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		<title>10 Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts for Self-Published Authors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. DO: Proof everything&#8230;
&#8230;especially cover copy, press releases and promotional copy.
Better yet, have someone else proof it (it is notoriously hard to see your own mistakes). If your promotional materials contain mistakes, editors and readers will assume that your book is also riddled with mistakes. This looks unprofessional and makes for an uncomfortable reading experience. [...]


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		<title>How to Promote Your Book With Promotional Items</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to promote your book, the first thing you will have to do is learn to be bold. No one will ever care about your book the way you do, so YOU have to tell everyone why it is worth their time. If you can’t bear the idea of collaring people and talking [...]


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		<title>Marketing Your Fiction or Poetry Book With Press Releases</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editors are swamped with press releases. As a fiction or poetry author, you are not sure how to interest them in you and your book. If only I wrote non-fiction, you say to yourself. Then I could at least contact medical publications with something I know they would be interested in.
Don&#8217;t despair. Every fiction book [...]


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		<title>Print On-Demand: Is POD Right For Me &#8212; Sales Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Print On-Demand publishing offers relief from handling all the orders and sales transactions that you would have to handle if you printed 5000 copies of your book, stored them in your garage and handled all the order fulfillment yourself. Print on-demand companies usually arrange for the book to be listed with bookstores and databases under [...]


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		<title>How To Market Your Book To Libraries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2001 18:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you dream of seeing your book on library shelves, spring is the perfect time to contact them.
Most libraries buy books at the start and end of their fiscal years, and for many libraries that year runs from June-July, according to American Library Association figures. That gives you just enough time to whip up a [...]


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		<title>Examples of Great Author Bios &#8211; Non-Fiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2001 17:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following on from my article Inventing The Author &#8211; Four Steps To Creating A Compelling Author Bio, here&#8217;s an analysis of the cover blurbs about five best-selling authors. (My comments are to the right of each blurb)





		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2001 17:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2001 16:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JulieD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The manuscript is finished, now you have to convince people they want it (whether the reader, editor, agent or publisher). Here’s where you turn from writer to marketer and there is nothing harder than selling yourself.  First-time authors and self-publishers (and some more experienced!) need to avoid the common mistakes in writing their author bio [...]


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