Authors – Here’s a free and easy way to pull traffic to your website or blog. If you follow through on this, you will get in on the 22K comments that posted to Beyond Her Book’s Blogoversary last year. Beyond Her Book is Publishers Weekly blogger Barbara Vey’s widely distributed column on female authors & … Continue Reading
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Authors – Pull Free Traffic To Your Website
Posted in: call for submissions
Tags: Austin publicist, Publishers Weekly, Texas book publicist, […]
2 01 FEB 2012
Tags: Austin publicist, Publishers Weekly, Texas book publicist, […]
2 01 FEB 2012
Publishing: Nonfiction & Historical Fiction deals
Posted in: publishing
Tags: authors, autobiography, book blogger, […]
0 04 JAN 2012
Tags: authors, autobiography, book blogger, […]
0 04 JAN 2012
One way of picking up the cultural and economic pulse of a nation is to see which manuscripts traditional publishers are buying at the beginning of the year. Publisher’s Lunch reported these Nonfiction & Historical Fiction deals in the last 24 hours. Historical Fiction Frances Devine’s WHISPERS OF THE WIND, in which love blooms for three teachers at a school for … Continue Reading
Book Review: The Well-Spoken Woman by Christine Jahnke
Posted in: book reviews
Tags: Austin publicist, Texas book publicist, book review, […]
3 29 DEC 2011
Tags: Austin publicist, Texas book publicist, book review, […]
3 29 DEC 2011
Book Review by Stephanie Barko, Literary Publicist of The Well-Spoken Woman: Your Guide to Looking and Sounding Your Best by Christine K. Jahnke If you are seeking an up-to-the-minute resource that will turn you into a first rate speaker, this is your book. Written by a top speech coach, this book leads you into claiming your … Continue Reading
GoodReads Choice Awards 2011 Announced Today
Posted in: book awards
Tags: Austin publicist, Texas book publicist, book awards, […]
0 06 DEC 2011
Tags: Austin publicist, Texas book publicist, book awards, […]
0 06 DEC 2011
GoodReads readers’ Choice Awards were announced this morning at http://www.goodreads.com/award/choice/2011. Which titles are going on your to-read list? Which titles will you be giving away as holiday gifts? Are you a member of GoodReads?… Continue Reading
Historical Fiction: A Conversation with my Clients’ Favorite Editor
Posted in: editing
Tags: historical fiction
7 05 DEC 2011
Tags: historical fiction
7 05 DEC 2011
Lori Handelman holds a doctorate in psychology from The University of Texas at Austin, and was most recently Senior Acquisitions Editor for Oxford University Press. Her services include manuscript evaluation, proofreading, copyediting, substantive editing, writing consulting, and help with academic papers. From her office in Manhattan, she accepts both fiction and nonfiction. I asked Lori to talk to … Continue Reading
NY Times 2011 Notable Books List Is Unveiled
Posted in: book lists
Tags: NY Times, book lists
0 22 NOV 2011
Tags: NY Times, book lists
0 22 NOV 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/books/review/100-notable-books-of-2011.html?_r=1… Continue Reading
Holiday Reading Challenge & Book Giveaway
Posted in: book giveaways
Tags: book giveaways
5 21 NOV 2011
Tags: book giveaways
5 21 NOV 2011
To improve your craft as a writer, one of the best things you can do is to read. Toward that end, I invite you to join me for book blogger Michelle Miller’s annual holiday reading challenge. Some of the titles that I have selected to read for this year’s challenge include Truman Capote’s A Christmas Memory Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Cleveland Amory’s … Continue Reading
Mentor Publishing: One Author’s Experience
Posted in: publishing
Tags: Jamie Patterson, Lost Edens, mentor publishing
0 20 NOV 2011
Tags: Jamie Patterson, Lost Edens, mentor publishing
0 20 NOV 2011
Writers - If you’ve been curious about mentor publishing, here’s a post from a client who published using this method. http://pattersonjamie.blogspot.com/2011/11/lost-edens-project-mentor-publishing.html… Continue Reading
DIY Book Marketing: Four Things Authors Must Do Themselves
Posted in: book marketing
Tags: book marketing
3 17 NOV 2011
Tags: book marketing
3 17 NOV 2011
In my experience as a nonfiction & historical fiction publicist, I have learned that there are a few tasks that an author must perform himself. Even if the author has hired a publicist, a virtual assistant, a webmaster, and a ghost blogger, the author will still need to complete these four tasks himself. Four Things Authors Must Do Themselves: 1. … Continue Reading
If any of you are ALA members, please share your feelings about this in Comments. http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/newsletters/newsletterbucketljxpress/892544-441/ala_reports_250000_loss_for.html.csp… Continue Reading
