Why Nobody Reads Press Releases Anymore
Buying press release services to announce getting published in a small magazine is a very bad idea.
promotional pitfalls
If You’re Not Going to Promote Your Book, Why Did You Even WRITE It?
I am always stunned when authors flat refuse to promote their books. When I first hear this from an author (and, I do hear it a lot) I’m not sure if it’s ego, laziness, or apathy…
“Online/Virtual Book Fair?” Don’t Bother….
I was spammed this week by an organization that hosts book fairs. Of course, it’s all online again this year. No in-person meetings. No people walking around viewing books laid out on tables. Nobody shaking hands with literary agents. You know. It’s really…nothing of value to authors AT ALL.
Another Reason Authors Must Own and Control Their Own Websites? CANCEL CULTURE!
If you let any other person or company host your website, they have the power to “cancel” you if they don’t like something in your book, something you wrote online, or even some of your social media posts. You may think you’re safe from this garbage right now but you never know which way the politically correct tide is going to move in the future…
Email From “Major Movie Studio” Didn’t Fool THIS Author!
How many authors can they trick into paying thousand of dollars for their completely garbage service?
NEVER, EVER Buy THESE Book Promotion Products/Services. PERIOD.
Don’t even WORK with a publisher who upsells authors on these kinds of (bleep)…
Social Media May Be Killing Your Writing Income! by TM Jacobs
What exactly could you do with your writing with an extra 365 hours over the course of a year?
“Should I post my business videos to YouTube or to my own website?”
“Should I my how-to videos on my own website or should I use YouTube. I know YouTube gets a lot more traffic than I ever will…”
“Is my book being trolled on Amazon by someone I know?”
If an author has any enemies (or suspected enemies), I recommend he or she remove those people from their social media friends’ lists, as well as their email lists long before marketing of a new book begins…
“Should I pay my publisher almost $3,000 to make my book returnable?”
Being told you have to buy insurance to close a book distribution deal? Sounds fishy because it is.