Jim Kukral, the founder of the Author Marketing Club (a great resource I found while marketing my new book) was my guest recently at the Word Café. I’ve pulled the highlights together for you here. Q: What’s the Author...

This is a guest post by Jessica Kupferman of Badass Biz. We all know everyone’s been talking about Pinterest – that it’s the fastest growing site on the Internet, that it sends more referral traffic to websites than Twitter...

I learned the hard way: when you publish a book (self or otherwise) YOU are responsible for marketing it.  But marketing a book isn’t like marketing potato chips. There are different channels and tools to use. With the increase...

Learn how to pitch a book proposal to a literary agent and editor to help improve your chance of publication in this online writing workshop

Jeff Bezos is channeling Sam Walton these days. The WalMart founder knew how to crush his competition through competitive pricing and innovative distribution. And despite what you think about WalMart, there is no denying what a...

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Amazon.com, the online retailer, has long competed with bookstores; now it is starting to make deals with authors, bypassing the traditional publisher.