Warren Whitlock, Author at Best Seller Authors

Nov 28 2011

Thank You Note from Terri Marie

Here’s a special message from Terri Marie:

Thank you so much for helping get "Your Inner Cheerleader" to the #1 spot in at least one category on Amazon, It’s pretty wild to see the book listed as best-seller in that category and "hot new title." We can’t tell you how much we appreciate you and your support. Thank you for being such great Cheerleaders! You are amazing!

Oct 27 2011

The Illusion of Patronage

The following is an excerpt from Seth Godin’s The Domino Project If you are not subscribed, I suggest you do so right away. This is the future of publishing.

Here, Seth answers the question of what a publisher will do to help you

Many successful, serious authors are in love with the notion that they get to be serious and successful merely by writing.

There was a brief interlude, perhaps 50 years in all post-Gutenberg, in which it was possible for a talented writer to be chosen, anointed, edited, promoted and paid for her work. Where the ‘work’ refers to the writing.

This idea that JD Salinger could hide out in his cabin, write, and periodically cash royalty checks is now dying.

Authors of the future are small enterprises, just one person or perhaps two or three. But they include fan engagement specialists, licensors, new media development managers, public speakers, endorsement and biz dev VPs, and more.

No one has your back.

Sad but true. The author of today (and tomorrow) is either going to build and maintain and work with his tribe or someone is going to take it away.

Seth Godin is the founder of The Domino Project and has written twelve books that have been translated into more than thirty languages. Every one has been a bestseller. He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership and most of all, changing everything.

Oct 18 2011

Amazon will publish 122 books this fall

Read the full story at the New York Times

Amazon will publish 122 books this fall in an array of genres, in both physical and e-book form. It is a striking acceleration of the retailer’s fledging publishing program that will place Amazon squarely in competition with the New York houses that are also its most prominent suppliers.

It has set up a flagship line run by a publishing veteran, Laurence Kirshbaum, to bring out brand-name fiction and nonfiction. It signed its first deal with the self-help author Tim Ferriss. Last week it announced a memoir by the actress and director Penny Marshall, for which it paid $800,000, a person with direct knowledge of the deal said.

Publishers say Amazon is aggressively wooing some of their top authors. And the company is gnawing away at the services that publishers, critics and agents used to provide.

Several large publishers declined to speak on the record about Amazon’s efforts. “Publishers are terrified and don’t know what to do,” said Dennis Loy Johnson of Melville House, who is known for speaking his mind.

“Everyone’s afraid of Amazon,” said Richard Curtis, a longtime agent who is also an e-book publisher. “If you’re a bookstore, Amazon has been in competition with you for some time. If you’re a publisher, one day you wake up and Amazon is competing with you too. And if you’re an agent, Amazon may be stealing your lunch because it is offering authors the opportunity to publish directly and cut you out.

Aug 19 2011

“Get Started in Social Media” Class from Social Media Experts Announced

Bestselling author Warren Whitlock and social media management consultant Kate Buck will be teaching “Starting Social Media” social media basic for social media marketing ROI and profits at Digital World Expo, September 25-27 in Las Vegas.

Warren Whitlock, best-selling author of Twitter Revolution and Profitable Social Media will join Kate Buck, founder and CEO of social media management consultancy KBJonline to give attendees of Digital World Expo a rapid start in social media profitability

Social media offers companies the opportunity to get close to their consumers on a large scale. Warren and Kate will show how social media relates directly to the bottom-line results.

“Starting Social Media” will cover the foundation every business needs to success with social media:

Profitable Social Media blueprint
Understanding today’s users and what attracts them
12 Things every business must know about social media
Brand management and “controlled transparency”
Finding “truth” in your friends, fans and followers

Digital World Expo debuts an annual forum for professional education in all forms of interactive marketing, media, communications and advertising. Attendees will learn, train and build awareness of technology application in media and what’s to come. Four areas are presented to meet the needs of today’s media professionals in digital advertising, marketing, public relations, development and strategy:

Kate Buck (otherwise known as @katebuckjr on Twitter) is the founder and CEO of KBJOnline, a social media management and consulting agency in Austin, Texas. Kate has worked with some of the top names in Internet Marketing as well as consulted with dozens of entrepreneurs, businesses and nonprofits both across the United States and internationally

Warren Whitlock (@WarrenWhitlock on Twitter) is the founder BestSellerAuthors.com. He consults as a social media strategist and is the author of books on social media marketing. He is personally active in the latest social media startups and provides clients with the fast start strategies to find profits in social media. Warren is the chapter chair of Social Media Club in Las Vegas and speaks internationally on marketing and social media.

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