Saturday, March 5, 2011

Marketing your book

Got this link from eastern Washington author Karen Alaniz and thought I would post it for any authors interested in marketing their books.

The link to the video is as follows:
http://bookmarketingpodcast.com/seth-godin-book-marketing-speech-from-oreilly-tools-of-change-conference-february-2008/

Karen is the author of the book: " BREAKING THE CODE -- A DAUGHTER'S JOURNEY INTO HER FATHER'S SECRET WAR," (See http://karenlalaniz.com).


P.S. Please view my link at https://www.createspace.com/4133264, where you can purchase or preview my book, "Captains All."

P.P.S. Don't forget to "Like" or "+" my page for your favorite social sites. Thanks.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Tech terms every writer will soon encounter

 For clear, consise definitions of terminology associated with e-books and e-publishing (such as CSS, E-book, EPUP, reflowable and more) see the following page:

(http://pimpmynovel.blogspot.com/2011/02/more-terms-to-know.html)

The link was sent to me courtesy of screenwriter Randy LaBarge ( http://www.linkedin.com/pub/randy-labarge/8/812/541  ), who heads up a Kennewick, Washington writer's group. Often our discussion revolves around articles found on the website for "Pimp my Novel."  This week's topic (linked above) may be helpful for anyone considering electronic publishing (and shouldn't we all be  thinking about that, given recent developments in the publishing industry?).