Book Marketers Need Only Exhaust The Willpower of Their Target Market

Interesting book review today in the NY Times.

The Secrets of Self Control

Attention Authors: Don’t miss this opportunity to meet your fans!

If you are will to travel to visit a book club and talk about your book add your name to this great resource.

Authors Who Visit Book Clubs

Indie Reader award

This is a great opportunity for all indie authors, and especially for indie novelists. Be sure to apply!

http://indiereader.com/the-indiereader-discovery-awards-welcome/

Tips from Self-Publishing Stars

This article shares 4 key components of self publishing success.

1. Give away your first book for free to build readership.
2. Create your own publishing company and buy a block of ISBNs in anticipation of your subsequent books.
3. Hire someone to run the business and focus on writing.
4. Think of indie publishing as a longer term investment in your self and your career as an author

Hope you enjoy the article!

Self Publishing Stars

Amazon Kindle Singles Will Help Authors

Dear Writers and Authors;

Imagine being able to put the power of Amazon’s traffic and  book marketing to work for you before you have published your first book.  And imagine getting incremental revenue to boot! That is what, if properly leveraged Amazon  Kindle Singles will do for first time authors everywhere. Read on…

Amazon now selling shorter prose as Kindle Singles

Interesting article in the NY Times about how local bookstores are adding services to increase traffic to their stores. I was surprised to see that they didn’t speak to Book Passage, a thriving independent book store in Corte Madera, CA. In many ways Book Passage has been a innovator  among indie bookstores.

Small Bookstores Struggle for Niche in Shifting Times

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Email Marketing works for restaurants

This is a helpful article for anyone who has a retail location where people can stopin and interact act with the business. Be sure to ask interested people for their email addresses so that you can stay in contact with them about your business.

Restaurateur sees benefit of online marketing

Another low cost tip for restaurants is have a Facebook page. Posts about new dishes, wines, desserts, etc will engage your customers and keep your food top of mind with your diners.

Important Data About Generating Traffic

Hi Readers,

This article has some surprising information about which social media sites drive the most traffic. Facebook is number one. Guess who is number 2? I will give you a hint…It’s not Twitter! Take a look I think you will be surprised!

The Number Two Social Media Traffic Generator is not Twitter

Interesting Ideas for Interacting with your Facebook Fans

Hi Readers,

This article has some good ideas for making encouraging more interaction from your Facebook fans. Hope you enjoy it!

4 Easy Ways to Engage your Facebook Fans