Articles About Book Marketing

THIS THERAPIST IS HILARIOUS!!! Scammers Need Love, Too! (Or Maybe Just a Support Group…) – by Marsh Rose

I have a confession. I feel sorry for the scammers and con artists who darken our in-boxes with fictitious offers ...
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EPISODE 44: How to Get Free Book Reviews from Popular Reviewers Who Have THOUSANDS of Followers!

LISTEN: Apple | Spotify | iHeart | YouTube | More Episodes! You've heard us say it over and over again: ...

Why My Books Get So Many Reviews! – by Gary Sturgis, Internationally Bestselling Author of: SURVIVING GRIEF – 365 Days A Year

EDITOR'S NOTE: DON'T MISS THIS! EPISODE 44: How to Get Free Book Reviews from Popular Reviewers Who Have THOUSANDS of ...
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EPISODE 43: 16 Possible Reasons Why Amazon KDP Permanently Closed Your Account (But they won’t tell YOU why you were banned!!)

LISTEN: Apple | Spotify | iHeart | YouTube | More Episodes! IF YOU, TOO, WERE TERMINATED BY AMAZON KDP, AUTHOR ...
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EPISODE 42: Stupid Author Tricks! DON’T MISS THIS ONE!!!

LISTEN: Apple | Spotify | iHeart | YouTube | More Episodes! In this episode, Professor Clayton Jones joins us again! ...

The Importance of Finding YOUR Author Community Online – by Gary Sturgis – Bestselling Author of: SURVIVING GRIEF – 365 Days A Year

One of the hardest things about being an author is how lonely it can feel sometimes. Most writers spend countless ...
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Want More Readers? Start With Researching YOUR COMPETITION! By Richard Hoy

A new self-published author wrote into my website inquiring about advertising services for her debut novel, a romance. She wanted ...

AUTHOR ALERT! The Traditional Book Publishing Industry is DYING FAST! – by Angela Hoy

It's always been extremely difficult to land a traditional publishing contract (you'd have a better chance of winning the lottery) ...
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Authors! Crummy Covers Crush Clicks!! By Richard Hoy

Newsflash: The vast majority of book sales occur online. And, your cover is the FIRST thing a potential reader sees ...
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How Pre-Release Book Publicity Can Actually HURT your Book Sales!

Angela, I haven't finished writing my book yet, but I want to start letting all of my friends and colleagues ...

AUTHOR BEWARE: Clever Ways Foreign Scammers are Taking Your Personal Info., Your Book, AND Your Money! – by Rickey Pittman

“The most sophisticated attack is a well-written email.” ― Kevin Mandia, CEO, Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud) Foreign scammers have ...
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EPISODE 40: From 14-Year-Old Runaway, to Soldier, to Cop, to the Managing Editor of WritersWeekly.com. How did he do it? GRAPHIC WARNING AT 1 HOUR, 3 MINUTES! (1:03)

LISTEN: Apple | Spotify | iHeart | YouTube | More Episodes! In Episode 10 of The WritersWeekly Podcast (one of ...

“I just want to write books, and have somebody help me through the publishing process.”

REMINDER!!! ***THIS SATURDAY*** IS START-TIME FOR THE SPRING, 2026 24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST!! 1st Place: $300 + a free book ...

PayPal Safety Protocols AND This Author’s Common Sense Saved Him From a Scam!

Q - Angela, A month ago, I received an email from a young person (I think) who purports to live ...

Booked Solid: How Authors Can Turn Local Libraries into Live Event Gold – by Rachel Carrington

REMINDER!!! START-TIME FOR THE SPRING, 2026 24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST IS IN 17 DAYS!! 1st Place: $300 + a free ...
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How I Was Scammed Out of $13K by “8 People” Using Gmail Email Addresses By M.M. Lorenzo

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Gmail email scammers listed in the article below were impersonating a real author and these legitimate companies ...

“Why don’t I get paid royalties when someone sells a used copy of my book?”

REMINDER!!! START-TIME FOR THE SPRING, 2026 24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST IS IN 17 DAYS!! 1st Place: $300 + a free ...
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EPISODE 38: We Scambaited a Nigerian Scammer and HILARITY ENSUED!!!

LISTEN: Apple | Spotify | iHeart | YouTube | More Episodes! If you hate scammers, you're gonna LOVE this episode! ...
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EPISODE 37: BEWARE! New FAKE “Services” Being Offered to Authors By Scammers

LISTEN: Apple | Spotify | iHeart | YouTube | More Episodes! In this episode, Angela and Brian report on the ...

“Do traditionally published books still end up in bookstores and libraries?”

Q -  Sorry to bother you a second time, but I'm wondering if you think it's a lot harder to ...