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In the Waiting

July 10, 2022 //  by Debbie Alsdorf//  10 Comments

Dreams chase us as writers.

We have vision to write words that will help others and the big dream that those words will actually be published one day. But when days turn to weeks, months and years, the insecurity and …

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A Social Media Platform that REALLY Sells Books: TikTok

July 28, 2021 //  by Janet Grant//  14 Comments

I need to start out by apologizing. I know writers are weary of being told to build their platforms, to promote their books on social media, to, well, work magic at something most don’t particularly enjoy. I’m one of those …

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Flip Flop

December 6, 2020 //  by Wendy Lawton//  7 Comments

At a staff meeting recently, we discussed how many things have changed in publishing. I’ve been a full-time agent for fifteen years and when I think back to what I taught or espoused back then and in the years since, …

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Blogging with a Focused Approach

September 19, 2019 //  by Rachel Kent//  6 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

A Books & Such client asked a great question on Facebook recently. She wanted to know what some experienced bloggers wished they had known before starting their blogs. The majority answered that they wished they had a …

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Platform–A Snarky Commentary

June 12, 2019 //  by Wendy Lawton//  28 Comments

By Wendy Lawton

Okay, confession time: Here at Books & Such I’m known as the platform denier. The skeptic. Card-carrying member of the Book Marketing Flat Earth Society. Yes, I know that an author’s platform can be a powerful thing, …

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I Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Platform

January 20, 2019 //  by Janet Grant//  28 Comments

by Janet Kobobel Grant

“Badges? We don’t have no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you no stinkin’ badges!” is a portion of a bandito’s dialogue from the 1948 movie, “The Treasure of Sierra Madre.” …

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Promo Shock

July 30, 2017 //  by Janet Grant//  57 Comments

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Writers who published their first books in the 1980s to 1990s–even the early 2000s–tend to flip out when someone utters the word platform. They’ve never recovered from the sticker shock of seeing a list of what …

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Five Free Ways to Build Readership

October 30, 2016 //  by Janet Grant//  51 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

The current publishing climate isn’t for the faint of heart or weak of spirit; it takes a willingness to experiment to find what will generate the word of mouth to sell books.

How can a writer …

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Internet Marketing Tips

April 29, 2016 //  by Rachel Kent//  16 Comments

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We all use the internet for marketing these days. It’s the way to reach a large audience with relatively little trouble or expense. I have listed some free and inexpensive marketing ideas in a blog post before, …

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Agents will look you up online. Are you ready?

February 19, 2016 //  by Rachel Kent//  35 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

When I like what I’m reading in a proposal and manuscript, the next step is to look up the author online. I’ll start with a Google search. On Google, I’m hoping to find out if the author …

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