Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I know, I know, some of you have heard about branding so often that your ears flap shut when the word is uttered. But, having just returned …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I know, I know, some of you have heard about branding so often that your ears flap shut when the word is uttered. But, having just returned …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Readers often do research before they buy a book, and reviews factor into purchases more and more.
The trend in reviews is changing rapidly with the change of …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Researching at a bookstore is fun and you can learn a lot, but you can find out about trends in other places as well.
Spend some time looking …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Barnes & Noble, Santa Rosa, Calif.
While I was in the bookstore, I focused my research on historical romance. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, we’ll start with the pictures of what I saw …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Barnes & Noble, Santa Rosa, Calif.
When I was in Denver at the Jerry B. Jenkins Writing for the Soul Conference, two questions I was asked frequently were, “What’s popular now?” and “What book trends do …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Today we’re going to explore the tools a writer needs to master for marketing a book. Marketing has become a huge part of the author’s job both before …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
My #2 wish for the publishing industry (after #1 that overwork and stress could be reduced) is that publishers would not overbuy titles, resulting in many …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The other day I wrote about the new kid on the block: The concept that, by offering something for free, you can make a living. My response: …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
What a fun week. There’s nothing like talking about all the things that could kill a writing career. Cheery little series, right? Okay, I’ll admit it, I employed a …
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// by Janet Grant
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
You’ve waited for years and envisioned a variety of potential covers for your “baby” book, the book you’ve been creating, modifying, rewriting, revising, and fussing over for …