Archive for December, 2008
How to Sell More Books at Your Speaking Engagements
Here’s a great nugget for how to sell your books during speaking engagements, from The Publishing Game: Bestseller in 30 Days, by Fern Reiss.
Before your next speaking engagement, autograph copies of your book and put an “Autographed Copy” sticker on the front.
Place one book on each chair. During your time at the podium your audience [...]
Holiday Greetings
The staff at WinePress would like to wish you a very blessed and happy holiday season.
The WinePress management team has a short presentation to bring you holiday cheer.
Blessings!
WinePress Staff
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Increase Your Visibility Via Social Networking
Terry Burns, literary agent for Hartline Literary Agency, says:
I’m in a half dozen writing groups including ACFW, Western Writers of America, Panhandle Professional writers and a number of others.
I social network in Shoutlife, Facebook, Book Marketing Network, Christian Authors Network, Good Reads, Jacketflap, Edgy Christian Fiction Writers, Shelfari, and I even have a [...]
How to Collect Sales Tax on Book Sales
If your publisher sells and distributes your book, they will handle the sales tax collection, reporting, and payment.
If, however, you purchase copies of your book at the wholesale author discounted price and sell them (at the retail price) to your customers, you will need to collect sales tax and pay it to the state in [...]
Promote Your Blog on Social Networking Sites
By Jinger Jarrett, author of Internet Marketing for Free
Blogging is one of the easiest ways to get high rankings in the search engines. If you write about a popular topic that you’re passionate about, you can get a lot of readers.
The problem is that a lot of bloggers rely on search engines as their [...]
The Difference is in the Details
It was my night to cook and creamy chicken surprise was the main course. It would have been great, except that I left out one detail when copying the recipe: the milk used to make it creamy.
The mush ended up breaking a serving ladle and is now affectionately referred to as “chickcrete.”
One detail [...]
Author Interviews
Tuesday, November 9th
Dick Fetzer, Please Listen To Me
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Creating an Internet Radio Show: Q & A with Theola Kelly
Theola Kelly is president of Puget Sound Women of Wisdom Ministries, a published poet, and the host of the “Woman to Woman” radio show.
We asked Theola about “Woman to Woman,” and would like to share her insights with you.
How have you used Internet radio to expand/build your platform?
My vision is global, and without Internet capabilities [...]
The Captain’s Job: A Titanic One
“Iceberg ahead!”
You can probably imagine the scene, especially if you’ve watched the movie Titanic. In such a situation, when wisdom, action, and decisiveness are vital to avert impending disaster, the captain is the most important individual on the ship. It is to his leadership and experience that the crew and passengers turn their thoughts.
Naturally, [...]
Pros and Cons of Internet Talk Radio
I read an article in Publishers Weekly about authors hosting their own Internet radio shows on BlogTalkRadio.com.
“The company is based in New Jersey and has about 14 employees. Levy, who has a background in the telecommunications industry, says, ‘Anyone can host their own show. All you need is a phone.’ Signing up for BTR is [...]
