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Effectively Reaching Your Audience

August 18, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  4 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

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

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey, is currently on the amazon.com best-seller list and is a #1 New York Times best-seller. While Steve …

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MARKETING MATTERS: Freebies, Promos, and Giveaways–Oh, My!

August 14, 2009 //  by Kathleen Y'Barbo//  4 Comments

Blogger:  Kathleen Y’Barbo

Location: The Woodlands, Texas PR Office

Weather: Warm and Steamy!

Freebies, promos, and giveaways! The buzz on writers’ loops abounds with ideas for promotional items and makes it seem as though any author who hasn’t paid to …

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MARKETING MATTERS: Beach Reads

August 7, 2009 //  by Kathleen Y'Barbo//  Leave a Comment

Blogger:  Kathleen Y’Barbo, Publicist

Location: The Woodlands, Texas PR Office

Weather: Hot!

It is HOT in Texas! Even as I type this, which is well past time when the temperatures should be tolerable, it is still too steamy to enjoy …

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Trendspotting: How to Use “Free” for Your Benefit

August 6, 2009 //  by Janet Grant//  12 Comments

Bogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Monterey, Calif.

Weather: Sunny and low 70s

Wendy Lawton and I are spending a couple of days of utter misery–suffering through astounding views of the Pacific, feeling the cool summer breezes off the ocean, and …

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Feeling Your Way

July 30, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  5 Comments

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such Nashville Office

Weather: Still rainy

If you’ve been reading the Books & Such blog posts this week, you’ve noticed that we’re exploring the senses of perception and their use in our writing. We’ve …

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Smell That Book

July 28, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  8 Comments

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such Nashville office

Weather: Upper 80s

While thinking about the sensual appeal in the words we read and write, I came across references to the sense of smell in Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible…

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Dealing with Rejection

July 22, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  6 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

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

After weeks, possibly months, of waiting for an answer to your submission, you receive a short, polite letter (or email) informing you that your project isn’t right for …

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Different Types of Rejection

July 21, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  10 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

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

When an agent sends a rejection letter, different types of rejections mean different things. Here’s the inside scoop, as I see it, on four main forms of rejection:…

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New View of Covers

July 7, 2009 //  by Janet Grant//  11 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

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

Having worked on magazines, helped to establish publishing ventures, and managed publications departments for large, nonprofit organizations, I learned that when a logo is developed, it pays …

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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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