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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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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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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Priority consideration is given to small press publishers, self-published authors, and academic presses. Established to promote literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. Midwest Book Review publishes several monthly book review magazines as well as a comprehensive list of useful resources for Authors and Readers: The Bookwatch California Bookwatch Children’s
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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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In addition to video book trailers we also produce audio books. This is an ideal solution for authors who prefer not to record their own book but would rather have their book professionally recorded and prepared for them ready to deliver on CD and / or via digital download. Digital
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Are you having a rough day? Have you encountered someone who was not as pleasant as you thought they should be? Do you know some people casually who seem to always be in a bad mood? Consider that other people’s anger and unpleasantness is probably not about you. You might
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Authors Showcase hosts a local Chicago book club with over 600 registered members where we invite authors to read from or talk about a book they have written. Readers are invited to talk about a book they have read. We periodically videotape these events and include them as Authors Showcase
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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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Audio Interviews with a few of our authors: Richard Damien Maurice Goodwin Leo J Maloney Debi Einmo
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In an effort to expand the offerings of AuthorsBroadCast we have been on the lookout for interesting videos to share. The Book Group is a comedy drama that aired in the United Kingdom between 2002 and 2003, and ran for two seasons. Winner of two BAFTA Scotland awards. This is
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Book Video Trailers Produced and Displayed
