Name: Tamara Saviano Book Title: Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark Your book’s Amazon purchase link: https://www.amazon.com/Without-Getting-Killed-Caught-sponsored/dp/1623494540/ What is your book about?My book is a biography of legendary songwriter Guy Clark, who has served as a model, mentor, supporter and friend to two generations of the world’s most talented […]
Name: Barbara McNichol Website URL: www.BarbaraMcNichol.com and www.WordTrippers.com Social Media Links: LinkedIn, Google+, Facebook, and Twitter. Describe what you do an editor: I specialize in Content/Copy Editing of Nonfiction Books, mostly about business, how-to, relationships, finances, spirituality, memoir. I also offer a Manuscript Review for manuscripts that aren’t yet ready for nitty-gritty editing. How […]
Name: Stacy Fisher-Gunn Website: www.LivingUpp.com Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingUppdates/ Twitter: @LivingUppdates Book Title: Uppward: A Self-Care System for Purposeful Living Your book’s Amazon purchase link: https://www.amazon.com/Uppward-Self-Care-System-Purposeful-Living/dp/0997485310/ What is your book about? Uppward challenges some of our long-held beliefs about self-care by suggesting that caring for ourselves properly can actually enhance our ability to love […]
Name: Rannah Gray Book Title: Familiar Evil Your book’s Amazon purchase link: https://www.amazon.com/Familiar-Evil-Rannah-Gray/dp/0578170728/ What is your book about? Familiar Evil tells the true story of the international search for a television personality that revealed his dark side as a child predator. It goes inside the investigation that made headlines from Louisiana to London, when a […]
Name: Alison Buehler, Ed.D. Book Title: Rethinking Women’s Health: A Guide to Wellness Your book’s Amazon purchase link: http://amzn.to/1Y75ozz What is your book about? The premise is simple: become your own expert. The purpose of this book is to provide current, integrative resources for women dealing with female health puzzles and to simultaneously reshape the […]
Name: Sheri McGregor, M.A. Book Title: Done With the Crying: Help and Healing for Mothers of Estranged Adult Children Your book’s Amazon purchase link: bit.ly/DoneWithTheCrying What is your book about? Done With the Crying: Help and Healing for Mothers of Estranged Adult Children is an encouraging and comprehensive book about the increasing phenomenon of estranged […]
Name: Stephanie Barko, Literary Publicist Website URL: www.stephaniebarko.com, www.diybookplatform.com Social Media Links: www.facebook.com/stephaniebarko www.facebook.com/diybookplatform @steffercat @diybookplatform www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniebarko https://www.linkedin.com/company/diy-book-platform https://plus.google.com/u/0/104243740205572468293/posts https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/324623-stephanie www.pinterest.com/stephaniebarko www.youtube.com/c/StephanieBarko Can you describe what you do as a literary publicist? I help adult nonfiction authors and historical novelists connect with their audiences. Book publicists work from six months pre-release to 60 days post-pub, and […]
Name: Sandra CH Smith Book Title: A Cook’s Tour of Epicuria…One Woman’s Adventures Your book’s Amazon purchase link: www.amazon.com/author/sandra.ch.smith What is your book about? A spiritual odyssey I experienced when, at age 43, I bought a 35-foot sailboat, taught myself how to sail, turned everything on the boat hot pink, and spent the next 7 […]
Name: Kim Pearson Book Title: Making History: How to Remember, Record, Interpret and Share the Events of Your Life Your book’s Amazon purchase link: Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Making-History-remember-record-interpret/dp/193227975X or http://tinyurl.com/6nuxzy What is your book about? Making History is a comprehensive, easy-to-use, fun method of exploring the times of your (or someone else’s) life against a backdrop of historic […]
Name: Michael L. F. Slavin Book Title: One Million in the Bank: How To Make $1,000,000 With Your Own Business, Even If You Have No Money Or Experience Your book’s Amazon purchase link: http://www.amazon.com/One-Million-Bank-Business-Experience/dp/0996118608/ What is your book about? OMITB will tell you how to put $1,000,000 in your bank account in 3-7 years (on […]
Recently there has been much discussion in the publishing community around whether authors should publish their books with both IngramSpark/Lightning Source and CreateSpace or choose just one publishing platform. Below we break down some of the pros and cons you should know about. But first, let’s clarify that IngramSpark is a publishing platform for indie […]
Leverage Social Media (Whether you like it or not)
Here’s the reality: social media is not a fad and isn’t going away. If you’ve been avoiding social media, consider this a gentle nudge to help you get serious. The good news is that social media is ideal for nonfiction authors—we write! And our readers want to hear from us! You also don’t have to […]
How Well Do You Balance the Business and the Art of Writing? by Rosanne Bane
You know how to take care of business as a nonfiction writer. You’re professional. You attend to all the details of putting your writing into the world from analyzing your audience to zeroing in on new ways to promote your writing. But all this serious business stuff is probably not why you started writing. You […]
Name: Janet Grant Book Title: Spirit Animals of the Chinese Zodiac: Using Spirit Animal Wisdom from Eastern Astrology for Self-Discovery Your book’s Amazon purchase link: Spirit Animals of the Chinese Zodiac What is your book about? By using the principles of the Chinese Zodiac along with the Native American paradigm of spirit animals, you can […]
Recently there has been much discussion in the publishing community around whether authors should publish their books with both IngramSpark/Lightning Source and CreateSpace or choose just one publishing platform. Below we break down some of the pros and cons you should know about. But first, let’s clarify that IngramSpark is a publishing platform for indie […]
Leverage Social Media (Whether you like it or not)
Here’s the reality: social media is not a fad and isn’t going away. If you’ve been avoiding social media, consider this a gentle nudge to help you get serious. The good news is that social media is ideal for nonfiction authors—we write! And our readers want to hear from us! You also don’t have to […]
How Well Do You Balance the Business and the Art of Writing? by Rosanne Bane
You know how to take care of business as a nonfiction writer. You’re professional. You attend to all the details of putting your writing into the world from analyzing your audience to zeroing in on new ways to promote your writing. But all this serious business stuff is probably not why you started writing. You […]
“Start to” and “Decide to”: Are They Flooding Your Writing? by Barbara McNichol
When you look back at what you’ve written, take time to find how many times you start sentences with the word “start” or “begin.” For example, in a 5,000-word document I edited, those two words appeared 14 times, while only five were deemed necessary to the meaning. That’s a lot of extra words flooding your […]
Meet the Members: Elva Anson, author of Wondering Around God
Author Name: Elva Anson Book Title: Wondering Around God Synopsis Because my friend, Kiyo Soto, started her memoir at age 80, maybe I could, too. I launched “Wondering Around God” five years later. Here is how one reviewer, Elisabeth Kersten, retired Director of Calif. Senate Office of Research, describes it. “Elva Anson is a first-rate […]
8 Hints on How to Effectively Promote Your Book on Social Media by Brandon Stanley
The rise of social media changed the way writers promote themselves. We’re seeing non-fiction and fiction books being promoted on all platforms. Some of these campaigns are truly successful in terms of creating awareness. Others fail. Effective marketing is what makes the difference. You might be wondering: how do you effectively promote your book on […]
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