Published on October 1, 2021
book marketing, book signing advice, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing scams
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.
Published on October 1, 2021
amazon, author, book marketing, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, writing career advice
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…
Published on August 26, 2021
author scams, book marketing, movie rights scams, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing scams
How many authors can they trick into paying thousand of dollars for their completely garbage service?
Published on August 12, 2021
amazon, author scams, book marketing, Book Reviews, book signing advice, bookstores, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, writing career advice, writing scams
Don’t even WORK with a publisher who upsells authors on these kinds of (bleep)…
Published on July 8, 2021
article ideas, author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, Networking, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, social media, write that book, writing career advice
What exactly could you do with your writing with an extra 365 hours over the course of a year?
Published on July 8, 2021
book marketing, Censorship, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls
“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…”
Published on June 24, 2021
amazon, author scams, book marketing, Book Reviews, Censorship, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, writing scams
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…
Published on June 18, 2021
author scams, pod complaints, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing scams
Being told you have to buy insurance to close a book distribution deal? Sounds fishy because it is.
Published on June 11, 2021
author, book marketing, Networking, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, writing career advice
“What do you recommend for authors when they are creating a…”
Published on June 2, 2021
book marketing, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, writing career advice
A little sales knowledge can take a freelance writer a long way.
