Welcome to the August 25, 2010 edition of the book marketing blog carnival.
Marketing and Online Marketing
Joel Friedlander presents Author Branding: The You That Is Everywhere — The Book Designer posted at Joel Friedlander.
Don Harold presents Blog for the Win: Why Blogging is a Must-do for Self-published Authors | BookWhirl.com posted at Self-pulishing Resources.
Irene Watson presents Authors Can Be Bestsellers – If They Believe! posted at Selling Books.
Marco Gustafsson presents Do Amazon Kindle Bestseller Lists Promote Authors or the Kindle? posted at Digital Book Readers.
Evan Gold presents 4 Steps to Developing a Site with a Killer First Impression posted at Internet Income Formula – Earn Money Online.
Christoph Gold presents Successful Online Marketing Ideas that Create Results posted at BrainBeatsBucks.
Other
Rowena Hebert presents 50 Strangest How-To Books Sold on Amazon posted at Online Colleges and Universities Education Database.
Matt O’Brien presents 40 Best Comic Books for the Classroom posted at Online Masters, saying, “The comic book medium has garnered a goodly amount of recognition as a viable literary medium as of late, but it took decades of marginalization to get there. The listed comic books in the article all of them do have something to offer in terms of proving the stereotypes and misconceptions entirely wrong.”
Reviews
Mark Davies presents 100 Best Books on War posted at Online Masters Degree, saying, “From the Civil War to the current war in Iraq, there’s a plethora of literature out there to help you better understand the art (or madness) of war.”
OmarAdams presents 50 All-Time Best Business Novels posted at Online Accounting Degree, saying, “We’ve compiled a list of 50 of the all-time business novels. The authors weave tales of corruption, greed, conspiracy and lust mixed in with kindness, redemption, and sacrifice. Sometimes, there’s no better school than the one we can get from the experienced characters in a good book.”
Missy Frye presents Book Review: Solitary by Travis Thrasher posted at Incurable Disease of Writing, saying, “A brief look at Travis Thrasher’s young adult thriller, Solitary.”
Writing and Publishing
Samantha Chan from HarperOne presents Write That Book Already! The Tough Love Needed to Get Published Now, by Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark posted at PRWeb.com Press Release Feed – PRWeb Press Release Account Feed, saying, “This is informative, useful and fun guide for writers features original insight from top authors including Stephen King, Amy Tan, Dave Barry, Scott Turow, Andrew Sean Greer, Meg Clayton and a whole bunch more.”
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