As I mentioned in my last post, despite my earlier intentions, I did spend a fair amount of time pitching book ideas at Book Expo America. In this post I’ll tell you a bit about what that was like, what strategies I used, and what I found most beneficial. As I walked around the expo hall, I looked for publishers…
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I attended Book Expo America this year with little thought of doing much other than reporting on it, if possible. I was going to spend most of my time at Blog World & New Media Expo, which happens concurrently, and hop upstairs now and then for a friend’s book signing and to scope out the free books. However, I did…
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This is part 3 in the series on The Importance of Passion, Purpose and Authenticity in Your Pitch Almost two years ago heard Kathryn McHugh, former executive editor at Da Capo Press Lifelong Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, in New York City, talk about how purpose, passion and authenticity can turn into publishable products. McHugh took on…
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This is part 2 in the series on The Importance of Passion, Purpose and Authenticity in Your Pitch Almost two years ago heard Kathryn McHugh, former executive editor at Da Capo Press Lifelong Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, in New York City, talk about how purpose, passion and authenticity can turn into publishable products. McHugh took on…
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This is a 3-part series on The Importance of Passion, Purpose and Authenticity in Your Pitch What makes an agent or acquisitions editor walk away from a pitch session at a writers’ conference unable to stop thinking about that one particular book idea and that one specific writer? The pitch may not have been perfect. It may simply have brimmed…
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Today’s guest post is from my colleague, Dana Lynn Smith, The Savvy Book Marketer. Some authors are introverts, preferring to remain in the background and write, rather than interacting with others. But promoting the author is an integral part of promoting a book. That’s especially true for nonfiction authors, where promoting the author as an expert in their subject is…
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So many people fear bad publicity. Writers want to write under pseudonyms so no one will know who really wrote their books. They don’t want to have their social networking status updates go “public.” Have you ever heard the old saying, “There’s no such thing as bad publicity?” Well, let me tell you a story, and this one relates to…
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