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Book Marketing Bestsellers Blog
Best of the Blog: Book Author Success Stories
Best of the Blog: Book Design Ideas: Book Covers, Book Titles, Etc.
Best of the Blog: Book Marketing Articles from Friends
Literary, Subsidiary, & Foreign Rights Agents - This Word report includes more than 1,375 literary agents, including 375 agents that sell foreign rights and another 50+ that handle subsidiary rights sales. This report also includes a sample foreign rights contract. Only $30. To order, click here.
Best of the Book Marketing Bestsellers Blog
Book Marketing Articles from John's Friends
(often with comments from John Kremer)
Advice for Book Authors by Seth Godin, author of Permission Marketing
AdWords for Dummies: How to Make More Money with Google Adwords by Howie Jacobson, author of AdWords for Dummies
Amazon's Author Central and Editorial Reviews by Aaron Shepard, author of Aiming at Amazon
Article Marketing Debate: Is Article Marketing Dying as the Use of Video Soars? by Eric Gruber, Your Article Marketing Expert
Article Writing Template That Gets People Talking About You and Your Topic Right Way by Eric Gruber, Your Article Marketing Expert
Authors: Sell Tons of Books with Teleseminars by Kathleen Gage, The Street Smarts Marketer
Authors Tour the World with Virtual Book Tours by Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song
Avoiding Mistakes in Article Writing Campaigns by V. Michael Santoro of ProAuthors.com
Be Human by Jeffrey Hedquist of Radio Hed Lines newsletter
Becoming a Columnist Is Easier Than Ever by Francine Silverman, author of Book Marketing from A-Z
The Best Time of Year to Query Literary Agents by Jeff Rivera of HowtoWriteaQueryLetter.com
Beyond the Bestseller: Finding Literary Gems by Don Linn, book distributor
The Biggest Mistake in Writing News Releases by Paul Hartunian, editor of Million Dollar Publicity Strategies
Blog Challenges: A Way to Connect with More People Online by D'vorah Lansky
Blogging and Book Reviews by Mike Vogel, author of Isn't That Bigamy
Book Author Signings on Your Own by R. Michael Johnson
Book 'Em, Danno: A Report from BookExpo America (2009) by Michael Herman, author of Becoming The Complete Champion: One Motivational Minute at a Time
Book Gifting in Your Book Marketing Campaign by Steve Viglione, children's book author
Book Marketing 2.0: 5 ways you can use Web 2.0 tools to promote your book by Joanna Penn, author of Author 2.0
Book Publicity and Having Fun by Martin Foner, editor of Publishing Newsletter
Book Publicity Notes by Irwin Zucker of Promotions in Motion
Book Signings Are Your Best Friends by Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song
Breaking through Distractions While Writing by freelance editor Nancy Padron
A Crazy New Way to Increase Sales by Joe Vitale, author of Zero Limits
The Difference Between Good and Great by Suzanne Falter-Barns, author of 35 Guaranteed Time-Savers
Dvorak's Advice on Getting a Marketing Edge by John Dvorak, PC Magazine columnist
8 Websites to Promote Your Next Booksigning or Author Event by Joan Stewart of The Publicity Hound
5 Ideas for Sharpening Your Next Speech by Michael Angelo Caruso, author of the Present Like a Pro DVD
5 Sure-Fire Public Speaking Humor Techniques You Can Use to Get Optimal Laughs! by Peter Fogel, creator of Peter Fogel's Guide to Effective Public Speaking
5 Tips to Turn Rock Star Publicity into Rock Star Income by Meg La Borde, VP of Greenleaf Book Group
5 Ways Authors Can Profit from LinkedIn by Mahesh Grossman, author of Write a Book Without Lifting a Finger
Getting More Reviews on Amazon.com by Nathan Schock
How Cookbook Authors Can Do a Great Cooking Segment on TV by Scott Lorenz of Westwind Communications
How to Brand Yourself and Sell Lots of Books by Peter Fogel, author of If Not Now, Then When?
How to Change the World by Hugh Elliott of Standing Room Only blog
How to Close More Big Sales by Getting More Smaller Yeses by Eric Gruber, Your Article Marketing Expert
How to Conduct a Successful Book Signing Event by Sally Watkins, author of Change Your Mindset, Not Your Man
How to Get Traffic to Your Blog -- 54 Ways by Seth Godin
How to Keep People Happy by Seth Godin, author of Unleashing the Idea Virus
How to Land a Literary Agent: First Get a Platform by Jeff Rivera of HowtoWriteaQueryLetter.com
How to Steal to the Top of Google: Use the News by Danny Wall of SEO Chat
How to Talk to a Bookseller: A 10-Step Guide for Authors by Melissa Lion, event coordinator at Diesel
How to Write a Query Letter That Genre Agents Want Now by Jeff Rivera of GumboWriters.com
Is It All Aboout Business Exchange? by Hillary J.M. Topper, author of Everything You Evern Wanted to Know About Social Media But Were Afraid to Ask
The Law of Networking by Jochem Klijn, author of The Law of Networking
A Lesson in Copywriting by Joe Vitale, author of The Attractor Factor
The Long Tail in Writing and Marketing Your Books by Daniel Hall of RealFastBook.com
Magnetic Advertising: Promotion Goes for a Ride by Fred Gleeck
Making the Most of Blurbs and Endorsements by Francine Silverman, author of Book Marketing from A-Z
Marketing Moron of the Month Award by Paul Hartunian, editor of Million Dollar Publicity Strategies
Marketing Poetry: One Poet's Experience by Michelle True, author of Reflections
Marlon Sander's 21-Step Cheat Sheet to Profiting from Twitter by Marlon Sanders, author of The Amazing Formula That Sells Products Like Crazy
Posting to Blogs: Effective Linking Campaign for Marketing Your Books by V. Michael Santoro, founder of AuthorInterns.com
Promote Your Book: Telling Stories by Rosalind Miller, author of The Great Success Manual
Promoting Your Book the Storyteller Way by Jeffrey Hedquist of Radio Hed Lines newsletter
Promoting Your Books with Radio Interviews by Gerri Detweiler of Everyday Wealth radio show
Public Speaking for Authors by Francine Silverman, author of Book Marketing from A-Z
Public TV: A Way into the Big Time by Mahesh Grossman, author of Write a Book Without Lifting a Finger
Selling Books on the NYC Subway by Fred Gleeck, author of Publishing for Maximum Profit
7 Deadly Sings Authors Make and How You Can Avoid Them by Fred Gleeck, author of Publishing for Maximum Profit
7 Practical Ways to Earn More by Working Less by Terry Dean of My Marketing Coach
Six Ways Authors Can Promote on Facebook by Dana Lynn Smith, author of The Savvy Book Marketer's Guide to Successful Social Marketing
Speaking from Your Legs by Eilene Parker of AuthorMediaTraining.com
Ten Reasons: Pro and Con for a Book - Joseph Langen, author of The Pastor's Inferno
Top 5 Things to Learn from BookExpo America by Michelle Dunn, author of Mosquisto Marketing for Authors
Top 10 Telephone Tips to Make Your Radio Talk Shows Pay Off Handsomely by Joe Sabah, author of How to Get On Radio Talk Shows All Across America Without Leaving Your Home or Office
Top 10 Ways to Get a Technorati Top 100 Blogger to Link to Your Blog or Website by Michael Pollock
Turn Your Book Into an App: 5 Questions to Ask an App Developer by Michel Kripalani
Viral Marketing vs. Word of Mouth by Seth Godin
The Visible and the Invisible: The Truth by Fred Gleeck
Why Do You Write? by Orham Pamuk
Why You Leave a Message by Bryan Farrish of Bryan Farrish Radio Promotion
The Write and Wrong Way to Promote Your Book by Penny Sansevieri, editor of the Book Marketing Expert newsletter
Writing Is a Business by Richard McCullough, editor of Write-Better-Fiction.com
You Don't Have to Be an Amazon Bestseller by David Mathison, author of Be the Media
You Know Your Query Letter Sucks When You CC It to a Dozen Agents at the Same Time by Jeff Rivera of HowtoWriteaQueryLetter.com
You Know Your Query Letter Sucks When You Write: Dear Agent by Jeff Rivera of HowtoWriteaQueryLetter.com
Your Book Is Only the Beginning by Fred Gleeck, author of Publishing for Maximum Profit
Interviews
Foreword This Week Interview with John Kremer
Interview with Jeff Rivera, Novelist by Jeff Rivera, author of Forever My Lady
An Interview with Voice in the Dark Newsletter - Anne Edwards interviews John Kremer
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Book Marketing 105: Choosing a Book Distribution System - This vital mini-guide includes criteria for deciding how you will distribute your books. Also includes complete information on 30 distributors, 4 library distributors, 89 book publishers who also distribute for other publishers, 3 sales representatives to the chains, 27 bookstore wholesalers, 34 library wholesalers, and 23 Spanish-language wholesalers. Plus a sample book distribution contract. Ebook download, $30.00.
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