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Rain, Sleet, Snow or Shine – Tidy up your mess! That’s the writer’s lot.
Oregon can have a lot of varied weather and today in Hood River was one of those. Ice pebbles in the early morning rain almost forming an opaque screen on the windshield followed by a warm front with fifty degree rain interspersed with sunshine… Continue Reading “Rain, Sleet, Snow or Shine – Tidy up your mess! That’s the writer’s lot.”
Another Great Day in the PR of Civil War Book “Rough Enough”
Wow! There I was, pulling up my Author site on Amazon and there for the first time, they have let someone post a Review! James R. Holland gets the kudos for fast action and superb verbiage in writing a review that really takes your… Continue Reading “Another Great Day in the PR of Civil War Book “Rough Enough””
Battlefield Journal reviews New Book “Rough Enough”
Today was a real fun day to read Kristie Poehler’s Winter Edition of “Battlefield Journal” which has a two page spread on my new Civil and Indian War book “Rough Enough.” Check it out at <www.battlefieldjournal.com> Kristie highlights the section of the book dealing with… Continue Reading “Battlefield Journal reviews New Book “Rough Enough””
More on the PR for “Rough Enough” – Sites on the Web
If I were to take a moment to think on the pattern for setting up blogs, social media and book sites, I would definitely put WordPress and Amazon at the top of my list to get built up so that people have both a… Continue Reading “More on the PR for “Rough Enough” – Sites on the Web”
Marketing Prep for the book release -Continued
Today was another of those great February false spring days with a bit of sunshine, temperatures up in the high forty’s and no winds. I could almost hear the buds on the grape vines and apple trees beginning to pop out. Let’s hope they… Continue Reading “Marketing Prep for the book release -Continued”
Oops! What did you say that Media Book Rate Was? $2.53 or $7.59?
The other day I was bragging to a friend about how mailing out the several hundred media copies of my new book, Rough Enough was only costing me $2.47 a book (now $2.53 with the new rates). Pretty good when you consider that regular… Continue Reading “Oops! What did you say that Media Book Rate Was? $2.53 or $7.59?”
More PR work on “Rough Enough”
I’m beginning to understand why a lot of authors just put their book out there on the internet and hope that someone will discover them (which of course the probably won’t with 50,000 books per year being published). It’s bloody hard work to do… Continue Reading “More PR work on “Rough Enough””
Marketing “Rough Enough” – How I got started on the book!
The Civil War is a lifelong compulsion for some persons so in that respect I an a Ricky-come-lately having only really gotten interested in 1994 while discussing with my then dying father some of the papers and letters he wanted to leave to me. … Continue Reading “Marketing “Rough Enough” – How I got started on the book!”
More Marketing on “Rough Enough”
Raining in Hood River, can’t go skiing so this AM is another push to get out copies of the book to a number of people who have indicated that they would be willing to review it in their local newspapers or on Amazon once… Continue Reading “More Marketing on “Rough Enough””
Targeting the Newspapers for Book PR
Interspersed with the “at home” holiday snacks and drinks today I managed to put together another bunch of addresses for recipients of my PR materials that will go to Newspapers. It’s always amazing to see how long it takes to get things done on… Continue Reading “Targeting the Newspapers for Book PR”
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