Monthly Archives: January 2010

Should the Print Newsletter Die – And Let Ezines Take Over?

Print newsletters should have died a long time ago… here are 5 Reasons Why they are Still Around…

Author Interview – Chynna T. Laird

What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. My most recent book is titled, Not Just Spirited: A Mom’s Sensational Journey With Sensory Processing Disorder (Loving Healing Press). The book is about a mom’s journey to finding the right diagnosis and treatment for her daughter. Our daughter, Jaimie, suffered greatly for…

Author Interview – Dana Lynn Smith

Tell us a bit about your books. I write and publish a series of books to help authors and publishers learn about promoting books effectively. Some of my titles include The Savvy Book Marketer’s Guide to Successful Social Marketing, Twitter Guide for Authors, and The Savvy Book Marketer’s Guide to Selling Your Book to Libraries….

Book Marketing Blog Carnival – January 27, 2010

Welcome to the January 27, 2010 edition of the book marketing carnival. Would you like to be profiled on this site? SellingBooks.com is publishing interviews with authors of fiction and non-fiction books in virtually any genre. Self-published authors are welcome, as are ebook authors. If you would like to be featured, just send a blank…

Author Interview – Carl Bozeman

What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. The title of my “new” book is: On Being God-Beyond Your Life’s Purpose It is a Self Help/Spiritual book written to help all of us discover the unique and divine self that exists within us. The five main themes of the book are…

Excuse Abuse

Many writers are Wanna-B’s because they have a story or see stories all around them and don’t know where to start writing. In the two writers clubs and writing workshops that I run, I tell Wanna-B’s there is no secret beyond putting fingers to keys. However, I don’t recommend they start on the story until…

Attacking the Truth – The Art of Creative Nonfiction

I love writing creative nonfiction – that is, using the tools and techniques of fiction to discover truth. I love the creative nonfiction of writers like Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese, and Richard Selzer. I’ve had a few essays published in major venues and one book, a memoir, in the catalog of The University of Iowa…

Author Interview – Suzanne Lieurance

What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. My most recent book is The Lucky Baseball, My Story in a Japanese-American Internment Camp. It’s a middle grade historical novel written for Enslow Publishers Historical Fiction Adventures series. It tells the story of Harry Yakamoto, a little boy who grew up during…

Author Interview – Suzy Spencer

What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. My most recent book is an updated edition of my first true crime book, WASTED, which was a NEW YORK TIMES bestseller.  I think the original cover copy describes it best — a rich lesbian, her beautiful young girlfriend, and the killer that…

Author Interview – Lin Ennis

What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. Let Your Mortgage Make You Rich! tells the story of four homebuyers who purchased the same-priced home at the same interest rate but paid for their homes differently. The one who paid the least, saved $245,785 on her $250,000 house! Let Your Mortgage…