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You will find at least one promotion, writing or tech tip on every page on this site. Sometimes you'll find, two or three! Happy browsing and collecting! ~~~
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 The Author's Companion: A Self-Guided Course on Book Promotion CD-Rom is a turn-key marketing program to launch your book campaign in four simple steps. http://tinyurl.com/2vpghe ~~~
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Plan Ahead for Book Fairs, Tradeshows, Conferences and Conventions! Here's Your Working List From Carolyn Howard-Johnson Other Writers' Resource Pages For media release disseminators content providers, and sites that accept book and author information at no cost. For how-to books for writers, reference books and books of inspiration for writers only! Any one will make a great companion to The Frugal Book Promoter and The Frugal Editor! It includes a list of helpful free e-books and some CDs you can learn tons from, too! For contests you can count on, and articles on how to promote using contests. For a list of book fairs, tradeshows, conferences and conventions. Your aid to planning ahead. For a list of writers' conferences. The Big and the Cozy. A list of book fairs, tradeshows, conferences and conventions. Your aid to planning ahead.For a list of writers' programs at US universities. (There is a new Master of Science in Publishing listed!)For the FREE Muse Online Writers Conference.For a list of digital (print-on-demand) printers. For a list of major review journals --including some that review POD-published books--and an article with suggestions for getting reviews. For a list of small publishers. For a list of book publicists.
Book Fairs: A List and Mini Reviews
(The book fairs below are ones that I have personally presented at or participated in some other way. Contact me for recommendations if you wish. Conventions and tradeshows are listed separately below.)
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Tips Tip #1 If you would like to present at a fair, contact the program directors well in advance. Six to eight months in advance is a good guideline.Tip #2Learn more about making book fairs and other book promotion at www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com.Find at least one tip on writing, promotion or tech on every page of this Web site. |
Conventions and Tradeshows
For the uninitiated, tradeshows and conventions are usually set up for people in the trade and those associated closely with it. Often the public is not invited and special credentials are required for entrance. Sometimes fairly high entrance fees are required as well.
Virginia Library Association Annual Meeting and Exhibit offers a book exhibit. Contact Mark Trocchi.
Massachusetts Library Association Annual Meeting and Exhibit. Association Book Exhibit. A combined exhibit and professional conference. Contact Mark Trocchi.
Bologna Children's Book Fair is really more of a tradeshow for all things related to publishing work for children. Contact them at area.eventi@bolognafiere.it.
Book Publicists of Southern California (BPSC) has a mini book fair at each of their meetings. This, left to right, is Pam Kelly, Dee Vollendorffand Carolyn. Pam and Carolyn are both BPSC's Irwin Award winners.
Find more content on this site's Free Articles 4 Readers and Editors. This page ncludes Reviews for Riters, how to articles for writers, essays on tolerance and more.
Don't forget to check out my list of books for writers on this site and in the appendixes of The Frugal Book Promoter and The Frugal Editor.
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Net Promotion Tip Links can be a great way to build Web site traffic. Trouble is there is a tendency to withhold a favor until someone has reciprocated. Though I use the term reciprocal links below, they are not truly reciprocal because I do not demand a return link. If I think a link will be useful to you, my Web site visitor, I will post it whether or not it is reciprocated. Nor do I expect links to be tit for tat. Example, someone may mention my book or my site in their newsletter rather than on their Web site and that makes me just as happy. I suggest you do the same. It gives your link page more credibility and it underscores what pubic relations is supposed to be about -- ethics and a willingness to help one another out when possible. Find at least one tip on writing, promotion or tech on every page of this Web site.
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For resources and links galore, grab yourself a copy of the Frugal Book Promoter.
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Purchase THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER as a thick, full-size e-book priced to accommodate the budgets of starving students and authors at Star Publish. Purchase THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER and THE FRUGAL EDITOR in trade paperback at Amazon. The Amazon Short, THE GREAT FIRST IMPRESSION BOOK PROPOSAL, too! Purchase THIS IS THE PLACE, HARKENING and TRACINGS at Amazon. Purchase CHERISHED PULSE at the Compulsive Reader. Purchase and find all the audios for writers at Tri-Studio.
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Important Resources Book Proposal Help Former book acquisitions editor Terry Whalin says, "editors and publishers don't read manuscripts. They read book proposals. In Book Proposals That Sell: 21 Secrets to Speed Your Success, you learn the inside scoop to achieve your dreams." I highly recommend it.
Promotion ServicesYou'll find direction in the Frugal Book Promoter for building your own media kit; if you choose not to build your own, the information there will make you a better partner for a publicist you might hire to help you. I recommend PressKit 24/7, the brainchild of publicists with over forty years' experience. We know the speed at which you need to work, and we know what it takes to get the media's attention. It was critical for us to be able to create professional online press kits for our own clients. So we understand what you need for yours.
Learn more about the classes offered by UCLA Extension Writers' Program, You'll find Carolyn Howard-Johnson's instructor page there, too.
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