‘Conducting Effective Twitter Contests’ a new product by Tony Eldridge launches tomorrow March 1st 2010. It is an innovative learning method that combines traditional e-book and video training into one effective way to learn. Tony says this material will help the author or professional make their Twitter account more productive. It does this by using […]
‘Spirit Authors’ a membership site for authors: Grand Opening tomorrow
Lynn Serafinn a BookBuzzr author is launching Spirit Authors and we at BookBuzzr would like to wish her the best! Spirit Authors is a membership site that will provide a comprehensive, inclusive, community-based programme for aspiring, first-time and experienced mind-body-spirit authors, to enable them to transform their personal dream into a life-changing business asset in […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Author Dan Holloway
Dan Holloway is a Year Zero Writer; Organiser of the Free-e-day indie culture festival; blogger promoting the interests of readers and writers throughout the world and cyberspace; futurologist of publishing. Author of literary fiction; presenter of cultural studies papers; in search of a twenty-fifth hour in the day. BookBuzzr recently interviewed Dan Holloway who is […]
Twitter Lists: A Powerful Book Marketing Tool for Authors
Recently Freya – Author Community Manager was invited to be guest blogger on Tony Eldridge’s Book Marketing Tips for Authors Blog. Being our resident twitter expert her post is about how Twitter has proven to be a great book marketing tool and ‘Lists’ their latest feature only enhances its potential. Read her post: Twitter Lists: […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Bronwyn Schweigerdt – Author of ‘Free To Eat: The Proven Recipe For Permanent Weight Loss’
Bronwyn “Fiber-Girl” Schweigerdt is the most entertaining authority on nutrition that you’ve ever heard. Bronwyn has a Master’s degree in nutrition from Tufts University, is an author, columnist but most of all, an amazing speaker. She has literally helped thousands of people learn how to lose weight with her seminar and previous book: The UnDiet: […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Author Aggie Villanueva
Writing since the late 70′, Aggie Villanueva’s first novel, Chase the Wind, Thomas Nelson 1983, was published before she was 30 and her second, Rightfully Mine, from Thomas Nelson in 1986. Rightfully Mine has been republished. For more information/photos/trailers see rightfullymine. Villanueva freelanced throughout the 80s, also writing three craft columns and three software review […]
The Eighth (and Biggest) Book Marketing Mistake: Assuming Everyone Likes to Read
The following post is by Chetan Dhruve – Author of Why Your Boss is Programmed to be a Dictator If book-marketing mistakes were destructive bombs, this mistake would be the nuclear bomb. Yet, this mistake is so obvious in retrospect that it makes me want to scream. When my book first came out, I was […]
Book Marketing Mistake Number 7 – Not enough recommendations from mavens for the book
The Seven Book Marketing Mistakes That Authors Make (Part 8 of 8 ) A book is a complex product. It’s very hard for a reader to judge a book by its cover or even by flipping through a few pages. The default buying behavior is to buy based on recommendations. Most people buy based on […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Pamela Griffiths – Author of ‘Expressions of Life’
Pamela Griffiths describes herself as “As a poet living in Loxley Valley in Sheffield England, it is natural for me to write poetry about the local dialect and the local area where I live. I write my poetry to entertain people in verse.” “I have lived in Sheffield all my life and my roots are […]
Book Marketing Mistake Number 6 – Not creating the perception of demand
The Seven Book Marketing Mistakes That Authors Make (Part 7 of 8 ) Most people want to buy what everybody else is buying. Or read what everyone else is reading. Yet, the vast majority of books give out the perception that there is no demand for them. You visit the author’s Twitter page and find […]
BookBuzzr Interviews Author Pat Ballard
Pat Ballard is the Queen of Rubenesque Romances and author of 10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are). The 10 steps are: Never stand in front of a mirror and think negative thoughts about yourself. Never stand anywhere and think negative thoughts about yourself. Search carefully for your good points […]