Tuesday’s writing tip for authors Learn how to write, promote, and profit from your first book at Stephanie Chandler’s Nonfiction Writer’s Conference–a travel-free, 3-day online event you can attend from your office. You’ll gain an entirely new perspective on writing, promoting, and profiting from your first book, as you hear–and ask questions–to …

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Wednesday’s promoting tip for authors To make your author blog stand out and be remembered, consider replacing the HTML text often used for blog titles with a carefully-designed graphic,  or logo, created using a drawing or illustration program. Setting the title of your blog as a graphic permits you to project a …

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Thursday’s profit tips for authors Book cover graphic design costs can quickly mount up, but self-published authors can save lots of money on book cover design by providing designers with a rough, actual-sized layout of the text and graphics they want on their book covers. An example of cutting the costs of …

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Friday’s upcoming events calendar for authors All is in place for my presentation, Best Practices for Writing Your Book and Finishing It On Time! at Stephanie Chandler’s Nonfiction Writer’s Conference next week, April 28-30, 2010. As you can see from the cover of my handouts and note-taking sheet, at left, I’ll be ..

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Authors looking for ways to enhance their visibility as an author thought leaders should consider doing what William Reed recently did, when he profiled Jamie Oliver, a high visibility thought leader. There are numerous lessons to be learned from Will Reed’s blog profile of Jamie Oliver, whose Food Revolution is changing ..

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How to become an author thought leader by writing about thought leaders

Monday’s planning tip for authors If you haven’t yet viewed Seth Godin’s video presentation, 10 Bestsellers: Using New Media, New Marketing, and New Thinking to Create 10 Bestselling Books, you should make it a priority. Recorded at O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, February 11, 2008, Seth’s presentation is a concise, …

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Tuesday’s writing tip for authors If you think you don’t have time to write a book, check out a recent author interview in  Laura Cross’s Nonfiction Ink blog. In her 5-Questions Interview with Allison Maslon, author of Blast Off! The Surefire Success Plan to Launch Your Dreams into Reality, Laura asked Allison …

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Wednesday’s promoting tip for authors Getting your book noticed when sending review copies has a great deal to do with the handouts that you include with your book. The importance of immediately attracting the reviewer’s attention and creating a positive image was driven home yesterday by the package I received from Patrick …

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How to get your book noticed when sending review copies

Thursday’s profit tip for authors E-book and self-published authors looking for a pricing strategy and way to attract prospects should consider what Mark Levine, publisher of The Fine Print of Self-Publishing, is doing. Now in its 3rd edition, Mark’s book compares the contracts, services, printing markups, and royalty payouts of 45 self-publishing ..

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Friday’s upcoming events for authors Discover the myths & realities of setting up a blog to sell your books and build your business when I interview Jody Jelas, the Webchik, on next Wednesday’s interactive  Guerrilla Marketing Association teleseminar interview. Learn how to avoid making an expensive mistake During next Wednesday’s Guerrilla Marketing Association ..

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