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Arthur Gutch

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Published On Mar 26, 2015

10 Reasons to Go to a Writer's Conference This Year

If you're just starting out, or if you're not a full-time writer, you might look at a writer's conference as an expensive gathering of the upper reaches of authordom. You couldn't be more wrong. Writer's conferences are fun gatherings for...

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Published On Mar 24, 2015

How an Author Q&A Can Energize Your Book Marketing

There is more to being a successful author than just writing a book. If it were that easy, everyone would be sitting with the ladies on The View telling their success story. No, being an author is a lot like being a parent. You must nurture your...

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Published On Mar 18, 2015

10 Top Websites Authors Don't Even Know They Need

Savvy writers are always learning, checking blogs, taking webinars, and otherwise improving their craft. No one is perfect, but great writers take the time to get better every time they sit down at the keyboard, before they even think about...

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Published On Mar 12, 2015

Does Your Blog have Book Potential?

Is your blog book material or just Internet fodder? You might not think the individual posts of your blog add up to a book, but this is a growing trend in publishing. Mashable offers a list of some famous blogs that did well as books like Ben Huh’s...

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Published On Mar 10, 2015

3 Tips On How Authors Can Work With a Virtual Assistant

Once you start adding to your book catalog, the combination of writing and book marketing can be overwhelming. Some writers succumb to Superhero Syndrome, in which they insist on doing everything themselves. After all, they figure, if they go it...

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Published On Mar 5, 2015

Collaboration: New Author Marketing That Can Bring Income

Look at the bestseller lists of eBooks these days and you'll find a peculiar phenomenon. Short story bundles and boxed sets are reaching unheard-of popularity, with even the likes of Jeffery Deaver and John Sandford joining in. The reason for these...

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Published On Mar 4, 2015

10 Creative Blogging Topics: What Should Authors Write About?

It's almost expected for writers to have blogs these days, just to keep in touch with their readers and to enhance their book marketing impact. After a while, though, almost every writer's blog starts to sound like everyone else's. How to write. How...

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Published On Feb 26, 2015

Tips For Keeping An Organized Book Portfolio To Keep Sales Alive!

Your book is published, it's been out for about a year and now that the initial PR push has passed, you might be wondering, "now what?" Now that you've finally built your confidence up enough to publish a book and get yourself out there to promote...

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Published On Feb 24, 2015

Joomag: Creative Book Marketing with Custom Magazines

Marketing your book can seem like an endless round of Facebook posts, Tweets, blogs, and online ads. There's a more creative way to give your book catalog publicity, though, and you can even have fun doing it. It's called Joomag, and it's a way to...

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