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6 Secrets for Breaking into Entertainment Journalism, and Landing Celebrity Interviews! By Rachel Carrington

Published on December 17, 2022 diversify your writing income, promoting your writing, social media, specialty markets for writing, writing career advice

Is a degree in journalism required to interview actors and big-name stars? NOPE!

4 Holiday-Smart Ways to Get More Writing Clients FAST By Louisa Eunice

Published on December 8, 2022 article ideas, diversify your writing income, social media, writing career advice

Here are four holiday-smart ways that will help you book more work.

How I Got a Quarter of a Million Views on My TikTok Video – in Just 3 Days!

Published on November 10, 2022 book marketing, diversify your writing income, Networking, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, social media

QUICK UPDATE: I started writing this article last week. My TikTok video is now up to 462,000 views.

7 Reasons Why TikTok is Your Best Platform for Book Promotion – by William Opar

Published on November 5, 2022 author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, promoting your writing, social media, writing career advice

If you’re not already using TikTok to promote your books, you need to be!

Sure-fire Ways to Succeed When Promoting Your Writing or Books on Instagram By Ruby Immaculate

Published on August 5, 2022 book marketing, Networking, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, social media

90% of top brands use Instagram as a top marketing tool. Use these tools and you, too, could be trending!

School Board Member Alleges Publishers Add “Bonus” (free) Offensive Books to Library Orders – In The News – 07/29/2022

Published on July 29, 2022 amazon, Censorship, legal, social media, traditional publishing

MORE: Facebook stops paying news publishers; Amazon and big publishers tries to get out of lawsuit; Flame war at The New Yorker; Maryland’s ‘unconstitutional and unenforceable’ ebook law will cost the state $300K in legal fees incurred by the Association of American Publishers; and Update on Publishers vs. Internet Archive lawsuit.

Can Facebook Reject Your Ad for Any Reason? Or, No Reason??

Published on July 14, 2022 author, book marketing, Censorship, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, social media

Imagine Christopher’s surprise when he tried to run an ad on Facebook for his books, and received the following response…

10 Secret Reasons Why That Publisher Rejected Your Book (That He/She Will Never Tell You About)

Published on May 20, 2022 author, book marketing, Censorship, ghostwriting, Networking, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, social media, storytelling, traditional publishing, worst book proposals and query letters, writing career advice

The publisher would probably LOVE to share the truth with the author, but he/she will not for very valid reasons.

Are You Watching Johnny Depp’s Defamation Trial… Hoo Boy!!! – In The News – 04/22/2022

Published on April 21, 2022 amazon, Barnes and Noble, Ebooks, legal, libel, social media

MORE: Maryland gives up trying to force publishers to sell their ebooks under specific terms to libraries; WaPo reporter complained of doxxing, and then she doxxed someone; Barnes and Noble is doing GREAT!; Is this appropriate material for math textbooks?; One SICK children’s book!; Interview with the New York Times’ new editor; CNN+ gets shut down in the blink of an eye; Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg is an “advocate for women?” I don’t think so!; Russian news TV hosts laugh about nuking NYC; and Amazon Europe Unit does $55B in sales yet pays no taxes

Amazon/Whole Foods Sued for Not Hiring a Murderer – In The News – 02/25/2022

Published on February 25, 2022 amazon, copyrights, legal, libel, social media

MORE: Amazon suspends BLM charity program over spending controversy; Cancel culture insanity at a university; A man secretly owned a PR website where he promoted his own firm, and trashed his competitors; Social media posts are fair game in a divorce; Update on ResearchGate/scientific publishers’ lawsuit; Shopify sued for textbook pirating by its clients; and Fast Company sued for selling its subscriber list; Employee at Texas A&M copied and renamed an author’s book (about the university!) but the university is immune from the lawsuit?