Book Marketing Tip of the Week
July 14, 2009: Bastille Day, American Armed Forces Day, Corkboard Birthday, International Obscurity Day, Pick Blueberries Day, Tape Measure Birthday, Space WeekDetails on these days — and 18,800 others! — can be found in
John Kremer's Celebrate Today Special Events Data Files.In this issue . . .
-- The Power of the Platform
-- websites for authors
-- John Kremer coming to Denver, Colorado
-- specialty retailers
-- Twitter tip - monitor conversations
-- free virtual author tour
-- Virtual Barber Shop: YouTube videos with 3-D soundThe Power of the Platform
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Robin Jay of the Las Vegas Convention Speakers Bureau, is offering a special opportunity to readers of this newsletter to contribute to a new book, The Power of the Platform: Speakers on Purpose. There is no easier, quicker, and more affordable way to get published than by contributing to an anthology like this.Who's already in this edition? Jack Canfield, Brian Tracy, Keith Ferrazzi, Marci Shimoff, and Barbara DeAngelis. Nice company to be in.
If you sign up to be in this anthology, Robin is offering up to a 50% discount on preferred positions plus a free copy of her Authors Secrets teleseminar program (which features interviews with Robin Jay, John Kremer, Susan Zimmer, and Don Boyer). It's yours free when you tell Robin I sent you info on this new anthology.
In addition, everyone who gets this newsletter can get a free ebook of the premiere edition of The Power of the Platform: Speakers on Success just for asking.
Email Robin at Robin@LVCSB.com or call her at 702-460-1420 for more information on the anthology and how you can become involved.
Note: The deadline for participating in this anthology is coming up soon. Be sure to check it out right away if you are interested.
websites for authors
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Here are some websites that feature authors, books, reviews, or related
subjects:http://www.bibliotarian.org - Features a book search engine to find the lowest prices for books, with affiliate fees going to charity via the Book Wish Foundation.
http://www.bookbuzzr.com — A free page-flipping site for authors to recreate their books as dynamic ebooks. Neat service. (For other page-flipping options, see http://www.bookmarket.com/pageflipping.htm.
http://www.mymediainfo.com - Provides access to a database of over 80,000 North American news outlets. Plus editorial calendars. For a free trial, go to http://mymediainfo.com/mymediainfo/initregister.jsp.
http://www.reviewthebook.com - A new book review site.
John Kremer coming to Denver, Colorado
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If you want to sell more books in the coming year, both offline and online, join me in Denver for my combined Book Marketing Blast-Off seminar and my Ten Million Eyeballs Internet Marketing seminar.Dates: Thursday through Sunday, July 30th to August 2nd.
Times: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. all four days
Location: Doubletree Hotel (Denver SE), 13696 E Iliff Place, Aurora, Colorado 80014-1319; 303-337-2800. They offer a courtesy shuttle from the Denver airport. Call the hotel to request a shuttle pickup. Web: http://www.denversoutheast.doubletree.com
You can read about the Book Marketing Blast-Off seminar at: http://www.bookmarket.com/blastoff.htm
You can read all about the Ten Million Eyeballs Internet Marketing seminar at http://www.TenMillionEyeballs.com
Tuition: a 4-day everything-revealed seminar for only $597
If you'd like to take the Book Marketing Blast-Off and Ten Million Eyeballs Internet Marketing seminars, click here: http://budurl.com/jx9e
This will probably be a small event, so you'll get lots of individual attention if you want it. But you have to make plans to come.
specialty retailers
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Here are some more specialty retailers who stock books as well as gifts:City Treasures Gift Shop, Connie Pellechia, Atlantis Marine World, 431 E Main Street, Riverhead, New York 11901; 631-308-9200, ext. 103; Fax: 631-208-0466. Email: CityTreasures@amwny.com. Web: http://www. atlantismarineworld.com. Features aquatic apparel, books, toys, jewelry, and gifts.
Cooks Boulevard, 1309 Castro Street, San Francisco, California 94114; 415-647-2665. Email: customerservice@cooksboulevard.com. Web:
http://www.cooksboulevard.com. Cookware, specialty foods, cookbooks.Cradle of Aviation Museum Store, One Davis Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530; 516-572-4111; Fax: 516-572-4065. Web: http://www. cradleofaviation.org. Aviation and space gifts and books.
Echoes, The Manassas Museum Store, Jane Riley, Manager, 9101 Prince William Street, Manassas, Virginia 20110; 703-257-8453. Email: echoes@ci.manassas.va.us. Web: http://www.manassasmuseum.org.
Features Civil War books, prints, Virginia crafts, children's educational books and toys, gifts, and keepsakes.Long Island Children's Museum Store, 11 Davis Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530; 516-224-5814. Email: store@licm.org. Web:
http://www.licm.org. Children's books, toys, kits, and gifts.The Long Island Museum Store, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook, New York 11790-1992; 631-751-0066, ext. 271; Fax: 631-751-0353. Email:
mail@longislandmuseum.org. Web: http://www.longislandmuseum.org. Art and history books.Murder by the Book, 2342 Bissonnet Street, Houston, Texas 77005; 713-524-8597; Fax: 713-522-7945. Email: david@murderbooks.com. Web: http://www.murderbooks.com. Twitter: @murderbooks. Mysteries and detective novels.
Nassau County Museum of Art, Museum Shop, One Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor, New York 11576; 516-625-2779. Web: http://www.nassaumuseum. com. Art gifts and books.
Omnivore Books on Food, 3885A Cesar Chavez Street, San Francisco, California 94131; 415-282-4712. Email: info@omnivorebooks.com. Web: http://www.omnivorebooks.com. Cookbooks and other books on food.
William King Regional Arts Center, Museum Store, 415 Academy Drive,
Abingdon, Virginia 24210; 276-628-5005. Web: http://www.wkrac.org. Art books and gifts.Twitter tip - monitor conversations
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The following tip was provided by Michael Volkin, author of Social Networking for Authors (available at http://www.sellatonofbooks.com):With http://www.Monitter.com you can type in various keywords to find what people are tweeting about. For example, if your book is on military basic training, you can use various keywords like basic training, boot camp, drill sergeants, etc. When someone tweets with those phrases, you can see the tweet in real time and begin to communicate with that potential customer.
Note from John: To converse directly with someone, send them a tweet which begins with that person's profile name. For example:
@johnkremer I noticed you are heading for basic training. For some tips on how to survive basic training, see http://mybasictrainingsite.com.
Or you can be less commercial and more specific by sending them to a specific page that answers one of their questions.
free virtual author tour
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You can win a free virtual book tour for your latest nonfiction or historical fiction. Eligible titles must have a release date between 9/15/08 and 7/15/09.To enter for a chance to win, send an email to steffercat@austin.rr.com
with the following information. Deadline: July 15, 2009. That means you have only TWO days to act.* Author's name, address, phone #, website URL, and email address
* Book title, release date, genre, publisher, editor, # of pages, price, format
* Book Marketing Tip of the Week (so they know you heard from me)The winner will be notified on Thursday, July 16th, by literary publicist Stephanie Barko (http://www.authorsassistant.com/barko.htm). The winning author and book will be toured in the fall of 2009.
Note: all entries will remain confidential. No details will be shared with others or sold.
Virtual Barber Shop: YouTube videos with 3-D sound
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Jeff Rivera, author of Forever My Lady, has created several YouTube videos that create 3-D sound. These are best listened to with a set of headphones. Check them out at:Virtual Boot Camp 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvmC79eUIQY
Virtual Boot Camp 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R329aIBNPrs
Quotable Books
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To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
— William Wordsworth, poet
Click on the above book cover to order this great collection as a Word ebook for only $7.00.
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