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> <channel><title>Comments on: Book Shepherds &#8211; Who Are They? What Do They Do? Should You Hire One?</title> <atom:link href="http://www.sellingbooks.com/book-shepherds-who-are-they-what-do-they-do-should-you-hire-one/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.sellingbooks.com/book-shepherds-who-are-they-what-do-they-do-should-you-hire-one/</link> <description>Your Guide to Writing, Publishing and Marketing Books and Ebooks</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:48:25 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>By: Stephanie Barko</title><link>http://www.sellingbooks.com/book-shepherds-who-are-they-what-do-they-do-should-you-hire-one/comment-page-1/#comment-57669</link> <dc:creator>Stephanie Barko</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:28:37 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.sellingbooks.com/book-shepherds-who-are-they-what-do-they-do-should-you-hire-one#comment-57669</guid> <description>Among an author&#039;s team members, the most logical publishing industry professional to hire as a book shepherd or project manager is the book&#039;s publicist.
When an author makes her publicist her shepherd, the author can be saved from her own mistakes. Publicists are more effective when they are allowed to direct a project early on enough to insure its marketability.
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