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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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Moral Responsibility and Writers

June 7, 2015 //  by Janet Grant//  50 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Last week in the comments to my blog post on social media as the new locale for public shaming, Carrie Padgett mentioned that a lively online discussion was taking place elsewhere about whether authors have …

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Blogging and Other Social Media: Time for a Check-Up

September 5, 2013 //  by Mary Keeley//  77 Comments

Blogger: Mary Keeley

A client and I occasionally converse about the benefits, or not, of author blogs. Many writers among our blog community love blogging and can’t imagine not doing it. Others aren’t so excited and are looking for a …

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Best-Sellers: Is It the Author or the Subject?

October 13, 2011 //  by Michelle Ule//  9 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Santa Rosa, California, home office

As I write, the number one New York Times best-seller in trade paperback books is Heaven is for Real,by Todd Burpo, who collaborated with someone I know: Lynn Vincent. It’s …

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Five Elements That Make a Book a Success

June 7, 2011 //  by Janet Grant//  19 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

What makes a book a success? Today I’d like to examine with you a book that, I believe, took everyone by surprise at its success. A Top …

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