If you think I’m trying to hit you over the head with sarcastic, ironic subtlety regarding the use of keywords in online book promotion, don’t think again! And sometime, you’ll simply have to ask me about my recipe for key(word) lime pie. Book book book. Secret secret secret…
Dear Angela,
Thank you for taking the time to help. I am still trying to find a market for my first short story. My question is about multiple submissions. I read one author who said everybody does it. Then I read another author who said it’s risky because if you are accepted by one editor and have to pull a submission from other editors, the others may be less inclined to accept future submissions. Any suggestions?
Steve
Upon graduating from Concordia University in Montreal, I had big dreams about how I would put my honours degree in Creative Writing and English Literature to work. I had started my own smut zine as a student, and wanted to write a more interesting version of the sex column for one of the local papers. ..
Well, my New Year’s Resolution paid off. Using my new schedule of working on MY books at least one hour each morning has helped me finally finish the book I’ve been working on for what seems like forever, BOOK PROPOSALS THAT WORKED! Real Book Proposals That Landed $10K – $100K Publishing Contracts! Whoo hoo!!
Now I can sit back and…get to work on my next one! Ha ha. Richard will be doing the marketing campaign for the book. I write. He promotes. It works out really well for us all!
I have a confession. Zach loaned us his DVD set of the first season of Lost…
This week, we’re gonna drum up some free advertising in ezines, blogs, websites and maybe even some magazines.
If you can’t/won’t spend money to place ads in magazines, ezines, blogs and websites, you might still be able to get them to mention your book. How? By offering them free content to publish.
Remember the book excerpts we formatted during Week II? Well, let’s see if we can get those published in some periodicals that are already serving your book’s target audience…
Letters will return next week.
I recently received a check for $150 for a 90-word letter and a photograph in a British magazine. It’s the best payment I have ever received, for one article but I regularly receive checks for between $40 – $100 for letters and tips I send to publications…
I’m continuing to do research on publishing companies and associated problems. I came upon the subject of Kirkus Reviews. I didn’t find a reference to them on your website, so I’m asking you about them. Is a Kirkus Review worth anything? From what I understand, the author pays for the review and if he doesn’t like it, the review doesn’t get posted, but he’s still out the money. Even if their review is positive, does it have any value? Thanks for you time.
One day last week, I was thinking to myself, “Wow, we haven’t needed to go to the doctor’s office in such a long time!”
I don’t know about you but every time I think something like that, whether I knock on wood or not, that “something” ends up happening, usually within a day or two. I think it’s part Mother’s Intuition and part Murphy’s Law. Anyway, the next day, Ali was complaining about a sore in her throat that had been there for more than a week.
This week, we’re going to expand our online marketing reach. We’re going to cozy up to websites, zines and blogs that have good Google rankings!
