Nonfiction Book Award Status: Gold Author Name: Danielle A. Vincent Synopsis If you feel like your life could be better and more focused, but regular self-help books aren t your thing, YOU-NICORN is the book for you. Kirkus calls it A frank, funny self-help book perfect for those who view the genre with a healthy bit of […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Gold Author Name: Kimberly Dewberry Synopsis What would you do if your estranged, homeless, alcoholic father suddenly showed up at your door? What if you knew in three weeks you would be saying good-bye to him forever? One daughter knows deep down that her only choice, for his sake and hers, is to […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Gold Author Name: Barbara D. Culp, Ed. D. Synopsis The Art of Appraisal saves time and boosts performance with effective tools and a streamlined process. With detailed comments, an appraisal can correct weak habits, boost midlevel professionals, and launch excellent teachers into greatness, and allows administrators to reap the greatest benefits by creating […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Gold Author Names: Mark K. Claypool and John M. McLaughlin Synopsis Special education in the United State is based on the concept of access—public schools are open to all children. But access is no longer a sufficient foundation. Approaches and accommodations that lead to academic success are increasingly demanded for those with […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Silver Author Name: James Ernest Brown Synopsis A huge power house for creating electrified water, the Great Pyramid will never be looked at the same. James Brown first visited Egypt in 1978 with a team of seven researchers. He was compelled to gain first-hand evidence of the purpose of the pyramids. As a […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Gold Author Name: James Ernest Brown Synopsis James Ernest Brown has been a general contractor for more than fifty years. He is a practical thinker and at each step along the way of the journey of research that led to Electric Ancient Egyptians he has insisted that the evidence he uncovered had […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Gold Author Name: Patrick Schwerdtfeger Synopsis Don’t ask, “Who’s gonna eat our lunch?” Ask instead, “Who else’s lunch can we eat?” Anarchy is coming. Decentralization is accelerating, and technology is facilitating the trend. Nobody trusts traditional institutions or authority figures anymore. Bitcoin, open source, Uber, social media, and the Arab Spring are all […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Gold Author Name: Ann Margaret Johns Synopsis Based on actual events, Clarkston’s Curse is the compelling true story of a child growing up in a small town plagued by tragedy. Fleeing the violence and uncertainty of Detroit and big city living, Ann Margaret’s family moved to Clarkston, Michigan, population 1,034. But this […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Gold Author Name: Pete Williams Synopsis Cadence is a parable of a business owner and triathlon coach named JJ who left his stable job as a teacher to fulfil his dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Unfortunately, two years after opening his bike shop, JJ finds himself in a place that is all too […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Bronze Author Name: Carol McManus and Alan Skidmore Synopsis Life is about making choices, both large and small. Choices can break patterns of the past and put you on a different course. The stories shared in this book are from real people who made a choice that had a life-changing impact on them. […]
Electronic Newsletters and Email Marketing
Email marketing is not dead; it’s as valuable as ever. But it is harder to get people to subscribe, which means you have to make it worth their while. Tips for Email Marketing Success Add a sign-up box in the header or sidebar across all pages of your site. Give away a great incentive for […]
How to Produce and Distribute Audiobooks
Audiobooks were once delivered on cassette tapes, and then later in CD boxed sets. They were expensive. There were local retailers who would sometimes allow you rent them just like videos on VHS tapes (remember those?). And then CDs went the way of vinyl records and have since become decorative coasters. Today the largest retailer […]
Amazon Author Central: Steps to Maximize Your Account
Amazon’s Author Central is an essential tool for managing your books and author information on the site. Every author should take full advantage of the free service because it allows you to update content on your book page, keep author bio information up to date, see your sales data, and more. Both print and Kindle-only […]
Author Name: Sandra Wendel Book Title: Farewell: Vital End-of-Life Questions and Candid Answers from a Leading Palliative and Hospice Physician Synopsis Being present at the bedside—and even at the moment of death—can become an experience embedded in the minds and souls of family members for generations. It is a deeply emotional time, one of relief and sadness. […]
Electronic Newsletters and Email Marketing
Email marketing is not dead; it’s as valuable as ever. But it is harder to get people to subscribe, which means you have to make it worth their while. Tips for Email Marketing Success Add a sign-up box in the header or sidebar across all pages of your site. Give away a great incentive for […]
How to Produce and Distribute Audiobooks
Audiobooks were once delivered on cassette tapes, and then later in CD boxed sets. They were expensive. There were local retailers who would sometimes allow you rent them just like videos on VHS tapes (remember those?). And then CDs went the way of vinyl records and have since become decorative coasters. Today the largest retailer […]
Amazon Author Central: Steps to Maximize Your Account
Amazon’s Author Central is an essential tool for managing your books and author information on the site. Every author should take full advantage of the free service because it allows you to update content on your book page, keep author bio information up to date, see your sales data, and more. Both print and Kindle-only […]
Expert Round-Up: Amazon Marketing Tips
Each month, the Nonfiction Authors Association asks a burning publishing question of the industry’s best, brightest, and most innovative experts. Here’s what they have to say! PATRICK SCHWERDTFEGER The beauty of doing a “launch” on Amazon (such as a 4-day Kindle sale for $0.99 or even free) is that it gets your book in the […]
This is a guest post by Lisa Romeo. If we’re gut honest about it, we all have that same dream, right? The one about a major New York City powerhouse publishing our book and their marketing department deciding our book will get a big promotional push. That our book will be reviewed (positively, of course!) […]
How to Reach Non-Retail Buyers by Brian Jud
Book marketing is relatively simple (but not necessarily easy) because there are only two arenas in which to compete: retail and non-retail. The retail sector consists of bookstores (bricks and clicks) and other outlets such as office supply stores, supermarkets, airport stores, warehouse clubs, health-food stores, gift shops and specialty stores. Selling to these establishments […]
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