In this issue . . .
-- The Adventures of Saffron Sally
-- TV Directory sale . . .
-- Florida Library Association conference displays
-- The Women for Hire Career Expo: Book Writing Seminars
-- upcoming book trade shows
The Adventures of Saffron Sally
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Novelist Melanie Lynn Hauser is writing a very interesting serial blog,
perhaps a novel in progress (although she denies this), but whatever it
is, it is good writing. Check it out here:
http://www.melanielynnehauser.com/sally
I just read Episode Six and it was a hoot. Or, as she would say, it
tickled my fanny.
TV Directory sale
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Steve Harrison's Guide to the Top National TV Talk & Interview Shows
is going on sale today until Friday at 6:00 p.m. Eastern time. You can
save up to $200 for the best TV show directory by going to this website:
http://www.appearontoptvshows.com/special/?10005
The guide features 259 top national shows with key contacts, what they
are looking for, and how to get booked. Shows include Oprah, Good
Morning America, CNN, Today, Fox News, MSNBC, Larry King Live,
Bloomberg TV, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, etc. A treasure trove
of detailed info that will help you get featured on national TV.
At the same time, Joe Sabah is asking people to join Joe's Bathrobe
Club to promote your book via radio shows done from home. Check out
the details at http://www.SabahRadioShows.com.
Florida Library Association convention display
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Florida Publishers Association is now taking submissions of books and
other products for display in its booth at the Florida Library Association
convention, scheduled for April 22-24, at the Trade Winds Island Resort
in St. Petersburg. The display is open to both member and nonmember
publishers, self-publishers and authors. Participation details can be
downloaded in PDF at http://www.flbookpub.org/FLA%20display%2008.pdf
or by request from FPAbooks@aol.com.
The Women for Hire Career Expo: Book Writing Seminars
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Robyn Spizman, co-author of the Author 101 series, will be speaking at
The Women For Hire Career Expos on Thursday, March 27th in New York
and Tuesday, April 1st in Atlanta, Georgia. Each talk will be fast-paced
90-minute seminars on writing books and getting them published. Her
sessions will be from 10: 45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. each day.
To find out more about the Women for Hire Career Expos, go to
http://www.womenforhire.com. To find out about Robyn's talks, go to:
http://www.womenforhire.com/career_expos/book_writing_and_publishing_seminar.
The registration fee for either talk is $85, but if you enter the following
code (BWPS) at checkout, you will save $20. To register for the talks,
go to http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=153309.
That is not an affiliate link. It just assures that you can get the $20
discount Robyn is offering to readers of this newsletter.
Another Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog
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Ronda Del Boccio, The Story Lady, now has a blog at the Seattle PI
called Brain TV: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/braintv. I like the
title. Should be a good read.
John Kremer's Marketing Books Online Seminar
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During this seminar, I will be teaching four insider ways to get five to
ten million online impressions for your book, your ideas, your website, or
whatever else you want to promote. That simple. I'll teach you the
fastest way, a slower way, and a really inexpensive way that doesn't
take a lot of time or knowledge to implement.
John Kremer's Online Book Marketing Seminar
Also April 26 to 27, 2008, in West Palm Beach, Florida
And May 28 to 29, 2008, in Los Angeles, California (right before BEA)
A DVD/online course will be available later this summer.
upcoming book trade shows
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The following list of upcoming trade shows of interest to book publishers
comes courtesy of my book distributor, National Book Network:
London Book Fair -- Dates: 04/14 - 04/16
Location: Earls Court London / Web: http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk
IRA (International Reading Association) -- Dates: 5/4 – 5/8
Location: Atlanta, GA / Web: http://www.reading.org/association/meetings/annual.html
Book Expo America -- Dates: 05/30 - 06/01
Location: Los Angeles, CA / Web: http://www.bookexpoamerica.com
Book Expo Canada -- Dates: 06/15 - 06/16
Location: Toronto, Ontario / Web: http://www.bookexpo.ca
ALA (American Library Association) Conference -- Dates: 06/28 - 07/01
Location: Anaheim, CA / Web: http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2008a/home.htm
Christian Booksellers Association Trade Show -- Dates: 07/13 - 07/17
Location: Orlando, FL / Web: http://www.christianretailshow.com
Frankfurt Book Fair -- Dates: 10/15 - 10/19
Location: Frankfurt, Germany / Web: http://www.frankfurt-book-fair.com
Quotable Books update
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Dance as if no one were watching. Sing as if no one were listening.
And live every day as if it were your last. — Irish proverb
More great quotes at http://www.quotablebooks.com