Review by Reno Lovison: “The Man Who Invented Christmas” (runtime 104 minutes, screenplay by Susan Coyne) is a fairytale about a fairytale. As such it is an enjoyable fictionalized film about the writing of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens which gives a nod to the old adage that all writing is
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Nelson Algren is one of the best-known Chicago authors having written such notable works as The Man With the Golden Arm, A Walk on the Wild Side and Chicago: City on the Make. He is attributed with influencing the writing of Studs Terkel, Mike Royko and Stuart Dybeck who all share
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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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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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If you have an Amazon Fire device such as an Amazon Fire TV, Kindle Fire, Fire Tablet or Fire Phone you can include Authors Broadcast into your channel line up and access great video and audio content related to new books and authors where and when you want to see
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By Reno Lovison It was a cold sloppy snowy day in Chicago but none the less about 100 authors and book sellers braved the first real wintry day of the year to exhibit at the Chicago Book Expo 2015 at Columbia College in the “South Loop.” As outreach chairman I
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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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Audio Interviews with a few of our authors: Richard Damien Maurice Goodwin Leo J Maloney Debi Einmo
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Book Video Trailers Produced and Displayed
