I decided when I was traveling to add what I hope will be a regular feature here on 1st Books, which I'm calling 1 Thing Thursday (#1ThTh). The idea: share each …
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Book Marketing Tips
Low-Price Promotion and the Value of Books
Harper Books, which published my latest novel, has had it deeply discounted for Mother's Day. I greatly appreciate this for my particular book, as it …
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The Loveliest Way to Connect with Readers
Twice in the last week I've done what I used to do a lot, but don't much get to do these days due to a blessedly full writing and personal life: I visited book …
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19 Twitter Tips for Authors + Others
What makes people follow, favorite, click, and retweet? This post updates one I did two years ago--a generation or more in social media right?--with info I …
Five Facebook Tips for Authors and Others (or "Being Generous Always Feels Better than Being Jealous")
Having only recently learned to size my Timeline photos 403x403 square only to find that no longer works with the new face of Facebook timeline--or at least not …
Perils of Social Media Interface Software for Twitter and Facebook
I've been using social media interfacing software for some time to organize my twitter engagement because it allows me to, for example, schedule a tweet about a …
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11 Twitter Tips for Authors + Others
What makes people follow, favorite, click, and retweet? And does that have anything to do with who buys what books? Today, I came across a Stanford study, Who …
How to Cut a Digital Heart out of Your Book Jacket
This little heart I was so proud of Friday garnered a lot of requests for how it's done. It's very simple: In Word, open a blank document and in the insert …
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A Facebook Tip for Writers and Others With Fan Pages
An easy to-do for anyone with a personal facebook page and a fan page: List as your place of work on your regular page the URL for your fan page. The link will …
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On Reviews
I'm in that wonderful place for a writer: between reviews. But I came across a piece in Publisher's Weekly today listing 13 remarkably bad reviews for classic …
