Archive for February, 2003

Errol Smith

New Book Publishing Model

Tuesday, February 11th, 2003

Listen to my interview with Dan Poynter, as he covers some of the most creative, effective and inexpensive ways to promote, market and distribute your books using “The New Book Model.”

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Fern Reiss

Library Experiment

Tuesday, February 11th, 2003

Libraries buy thousands of books (and can make you thousands of bucks.) But some book experts say if your book isn’t one of the select few reviewed by Publishers Weekly, BookList, or Library Journal, you won’t be able to sell to libraries. Hogwash.
Do you have ten friends? Then you can sell to libraries.

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Brian Jud

Mine Your Own Business

Tuesday, February 11th, 2003

How do you plan for the future? How many books should you print? What income might you anticipate in the next year?

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Everyone Judges a Book by its Cover

Tuesday, February 11th, 2003

And what you can do about it.
Like it or not, no one reads the book before he or she makes a buying decision.

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Editorial: The First Step in Book Marketing

Tuesday, February 11th, 2003

The first step in marketing any product is to produce something worthwhile. As products, books involve a combination of content, author, title, design, packaging, and price. All these elements must work together to create a bestselling book.

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Ron Pramschufer

Questions & Answers about the Publishing Process

Tuesday, February 11th, 2003

Today’s question is… When is a good time to use Microsoft word to lay out my book?

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