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Conference Etiquette

February 19, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  5 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

At conferences, sometimes awkward moments happen that I wish to avoid. These are caused by conferees who don’t yet know the “rules of conference etiquette.” Here are my …

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MARKETING MATTERS: Top 3 Cost-Effective Essentials for Telling the World About Your Book

February 18, 2009 //  by Kathleen Y'Barbo//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo

Location: The Woodlands, Texas Publicity Office

Weather: Rainy and 65 degrees

Welcome to your weekly publicity blog post!

With money tight and book launches often done on ever-shrinking budgets, I’m often asked what authors should be doing …

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Appointment Advice: Settle Your Nerves Through Preparation.

February 17, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  6 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Meetings are an integral part of writers’ conferences. You have a chance to meet with other writers, agents, and editors. Here are my suggestions for your meetings with …

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Why Agents Go to Writers' Conferences

February 16, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  9 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

At the end of the month, I’m attending the Florida Christian Writers’ Conference. Click HERE to go to their website. Because of my upcoming trip, I thought I …

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So Why Do We Write?

February 13, 2009 //  by Wendy Lawton//  22 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: San Francisco Writer’s Conference

Weather: Rainy and 49º

This week I’ve touched on some of the subjects that make us cringe: money and the unfairness of compensation; success or the lack thereof; and those sales numbers …

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MARKETING MATTERS: Networking for Newbies

February 11, 2009 //  by Kathleen Y'Barbo//  3 Comments

Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo

Location: PR Office, The Woodlands, Tex.

Are you Twittering yet? I certainly hope so!

That means you’ve dipped your toe into the pool of social networking. Bravo! Now what? Send your Twitters out where they will reach …

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A Day in the Life of an Agent, Part 4

February 6, 2009 //  by Janet Grant//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

I’m rubbing my hands together in anticipation because, next up on my to-do list is working on proposals from my clients. Some agents find this work drudgery …

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A Day in the Life of an Agent, Part 3

February 5, 2009 //  by Janet Grant//  8 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

When I became an agent thirteen years ago, contracts were three to six pages long and were pretty straightforward. Since then, publishing has become more complex and …

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MARKETING MATTERS: Five Top Tips for Twitterific PR

February 4, 2009 //  by Kathleen Y'Barbo//  7 Comments

Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo, Publicist

Location: PR Office, The Woodlands, TX

Weather: 62 degrees and sunny

Last week, I talked about Twittiquette, the rules of etiquette on the popular social networking site Twitter. Assuming you’ve all learned how to be a …

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A Day in the Life of an Agent, Part 2

February 3, 2009 //  by Janet Grant//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa,  Calif.

Mondays and Tuesdays are Be Bombarded By Emails Days. It usually takes me two days to work through all the messages that await me when I crank …

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