promotional pitfalls

“I’m willing to pay someone to promote my book…but who should I hire?”

Published on November 8, 2019 author scams, book marketing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams

“I’m getting a lot emails from book promotion sites. Are these legitimate sites? Do they really help sell books? Are they worth the money?”

“Should I pay a book review site $1.50 for every copy of my ebook that they give away for free?”

Published on October 30, 2019 author scams, book marketing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams

Why in the world would an author PAY people to read his or her book rather than the other way around?!?! I’m having a hard time trying to think of a worse book review deal for authors!

NICE TRY, FELLA! The FUNNIEST Fake Book Proposal We’ve Ever Seen!

Published on October 10, 2019 amazon, createspace complaints, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing career advice

Sometimes competitors and others test BookLocker.com to see if we really do screen manuscripts that we’re considering for publication. Yes, we absolutely do! We rejected the poetry book written by the dog of an author. That was memorable. There was the…

“My publisher is delaying publishing my book, insisting I pay even more money to them for marketing services. What can I do?”

Published on August 8, 2019 author scams, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams

Is this publisher committing extortion???

Using Facebook to Sell Books…but NOT in the way you think! by Richard Hoy, BoostABook.com

Published on July 26, 2019 book marketing, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, richard, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice

You might be surprised to learn that my #1 recommend method of book promotion is Facebook advertising. But, not the way you think…

My Cover Designer Refuses To Use A Photo I Provided

Published on July 26, 2019 copyrights, legal, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing, write that book, writing career advice

You can’t use any photo you want, for any reason, just because you paid for it.

SUCK IT UP, BUTTERCUP! How to Handle Bad Book Reviews

Published on July 18, 2019 amazon, Networking, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing

A ding dong at Amazon told an author publishers can remove reviews.

“My publisher wants me to attend a Hollywood pitch festival but I have to pay them for it. Have you heard of this?”

Published on June 21, 2019 promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing career advice, writing scams

I was contacted recently by an author who did attend one of these. He was initially impressed and excited because “so many” publishers had authors in attendance. But what he didn’t know was…

Q – “i keep sending out queries but nobody responds what am i doing wrong” (sic, sic, sic…)

Published on May 24, 2019 article ideas, promotional pitfalls, writing career advice, writing tips

I don’t know how any writer can claim to be a serious writer when presenting their “work” in this way…

Well-known Book Publicity Firm Refuses to Provide Book Sales Numbers!

Published on May 24, 2019 book marketing, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing

I was spammed by a well-known book publicity firm last week so I took that opportunity to ask them a very simple question. All authors who are considering paying a marketing firm upwards of $1,000 or more should ask the same question…