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How to Improve Your Fiction Marketing Through Peer Collaboration: 11 Quotes From the Experts

by Jason Kong on December 31, 2014 24 Comments

How to Improve Your Fiction Marketing Through Peer Collaboration: 11 Quotes From the Experts by Jason Kong offer suggestions from experts on how to jump start your book promotion.

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Marketing Tagged With: Anne R. Allen, book marketing, book promotion, CJ Lyons, Dana Lynn Smith, Jason Kong, Johnny B. Truant, Kimberley Grabas, Molly Greene, R.J. Adams, Sean Platt, Shelley Hitz, Tim Grahl

12 Steps to Blog Tour Success

by Joel Friedlander on March 23, 2012 7 Comments

12 Steps to Blog Tour Success provides an overview of the book marketing strategy of launch a book with a blog tour

Filed Under: Marketing, Self-Publishing Tagged With: blog tour, book marketing, CreateSpace.com, Dana Lynn Smith, publishing a book, self publishing, virtual book tour

Book Review: Virtual Book Tour Magic by Dana Lynn Smith

by Joel Friedlander on December 5, 2011 5 Comments

Book Review: Virtual Book Tour Magic by Dana Lynn Smith. PDF that provides practical step by step instructions for anyone wanting to create a virtual book tour

Filed Under: Guest Posts, Marketing, Self-Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: blogging, book blog, book marketing, Dana Lynn Smith, publishing a book, self publishing, virtual book tour magic

What Authors Need to Know About Virtual Book Tours

by Joel Friedlander on December 1, 2011 76 Comments

What Authors Need to Know About Virtual Book Tours by Dana Lynn Smith explains different kinds of book tours and how indie authors can use them

Filed Under: Guest Posts, Marketing, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book marketing, book tours, Dana Lynn Smith, publishing a book, social media, virtual book tour

Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #8

by Joel Friedlander on May 29, 2011 5 Comments

Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #8 including Cathi Stevenson, Jane Friedman, Tony Eldridge and 17 other bloggers on Self-Publishing

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: Adam Charles, Alexander M Zoltai, Allan Douglas, blog carnival, blogging, Bryan Keithley, Cathi Stevenson, Dana Lynn Smith, Eldon Sarte, Fiona Leonard, Helen Gallagher, Isabel Anders, Jane Friedman, Lindsay Buroker, Lindsay Edmunds, Mike Sprouse, Nick Daws, O.C. Heaton, publish a book, S.D. Livingston, self publishing, Sue Collier, Thomas Burchfield, Tony Eldridge

Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #6

by Joel Friedlander on March 27, 2011 5 Comments

Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #6 including articles by Tony Eldridge, Dave Bricker and Kathleen Gage along with 18 other bloggers

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: Adam Charles, Alan Murray Jones, Alexander M Zoltai, Betty Ming Liu, book marketing, Cathi Stevenson, Christine Frost, Dana Lynn Smith, Dave Bricker, Joanna Penn, Kathleen Gage, Kimberly Kinrade, Lindsay Buroker, M. Louisa Locke, Nick Daws, O.C. Heaton, Patricia Benesh, Penny Sansevieri, publish a book, self publishing, Shelley Hitz, Sue Collier, Tony Eldridge, Vikram Narayan, Walt Shiel

Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #5

by Joel Friedlander on February 27, 2011 Leave a Comment

Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #5 with articles by Penny Sansevieri, Belinda Kroll, Joanna Penn, Dana Lynn Smith, Sue Collier and others

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: Alexander M Zoltai, Annette Berlin, Belinda Kroll, blogging, Caroline Barnard-Smith, Dana Lynn Smith, Donna Marie Vernon, Eldon Sarte, Erica Vernon, James Moushon, Jamie DeBree, Joanna Penn, Leigh Ellwood, Leslye PJ Reaves, Mary Tod, Nick Daws, O.C. Heaton, Patricia Benesh, Penny Sansevieri, Sarah Bolme, self publishing, Sue Collier, Thomas Burchfield, Thomas McGee

Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #4

by Joel Friedlander on January 30, 2011 2 Comments

Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #4 with articles by M. Louisa Locke, Walt Shiel, Joanna Penn and 16 other bloggers

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: Alexander M Zoltai, Belinda Kroll, Cynthia Merritt, Dana Lynn Smith, Donna Marie Williams, Helen Gallagher, Jamie DeBree, Joanna Penn, Kathleen Gage, L.J. Sellers, M. Louisa Locke, Mary Tod, Nick Daws, Patricia Benesh, Piotr Kowalczyk, publish a book, Sarah Bolme, self publishing, Thomas Burchfield, Walt Shiel

Let Shoppers Sample Your Book on Amazon

by Joel Friedlander on December 9, 2010 19 Comments

Let Shoppers Sample Your Book on Amazon by Dana Lynn Smith, the Savvy Book Marketer

Filed Under: Marketing, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Amazon, Dana Lynn Smith, publish a book, search inside, self publishing, The Savvy Book Marketer

Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #2

by Joel Friedlander on November 28, 2010 6 Comments

Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #2 a blog carnival with contributions from many bloggers including Carla King, Joanna Penn and Paula Krapf.

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: blogging, Carla King, Dana Lynn Smith, Helen Gallagher, Joanna Penn, Marijke Vroomen-Durning, Mary Tod, Nick Daws, Paula Krapf, Sarah Bolme, Sarah Ettritch, self publishing, Thomas Burchfield

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