Montclair Literary Festival & The Ultimate Book Marketing Workshop
Join me at the Montclair Literary Festival on March 29th at 11:30 for The Ultimate Book Marketing Workshop! Please Note: This event has been postponed until September 2020. New details to come. Get Your Books Noticed & Increase Sales in 90 minutes When authors ask, “Do I really need to market my book?” There’s only […]
Find Your Readers Book Marketing Workshop: September 22!
Have you published a book but wish your sales were more robust? Perhaps your book is traditionally published and you’re disappointed with the amount of marketing and PR your publisher’s doing. Maybe you’re self-published and don’t know where to start or how to market your book. The hard truth is that no matter which way […]
Self-Publish Like A Pro Workshop
Are you working on a manuscript that you plan to self-publish? Don’t get daunted by the process. Learn everything you need to know to hit the “publish” button with confidence and authority in this one-day workshop. We’ll cover: distributors, exclusivity, book covers, editing, beta readers, ISBN numbers, front matter, back matter, ebooks vs. paperback, […]
Who Says A Self-Published Book Can’t Get Into Barnes & Noble?
Years ago, when I first contemplated self-publishing my novel, I remember noting that one of the downsides would be that I’d never see my book in Barnes & Noble. To see your book in Barnes & Noble has been the holy grail of publishing for many first-time authors since the invention of the written […]
Act Before You Think
On a Facebook writers group I’m a member of, someone started a discussion by asking who among us were Indies, who were traditionally published, and who were “authors in waiting.” I suspected the term “author in waiting” to be someone with a completed manuscript who was waiting to either secure a literary agent, or a […]
RECAP: Self-Published to Bestseller! with Eva Lesko Natiello
In case you couldn’t attend, here is a wonderful recap of the Writers Circle Speaker Series talk I gave last weekend about self-publishing.
Self-Published Book Beats the Odds by Making the New York Times Bestseller List
When I self-published my book, admittedly, it was the last resort. It was the backup plan if I had failed to sell it to a trade publisher. I promised myself that if I couldn’t sell it, or find an agent to represent me, I would not tuck it in a drawer and […]
Self-published book, THE MEMORY BOX makes the USA TODAY Bestseller List!
I am so thrilled to announce that THE MEMORY BOX has made its debut on the USA TODAY Best-selling Books list this week! Wow, what a week it’s been. A few days ago, THE MEMORY BOX was the #1 book in the Barnes & Noble’s Nook store, the iTunes store and Kobo and […]
What Do Turkey, Canada, and Libraries Have in Common?
photo by Roberto Saltori Lots of great news to report on THE MEMORY BOX this month. That’s what you gotta love about books, right? If THE MEMORY BOX were a pair of jeans, it would have been old after six months. If it were a song, one month. A tuna sandwich, 2 days. But a […]