Book Marketing Tip of the Week
July 29, 2008: Best Job in the World Day;
Royal Wedding Day; Kiss, Kiss, Kiss Day;
NASA's Birthday; Pardon of the Birds DayDetails on these days — and 18,500 others! — can be found in
John Kremer's Celebrate Today Special Events Data Files.In this issue . . .
-- Everyone's an Expert: Help a Reporter
-- specialty retailers
-- create a stir on the Internet
-- reader feedbackEveryone's an Expert: Help a Reporter
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If you'd like to be notified of reporter and editor requests for help or for interviewees, you might want to join Peter Shankman's Help a Reporter email list. You can do that at http://www.helpareporter.com.
Peter offers this email alert service for free. All that he asks is the following:
This is really the only thing I ask: By joining this list, just promise me and yourself that you'll ask yourself before you send a response: Is this response really on target? Is this response really going to help the journalist, or is this just a BS way for me to get my client in front of the reporter? If you have to think for more than three seconds, chances are, you shouldn't send the response.
What that means is that you only respond directly to those media requests that really, really, really fit you and your expertise.
As a book author looking for additional sources, an editor of an email newsletter, or a working journalist looking for people to interview, click here to fill out a request for help: http://www.helpareporter.com/press
Specialty Retailers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dog Ears Bookstore, Thomas McDonnell, The Enlightened Literary Arts Center, 688 Abbott Road, Buffalo NY 14220; 716-823-2665. Email: tom@enlightenthedog.org. Web: http://www.enlightenthedog.org. This is a nonprofit center to strengthen children's and adult's love of reading and literary arts.
Domy Books, Dan Fergus, Owner, 1709 Westheimer Road, Houston TX 77098; 713-523-3669; Fax: 713-520-0595. Email: info@domystore.com. Web: http://www.domystore.com. Also a store in Austin: 913 E Cesar Chavez, Austin TX 78702; 512-476-3669. Offers graphic novels, zines, limited-edition art books. Also does edgy book readings and author appearances.
Hooray for Books!, Ellen Klein and Trish Brown, Owners, 1555 King Street #101, Alexandria VA 22314; 703-548-4092; Fax: 703-548-4094. Email: info@hooray4books.com. Web: http://www.hooray4books.com. Blog: http://hooray4books.wordpress.com. Children's bookstore.
Mockingbird Books, 7220 Woodlawn Avenue NE, Seattle WA 98115; 206-518-5886. Email: geeta@mockingbirdbooksgl.com. Web: www.mockingbirdbooksgl.com. Children's bookstore.
Three Little Monkeys, 285 S Mountain Road, Fruit Heights UT 84037; 801-444-1470. Web: http://www.threelittlemonkeys.com. Children's books, music, and toys.
Create a Stir on the Internet
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Create some online pizazz! Learn how to create more Internet traffic for your website, service, book, product, cause, or idea!You came to this website because we made an impression. That's what ten million eyeballs are all about.
What are eyeballs? They are impressions. And what are impressions? They are the beginning of sales. They are, first, the way to get the attention of the people who you want to reach. Get their attention, and then you have a chance to make the sale or to convince them to take whatever other action you would like them to take.
The next Ten Million Eyeballs Event will be held in Houston, Texas on Saturday and Sunday, September 20 to 21, 2008.
Dates: September 20 to 21, 2008,
Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each dayLocation: Holiday Inn Select near Greenway Plaza, 2712 Southwest Freeway, Houston, Texas 77098; 713-523-8448. Web: http://www.
houston-greenwayplaza.hiselect.com. Tell them you are with the Ten Million Eyeballs Event from Open Horizons to get a special room rate.For more information, go to http://www.tenmillioneyeballs.com
Reader Feedback
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The following is a note from a newsletter reader:“I have been a member of your newsletter for awhile now. I have also read your book...1001 Ways To Market Your Book. I have to say Thank You because I have taken your advice so many times and have seen a difference. The first bit of advice was: Don't be married to your title.
“My book was published in 2005 and nothing. I tried (I thought) everything and nothing was working. I then read your book and the first change I made was the title and the cover page. I then began adding to my book. FREE is a HUGE word for everyone, me included. I then reworked my website (http://www.marybethtraut.com). I just got my website up and running. I am still working out the bugs, but I have seen a 100% + increase in traffic.
“I continue to read and would love to someday attend one of your conferences, but in the meantime I will continue to read and implement everything you have to say. It can't work, if I am not willing to try.”
Want to Be a Guest on National TV?
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If you'd like to be a guest on a major national TV show, then listen in on a free telephone seminar on Thursday, July 31st on “The Three Major Secrets to Getting Booked as a Guest on Top National TV Shows”.This teleseminar will be hosted by my friend Steve Harrison of Radio-TV Interview Report. In addition to Steve, you'll hear from several veteran TV producers.
To register for this free teleseminar, click here:
http://www.TVPublicityTeleseminar.com/?10005.Sell Books by the Truckload
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If you missed Steve Harrison's teleseminar from last week on selling books by the truckload, watch the following video that explains more about how to sell 10,000 ... 30,000 ... 200,000 books at a time: http://www.MillionDollarAuthorClub.com/videotruckload/?10005Quotable Books
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All you have to do is write one true sentence.
Write the truest sentence that you know. — Ernest Hemingway, novelist
More great quotes at http://www.quotablebooks.com
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