Book Marketing Tip of the Week
August 5, 2008: Family Leave Day, Green Peppers Day, National Failures Day, Little Orphan Annie's BirthdayDetails on these days — and 18,500 others! — can be found in
John Kremer's Celebrate Today Special Events Data Files.In this issue . . .
-- Book Hub distribution
-- Create a stir on the Internet
-- Small Business CEO magazine
-- Dark-Hunter YouTube video
-- Three national PR opportunities for your authors and your books
-- Printing credit at a discountBook Hub distribution
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“Book Hub Inc. is looking for publishers that are committed to big design capabilities with editorial visions celebrating lifestyles. Our publishers will be mainstream or eclectic and will compete aggressively for shelf space and the hearts and minds of the book buying pubic with fiction and non-fiction titles alike. Book Hub Inc. wants publishers who know why Chronicle Books, Running Press, Sourcebooks, Workman, and Ten Speed Press are successful and dominate the attention of readers. If you are a like-minded publisher we want to represent your titles and we will help your publishing endeavors with ongoing success in the marketplace.For more information or to submit for the Spring 2009 catalog, contact: Book Hub, Dan Haldeman, P O Box 4092, Santa Cruz CA 95063; 831-726-1255; Fax: 831-515-5955. Email: bookhubdist@sbcglobal.net. Web: http://www.book-hub.com (active September 2008). Warehouse in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Offers distribution to book wholesalers, bookstores, mass-market outlets like Wal-Mart and Target, college bookstores, foreign distribution. Also some gift, online, and catalog outlets.
Create a Stir on the Internet: Ten Million Eyeballs Event
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What could you do with 5 to 10 million new visitors to your website? You could sell thousands of books. You could generate an email list of many, many thousands of avid fans. You could build a top-rated website that allows you to generate on-going income for years to come. You could dominate the organic search results from Google, Yahoo!, and whatever else comes along. You could change the world. It is your choice.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
Small Business CEO magazine
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The Small Business CEO magazine was launched on August 1st. Check it out at http://www.smallbusinessceomagazine.comThey need lots of articles. Send article ideas to Stacy Larmore, Managing Editor. Email: editor@smallbusinessceomagazine.com. Put "article submission" in the subject line.
Ric and Liz Thompson are the publishers of this new magazine. As a contributor, you'll also be able to list your upcoming seminars and teleseminars on their website.
Dark-Hunter YouTube video
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The book trailer for the latest book in the Dark Hunter series was featured a few days ago as one of YouTube's hot videos. So far almost 180,000 people have viewed this book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-mQoCZC_JIAlso 371 people have rated it and 300 people have written comments. Not too bad. Of course, not near the numbers I teach you how to get via my Ten Million Eyeballs Events (see above).
Three national PR opportunities for your authors and your books
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Here are three new promotions from my friends at Bradley Communications:Free video on getting major national publicity:
http://www.TheBigSecretToGettingPublicity.com/?10005National Publicity Summit: Check out this opportunity to meet with major producers and decision makers at key national media: http://www.NationalPublicitySummit.com/?10005
After attending Steve Harrison's National Publicity Summit,
Ron & Lisa Beres were booked on the Today Show.
Steve Shapiro was the subject of a big story in O Magazine.
Lauri Loewenberg appeared on ABC's The View and Good Morning America.
Jim Vonmier got on CBS Evening News and Early Show.
Kelly McCloskey used what she learned to get booked on Oprah.
Barry Spilchuk was interviewed on Fox News Channel just five hours later.Sandy Clemmons got written up in Health Magazine, Money Magazine and TV Guide -- all from meeting journalists face-to-face at the Summit. Even better her royalty checks have gone up over 700%!
Free print publicity teleseminar:
http://www.freepublicity.com/printpublicitycall/?10005You can listen in on a free teleseminar on Thursday, August 7th, at either 2:00 p.m. Eastern or 7:00 p.m. Eastern. Listen in as editors at Woman's Day and Woman's World as well as a top business writer tell you the secrets to getting free national print publicity.
Printing credit at a discount
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Renata Rafferty of the Rafferty Consulting Group has a printing credit of $13,175 with the Jenkins Group. She can't use it right now, but they are allowing her to transfer that credit to someone else. For $10,500, you can have over $13,000 in printing credit. If interested, contact her via email at rrafferty@raffertyconsulting.com.BookMarket.com new pages
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Here are some of the new pages I've added to the BookMarket.com website in the past few months:Book Promotion Advice: http://www.bookmarket.com/bookpromotion.htm
Eproducts Sales Sites: http://www.bookmarket.com/eproducts.htm
Ezine Directories: http://www.bookmarket.com/ezines.htm
Keyword Search Tools: http://www.bookmarket.com/keywords.htmBook Ranks: http://www.bookmarket.com/bookranks.htm. This page features 85 keywords where BookMarket.com ranks in the top 10 in Google searches.
Page Ranks: http://www.bookmarket.com/pageranks.htm. This page features 45 keywords where one of my hobby websites ranks in the top 10 in Google searches.
Quotable Books
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There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets
the future in. — Graham Greene, novelist, The Power and the Glory
Click on the above book cover to order this great collection as a Word ebook for only $7.00.
More great quotes and quotable books at http://www.quotablebooks.com
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Copyright © 2008 by John Kremer
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