Looking for Podcasts for Authors? To help writers and authors find informational and inspirational podcasts about writing, publishing and marketing we are putting together a list of Podcasts for authors. We have categorized the podcasts based on what they are about.
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1. Author Interviews - These are interviews with authors speaking about their books, writing, publishing and marketing it.
2. Writing/Publishing Podcasts - All about the art of writing, self-publishing, and marketing Read more [...]
Archive for: July 2011
How to Make a Podcast
The Easiest Way to Podcast for Non-Techies
Guest Expert: Shelley Hitz
Podcasts are a great way to market your books and podcasts, but how do you get started? In this post, I’m going to share with you how to make a podcast, even if you consider yourself a “non-techie.”
In the past, I have used several different resources to podcast that I’m going to share each resource with you today.
How to Make a Podcast Using WordPress…My First Attempt
I started my first audio podcast Read more [...]
Getting Started with Video Blogging
Guest Expert: Joel Friedlander
My roots in publishing are firmly planted in the print world. Paper made from trees, books bound in boards covered with cloth, signatures sewn together with thread.
Books have always been--until recently--very solid physical objects. You can use them as weights, as doorstops, you can throw one (I don't recommend it) at a noisy cat. Generations of people have used books as safes, or to press dried flowers between their pages.
So the transition to digital books Read more [...]
The Three C’s to Sneak Peek Trailers
Guest Expert: Sandie Lee
Congratulations! You’ve written and published a book, that alone is an accomplishment! However, getting your book into the hands of your potential audience may not be that easy. Sure the invention of ebooks, Kindles and online book stores increase your chances, but how will the reader find your book among the thousands of others they have to choose from?
Facebook, Twitter, blogs and YouTube are all wonderful avenues to help promo your (hope-to-be) best seller, but Read more [...]
Authors Oughta Podcast about . . .
What, Exactly -- & for Whom?
Guest Expert: Laurel Marshfield
Some observers say that podcasting (which used to be referred to as webcasting) has been around since 1998, or so, even though it was dubbed “podcasting” – a cross between iPod and broadcasting – in circa 2004. In either case, it’s been around for a relatively long time in “Internet time.”
Does Podcasting Have a Popularity Problem?
And yet, relatively few authors have embraced podcasting as a promotional tool Read more [...]
Your Name Is Your Brand…
Guest Expert: Lexi Revellian
Your Name Is Your Brand…
…unless you are JK Rowling, then your brand is also Harry Potter. But that’s only because she hasn’t yet written anything else. So make the most of it.
It is said that consumers need to see an item seven times before it registers enough with them to consider buying it. We don’t have the advantage of our books being in bookshops, or reviewed in the national press, or advertised on the Underground. We have to create our own consumer Read more [...]
7 Steps to Successfully Market Your Book!
Guest Author: Rebecca Hamilton
A lot of articles focus on how to market your book once you've published. Admittedly, I haven't gotten there yet. I have some interested publishers, but also an open to the new trend of self-publishing. I've started putting thought into marketing early on. In this day and age, whether you go the traditional route or not, you will have to do a lot of self promotion for your books. A lot of authors say that when their books are published, they spend so much time marketing Read more [...]
BookBuzzr Interviews Cheryl Carpinello – Author of ‘Guinevere: On The Eve Of Legend’
It is our great pleasure and honor today to interview Cheryl Carpinello – BookBuzzr Author Pro subscriber and author of 'Guinevere: On The Eve Of Legend'. We are also happy to announce that her book has been nominated for Dan Poynter's Global eBook Awards. On to the interview …
BB: Cheryl, can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how long you’ve been writing?
I am a retired high school English teacher and love working with kids. My passion involves getting elementary students Read more [...]
Teamwork: You and Your Business Cards
Expert: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
I devote much of my time giving people tips on how to do things frugally. Business cards are, indeed, frugal. Let me share a few of my own frugal ideas for using business cards directly from my book The Frugal Book Promoter.
I love business cards. The plain old, business-size cards fit into easily into wallets. Techy types scan and add plain old business cards to any Outlook file in a flash. Plain old business cards fit into either frugal or designer card carriers. Read more [...]
YouTube trailer for BookBuzzr
We are pleased to announce that Sandie Lee a freelance writer has created the sneak peak trailer for BookBuzzr. She has done sneak peek trailers for several authors and also contract herself out (personally and through Ascot Media). Her company is called TattleTott Productions and her work can be seen through the YouTube channel at; http://www.youtube.com/user/TattleTott?feature=mhee
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