one were listening.
And live every day as if it were your last. — Irish proverb

More great quotes at http://www.quotablebooks.com

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