Book Marketing Blog Carnival - November 12, 2008

Welcome to the November 12, 2008 edition of the book marketing blog carnival. This is the third edition of our carnival, and we once again have some great blog posts to share with you.Do you blog about subjects of interest to authors and publishers? Be sure to submit your best posts for our next book marketing blog carnival.

Writing and Publishing

Melanie presents How to Make Your Book Idea a Reality posted at Tips for self-published authors and entrepreneurs!, saying, “If you want to write a self-published book, check out these tips from Jill Exler of www.jexbo.com.”

Weight Ladder / Rich Leverage presents Author Interview with Robin Kaye posted at Love Romance Passion, saying, “Learn more about your favorite romance authors or get introduced to new ones.”

Melanie presents How to Avoid Writer’s Block posted at Tips for self-published authors and entrepreneurs!, saying, “Find out tips for getting over writer’s block and finishing your book fast from Jill Exler of jexbo.com.”

Marketing and Online Marketing

Kathleen Gage presents How to Gain Visibility, Market Reach and Revenues from Writing Free Articles posted at Street Smarts Marketing & Promotions, saying, “One of the most important, yet often least understood business-building strategies for authors is the need to market. Many speakers, authors, trainers and consultants desperately want to gain visibility on the Internet and within their market, but may not know the most effective and efficient way to do this.

Marketing serves several purposes including market reach, visibility, credibility and perception of expert status.

There are countless ways to achieve these outcomes. Discover one of the best ways to achieve your marketing goals as an author, speaker, coach or consultant.”

Peter Jones presents Using Word-of-Mouth Marketing to Promote Your Book and Writing posted at Bauu Institute and Press, saying, “An article on how to use Word-of-Mouth marketing to sell and promote your books.”

Susan Tatum presents Are Prospects Searching for You Online? posted at Technology Marketing by Tatum Marketing.

Anya Portnik presents On being a motivational speaker… posted at Gavin Ingham.

Peter Jones presents Successfully Building Links via Forums, Blogs, and Social Networks for Book Marketing posted at Bauu Institute and Press, saying, “Tips on how to build links to your bookmarketing website or blog.”

Alex_Sysoef presents Is Blogging Dead? posted at WordPress Web 2.0 How-To Spot-er, saying, “Blogs Are Back in business! A revolutionary system released to allow regular people to publish their thoughts and fully take advantage of WordPress and Web 2.0 power”

Peter Jones presents Marketing Your Writing and Books Online posted at Bauu Institute and Press, saying, “A great set of tips and resources for marketing your book online - all for free.”

Brian Terry presents 5 Hot Tips For A Big Selling Squeeze Page posted at Big Selling Website Design.

Reviews

John W. Furst presents Tribes - A Review by John W. Furst posted at E-Biz Booster Blog, saying, “While reading, you feel the huge amount of observation, deep thought, and the tedious work that Seth Godin condensed into this little, tiny book…”

hank presents Ode To The 4 Hour Work Week - A Book Review posted at My Investing Blog.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of book marketing carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Thank you to all of our contributors. We will be back in two weeks with more great posts on writing, publishing and marketing books.

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