From Rick: I’ve been incredibly remiss lately in posting to the blog. It’s been five weeks since the last post. I’ve been focusing on what a writer should focus on: his own writing, and I have several projects ongoing. It’s
Read MoreFrom Rick: What’s the best way to promote your writing? As far as I know, it’s still word of mouth. In fact, that pretty much applies to promoting and marketing anything. Beyond that, I don’t pretend to have any answers
Read MoreFrom Rick: The publishing world has changed over the past few years, mostly in our favor. With the current coronavirus pandemic upon us, the world has changed in unexpected ways. I hope that all of my readers and their families
Read MoreFrom Scott: Some time ago, I did a blog where I documented my attempt at attracting new readers by advertising my books for free (via Amazon’s KDP program). For those who missed it, the idea is both simple and complicated.
Read More7 Book Marketing Myths You Should Forget About From Rick: Last week, I did an intro to marketing basics. This week, we have a guest post by Jordan Ring, who has launched several books of his own and has learned
Read MoreFrom Rick: For the next two posts, we’re going to talking about marketing. Next week, author Jordan Ring will be doing a guest post to share his thoughts and experiences on marketing and promotion, along with some good advice and
Read MoreFrom Rick: I’m going to get off somewhat easy this week here at the blog. While I was in Las Vegas last week for book signings for The Mosaic, I was also invited to participate in James Kelly’s “Aspects of
Read MoreFrom Rick: I don’t have a regular post for this week (Happy 4th of July), but I did come across some articles that you may find useful and interesting. These should keep you busy this week reading them, especially Kris
Read MoreFrom Scott: Recently, I explained a series of free download offers I had arranged for all nine of my novels, spread out over a week or so. I planned to advertise them on different sites in order to increase their
Read MoreFrom Rick: While we’re anxiously awaiting Scott’s report on his latest marketing efforts, I’d like to add some of my thoughts and advice. The biggest reason I hear now for why one should go with a traditional publisher is marketing.
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