I enjoyed meeting with a wonderful group of current and aspiring writers at the “Writer Showcase” at Open Books in downtown Chicago hosted by Book Coach 101 founder and director Patrice Turner. The event was well attended, providing each participant an opportunity to take part in their choice of four, twenty minute
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Not sure where to price your ebook? According to the keynote presentation by AuthorEarnings.com given at the 2016 Digital Book World event in NYC. I seems the pricing sweet spot for ebooks by self-published and indie authors would be in the $2.99 – $3.99 range. Many of these are probably first time
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An Entertaining Observation from Caucus to Convention “One Woman’s Amusing 24-month Odyssey Documenting Firsthand the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of One of the Most Dramatic Elections in History (2008)” Connie Corcoran Wilson Author of “Obama’s Odyssey” Volumes I and II In Person at The Root Room 5203 N Kimball
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YOUR OWN FEATURED BOOK READING AND INTERVIEW RECORDED AND BROADCAST LIVE at THE ROOTS ROOM in CHICAGO’S NORTH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD Your book and your in-person appearance will be promoted to: 650+ Local members of the Authors Showcase Book Club Chicago Meetup Group. 3,000+ Twitter followers – plus extending it out
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Nearly every episode of every talk show or interview show has at least one guest who is an author. Most are celebrities or individuals who have some modicum of celebrity status. If they are not a famous performer their celebrity can be due to their proven expert status or association
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We have launched a substantial update of our mobile app that provides authors a mobile platform to share information about their books. During the soft-launch we need about 25 authors to download the free app and provide some feedback. ************ We will reward you with inclusion of your book in
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This is a new book format worth understanding if you are a person interested in publishing or book reading. Since the advent of e-books many have been pondering indeed heralding the end of books and publishing as we know it. In his new book “Why the Net Matters“, author David
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Last week, I asked an author to consider having me produce a book video trailer for him. He replied somewhat annoyed, “I am the author, not the publisher, you are barking up the wrong tree.” He went on to explain that he expected his publisher to be responsible for promotion
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It seems counter-intuitive to speak to authors and publishers about video. After all these are people engaged in the printed word. Some people have asked, “Aren’t print and video in competition with one another?” I would like to dispel the idea of various communications media being in competition. As authors,
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Book Video Trailers Produced and Displayed
