Book Marketing, Publishing, Author Resources
I stopped best selling author Jim Kukral in the hall at Blogworld Expo to get his ideas on how authors can build a business by getting attention.
Jim’s book ATTENTION! This Book Will Make You Money is full of ideas that will help any author get attention for your message and sell more than a few books
I was talking with a group of authors and speakers here in Vegas the other day and saw an opportunity to build my bank of networking reciprocity with two of the best connected friends I have.
How?
I gave them a ride to the airport… got mentioned in a video by Larry Benet of SANG (Speaker and Authors Networking Group.. a great group) and Lewis Howes, the master sports networker and LinkedIn social media speaker.
Here’s some good networking tips from Larry
It’s 10/10/10.
A perfect day for reviewing this short film on perspective.
Just in case there weren’t enough book competing with yours for attention on Amazon, they are out to add even more 🙂
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Oct. 5, 2010 – CreateSpace, part of the Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) group of companies, today announced an agreement with The Library of Congress to make at least 50,000 public books available through amazon.com.
“We are pleased to now give the public a way to enjoy print on-demand access to library collections around the world,” said Dr. Deanna Marcum, associate librarian for Library Services, The Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress and The British Library are the most recent organizations to work with CreateSpace Print on-Demand and Amazon Europe’s print on-demand business to give readers access to rare or out-of-print titles.
“Libraries are adopting print on-demand to give the public access to more works globally that may previously only have been available in a single country or even just in their individual physical catalogs,” said Dana LoPiccolo-Giles, managing director, CreateSpace. “We are looking forward to helping support The Library of Congress in its public access and preservation mission through our print on-demand solution.”
We talk about selling books, best seller lists, and making money with book marketing here, but I know this is not the best motivation to write a book and become an author.
Authors have valuable expertise and experience to share with readers. After speaking with thousands of authors, I’m convinced that most are writing with a passion to help others.
I did a strategy session with author Debi Silber and was impressed with her giving attitude
Debi is a Registered Dietitian, Personal Trainer, Whole Health Coach, Lifestyle Expert just for moms and the author of The Lifestyle Fitness Program: A Six Part Plan So Every Mom Can Look, Feel and Live Her Best (recommended by Parenting Magazine.)
Her web site has a ton of helpful content and video along with a report I liked call “10 Tips to Avoid Weight Gain From Mindless Munching”
The giving doesn’t stop there. Each month Debi chooses a “Mom-Of-the-Month” and let’s her choose what charity she give half her profits to.
When you visit Debi’s web site, you’ll see the passion. There’s the usual design of a small business entrepreneur, but once you get to know Debi, you’ll get the passion. Sure, she wants the book sales, leads and business success… It’s just necessary to fund the passion.
Do me a favor. Take a look a Debi’s site and comment below if you see the passion.
When you are building a business, you are likely to find a lot of talk of “killing it” “attracting eyeballs” and “return on investment” calculations. Don’t be turned off by the old school business strategies. Planning, testing and measuring what works is a big part of business success.
Just don’t let it override you passion. That the reason we are authors.
What do you do to show PASSION in all of your marketing?