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Tag: books

Marilyn Johnson’s hit book “Lives in Ruins”

Congrats to my friend and client Marilyn Johnson on her recent book, Lives in Ruins (Harper), an Amazon Best Book of the Month, November 2014 and #1 bestseller in the Archaeology category on Amazon! She’s been getting wonderful reviews and the book is selling like hotcakes.

Published February 21, 2015
Categorized as The Art of Selling Tagged author, book launch, book sales, books, Marilyn Johnson

“I don’t have time to read a book”—The Slippery Social Media Slope {video}

What people do with their reading has changed greatly in a mere 4 years, due to the rise of the smartphone & various social media. Read a book? A twice-a-year luxury, for most. And people admit this blithely in the context of “being swamped.”

Published April 23, 2014
Categorized as On Reading, Social Media Tagged books, Reading, social media, swamped

“Help,” Quoth the Author

A list of memorable quotes from my author-clients who would really rather not have anything to do with promoting their books, yet have very high expectations…

Published June 26, 2013
Categorized as Social Media, The Art of Selling Tagged book sales, books, marketing, promotion, social media

I made an ACX audiobook—now what do I do?

Another chapter in the self-publishing playbook. Now that you’ve gotten your book recorded by a pro, how do you go about finding the market for this high-priced new product? Don’t look to ACX and Audible for much help.

Published June 4, 2013
Categorized as Publishing Today, The Art of Selling Tagged ACX, Audible, audiobooks, books, marketing, self-publishing
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