Tag Archive

agents Amazon.com Angela Hoy article directories blogging blogs book marketing book promotion book proposals BookSurge challenge deadlines e-books editing essays expert status getting published how to write a book how to write a book proposal ideas journalism Linda Joy Myers Literary agent literary representation marketing memoir NANOWRIMO nonfiction writing platform platform building pod publishing promotion publicity publishing query letter query letters self-publishing social networking speaking traditional publishing Write Nonfiction in November writer's block writersweekly.com writing Writing Tips

How to Use a Rifle and Shotgun to Accomplish Your Book Promotion Goals

Published on November 19, 2010 By Nina Amir

A few days ago I ran a post about how to pitch the media. However, sometimes getting media attention takes more than just a good pitch or attention-grabbing press release. It takes persistence and knowledge of how to get noticed both in Cyberspace and by a physical person in a physical office. V. Michael Santoro [...]

JD Salinger's Death Reminds Us that Sometimes We Need Only Write a Good Book

Published on February 1, 2010 By ninaamir

The other day I wrote a post about author J.D. Salinger’s death for my Jewish Issues Examiner column, but I didn’t think too much about what his passing on January 17, 2010, meant to me as a writer. Then, today I happened upon author Mitch Albom’s column in the Jewish Word Review. (If you recall, [...]

How to Build Online Relationships and Sell More Books

Published on November 23, 2009 By Nina Amir

Not every author wants to speak in front of audiences, although speaking has been the publishing industry standard for promoting books. (It remains the gold standard for building platform prior to publishing a book as well.) While most publishers will expect you to do at least some speaking as part of your book marketing and [...]