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ISSN 1545-5599 BOOK PROMOTION NEWSLETTER Issue 56: April 13, 2005 EDITOR: FRANCINE SILVERMAN http://www.bookpromotionnewsletter.com http://www.nystatetravel.com ========================================================= FREE Telephone Seminar next Thursday, April 21st on ... WHAT RICH AUTHORS KNOW THAT POOR AUTHORS DON'T Want to make a whole lot more from your non-fiction book-- maybe even enough to go full-time? After working with 9,300+ authors over the last 18 years, I've learned that rich authors simply do seven key things differently than poor authors. Join me Thursday night, April 21st for a free telephone seminar on rich authors' strategies. Register free at http://www.freeauthortips.com/call296 ============================================================ Introduction When the last issue went out, 108 bounced back to my list manager ??“ the most I??™ve ever experienced. The majority were to AOL addresses. I know that most of those addresses are fine but probably my newsletter is viewed as SPAM by AOL. If you??™re on AOL and wish to receive the newsletter, please do what you can to allow the newsletter through. I have always tried to re-send issues to paid subscribers but as subscriptions grow and more issues are bounced, this will be too time-consuming and frustrating ??“ since most of them will bounce back to me. --------------- I want to remind you about the contest to win a free copy of Book Marketing from A-Z. I've only gotten one entry so far. Come on, guys, -you're all writers and familiar with this newsletter (from which the material in the book was taken). The details are in the last issue and at http://www.readers-choice.net/Contests.htm Send entries to Contests@Readers-Choice.net ========================================================== Please consider adding www.AuthorsandExperts.com and www.SchoolBookings.com to your list of resources. These are great places for authors, experts, and speakers to connect with members of the media, those searching for speakers, and schools. Free to schools and media members and an economical resource for authors and experts. =========================================================== In This Issue: 1) Feature Article 2) Promotional Coups 3) Grist for Your Mill 4) Progress Report 5) Subscriber to Subscriber 6) Kudos 1) Feature Article Once upon a time, Australian author Cheryl Wright was so shy about self-promoting that sitting in the dentist??™s chair was preferable to promoting!! That has all changed. Read on??¦??¦??¦ ---- Marketing Yourself, Or; My Life as the Queen of Promotions Three years ago I was a total unknown; I wanted to change that completely, but didn??™t know how. ???Marketing??™ my friends all said; I had no idea what they were talking about. Besides, I??™m not the kind of person to get up in front of a crowd and start spouting my mouth off, nor do I enjoy ???tooting my own horn??™. And anyway, I didn??™t have anything to sell; I didn??™t have a book published. What was I going to promote? So I procrastinated, did nothing, just waited for editors to come to me. Ha! As if that would ever happen. But I wanted to write, I wanted to get published, and wanted editors to call me. I joined a writers??™ egroup and I lurked. I read what they had to say, melded into the background, and learned. I began to see the same names time after time. I started to trust the knowledge of those more active members, and I was learning a lot of new information about writing. I joined more online groups, and was actively involved in a few forums for writers. Over time, writers began to ask me questions. I was getting private emails from writers on the forums; I was being seen as a mentor, someone to trust. But why? I didn??™t understand it at first, until I analyzed what I??™d been doing. What I discovered amazed me; just as I had come to trust those more experienced writers in the egroups I??™d joined, other writers were connecting with me ??“ because I was ???visible??™. I was still rather shy about ???coming out??™ ??“ I??™d rather write than anything else, and I sure as heck didn??™t want to market myself; going to the dentist was more fun. A little over two years ago, I resolved to really get into this writing thing, but I was still a virtual unknown. My biggest problem was I could barely use the Internet. I couldn??™t even conduct an easy search. (How I ever managed forums I??™ll never know!) How could I market myself if I couldn??™t get around? So, I spent many months learning as much as I possibly could about using the net. And still, those same names I??™d seen a year or so earlier were popping up all over the net. I was told I needed a website. Boy, was that a challenge! Eventually, I built a website; it was small, very ordinary (extremely hard work!) but functional. Then I added a few freebies for writers to my website. I searched the internet for great links and helpful ebooks. I subscribed to some really good (and really bad) ezines for writers. I was still learning, and growing as a writer. But I still wasn??™t happy. Then, out of the blue, an opportunity arose to have my website reviewed by the editor of a large writer??™s ezine. I did something I would never have done before; I grabbed it with both hands. In less than a week, I had 350 hits on my site. Word got around ??“ I had freebies! Within three months I??™d had one thousand hits. I couldn??™t believe it. I was beginning to see the advantages of marketing myself. One of my short stories was accepted for publication. A link back to my site lifted my profile again. I was beginning to get my work published ??“ bit by bit ??“ and very slowly. I looked for marketing opportunities. What??™s more, I took them! And they were working. February 2003, I decided to write full-time; many people told me it was impossible ??“ it would never happen. March 2003 I contacted the editor of a website for women; I secured a regular humour column. May 2003 I had secured another regular column, a monthly travel article for a print magazine. I was ecstatic. That same month, I was appointed editor for a local newsletter. I was selling more and more of my writing. Each month I sold at least one or two articles ??“ a lot of those were to websites or ezines for writers. Cynics said I??™d never do it; making money from writing was impossible. But they didn??™t have my tenacity, and they weren??™t marketing themselves. An English friend suggested I start an ezine. After all, I was already trying to help other writers with my freebies and links; why not take it one step further? So I did; May 20th 2003 my first issue went out. I started with ten subscribers ??“ mostly people from the egroups I was on. When the next issue went out, there were thirty subscribers, and the number slowly grew with each issue. I began to get requests for interviews. I was extremely nervous, even though it was all done by email. My confidence grew, and I actively searched out marketing opportunities. Each day I spent an absolute minimum of one hour on marketing myself. I was writing articles, looking for markets to sell my work, and I was actively pursuing whatever avenues I could find to lift my profile. August 2003 after constant suggestions from other writers, I decided to set up a website for writers. Not just a tiny little concern, but a large site with a ton of information and resources. Work was started on the site October 2003, after securing a trustworthy host. www.writer2writer.com is constantly under construction, and growing steadily. November 2003 I had 180 subscribers. I did the occasional ad swap with other ezine owners, and then I decided to run a contest. I advertised my no-fee contest for writers everywhere I thought writers might congregate; I flooded the Internet with my contest advertisements and ad swaps for my ezine. Almost twelve months after the inaugural issue of ???Writer to Writer???, more than 650 writers were subscribed. This number continues to grow - December 2004, over 1000 writers were subscribed to the ezine. If I see a new website for writers advertised, I write to the editor/owner. If I see an appropriate market for my ebook, I contact the owner. If I see a good home for my free articles, or anything else that will bring me recognition, I contact the editor or owner. Marketing is an ongoing task, and after a while, it becomes second nature. You can??™t afford to let your guard down for even a minute. Unless you have the money to secure a publicist, baby, you??™re on your own. Over the last five months I have sold a short story to a major magazine in the US, released a non-fiction book, signed a contract for a novel, and have run a number of short story workshops (including one for a new writers??™ website). I also have requests for four short stories from various magazines. A number of editors have contacted me for interviews, and in a two month period, I have been interviewed four times. I was even contacted by a Hollywood film company to submit a writing sample to possibly ghost-write a novel based on an upcoming movie. (That one still leaves me gasping.) I also continue with my monthly travel column and regularly sell articles to websites and ezines for writers. (I don??™t know about you, but I??™m worn out!) I strongly acknowledge that if I hadn??™t marketed myself, none of this would have happened. And what??™s more, editors are now contacting me, seeking me out. (Not bad for someone who was a virtual unknown May 2003. What I??™ve learned over time is that writers are a commodity, and like any other product or service, we have to sell ourselves. Marketing your book is fine, but the most important part of marketing is to sell yourself. Gain the trust of your readers, your followers, let them know you will deliver, and evoke name recognition. If you can do that, you??™re well on your way. ---------- Cheryl is author of two bestselling ebooks, THINK OUTSIDE THE SQUARE: WRITING PUBLISHABLE (SHORT) STORIES and I WANNA WIN! ??“ Tips for Becoming an Award Winning Writer. Her debut novel, SAVING EMMA, was released January 2005 by Whiskey Creek Press. http://www.cheryl-wright.com =========================================================== Individualized, professional, in-depth manuscript editing. Helping turn manuscripts into published books, and developing writers into successful authors. Malone Editorial Services. http://www.maloneeditorial.com maloneeditorial@hotmail.com? ? (903) 326-4945. =========================================================== 2) Promotional Coups When we promote our books, the unexpected can happen: Cindy La Ferle writes a column for a weekly newspaper and her ???beat??? is motherhood and the domestic arts. She is author of WRITING HOME (2005), a collection of her published stories from her column. As part of her promotion, Cindy runs short excerpts from her book on national websites targeted to parents and mothers, who like her, work from home. Naturally, Cindy was pleased and ???surprised??? that she was able to snare national attention this way, but what was really unexpected was that one editor of a family website ???liked the book SO much that she purchased several copies wholesale from me and is now selling them on her own magazine site. I had only asked for a review!??? http://www.laferle.com --------------- I had a similar experience - except in my case book reviews were the unexpected reward. To promote Book Marketing from A-Z, I have been sending press releases to editors of all kinds of newsletters asking if they??™d put something in their issues about the book. To my surprise, the editor and publisher of Hellnotes, a horror newsletter, wrote that if I send her the book, she??™ll assign it to a reviewer for posting in Hellnotes. Likewise, the owner of A Hint of Seduction, a newsletter in the romance, historical and inspirational genres, is featuring me in the ???In the Spotlight??? feature and even gave me the choice of an interview or writing my own article (I chose the latter). I also queried writing sites about possibly featuring my book. These folks went far beyond what I expected: Robert Gentry, editor of Writecorner Press, added my link permanently to his links page. http://www.writecorner.com/links.htm. He has also asked for a copy of my book to review at the earliest in late spring. A multifaceted? electronic press, Writercorner Press http://www.writecorner.com? features the annual E. M. Koeppel Short Fiction Contest (the annual contest submission period ends April 30) and? the P. L. Titus Writing Scholarship.? ???We publish by invitation high quality short fiction and short nonfiction by established writers and emerging ones,??? he says. ???In reviewing new books as well as older ones, we strive to provide fresh insights, pique the curiosity of readers, and thus promote? books.??? contact@writecorner.com ------------ Jan Andersen listed details of the book on her site, World Writer. http://worldwriter.homestead.com/Books.html ------------ Barbara Nicholson Bell of Suite 101 added my blurb to "Resources for Writers." http://www.suite101.com/writerssuite ------------- Sage of Consciousness International Ezine put a blurb on its website: http://sageofcon.com/php1/modules.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=viewlink&cid=9 ------------- Nann Dunne, editor and publisher of Just About Write ezine, plans to add my news to her May issue. JAW (http://www.justaboutwrite.com) is posted online the first day of each month, except July and January. -------------- Finally, because I shared my sensational reviews with my publisher, John Harnish, editor of Infinity Publishing??™s monthly newsletter, contacted me about writing an article for The Author??™s Advocate on how I snared 50 reviewers. -------------- Those were the positive surprises. After receiving eight glowing reviews of Book Marketing from A-Z, I decided to contact the rest of the reviewers whose reviews were not yet written. The following harsh reaction was certainly unexpected: ???We did receive the book, Fran. Sorry to say, we were underwhelmed & decided not to review it, since it would have been negative.??? When I emailed this response to my husband at work, he wrote back: ???Who is this woman? Either a lazy witch or she wanted a free book??¦" =========================================================== REMINDER - The annual subscription fee is $5. Residents of the U.S. may send a check to Francine Silverman, P.O. Box 1333, Riverdale Station, Riverdale, NY 10471 or make payment to Book Promotion Newsletter at PayPal if you have an account with them. Non-residents may use PayPal or send $5 in cash to the post office box. =========================================================== 3) GRIST FOR YOUR MILL Carolyn Howard-Johnson contributed the following: A raffle that will benefit the LA Community College Writers' Program (scholarships!)? associated with my Authors' Coalition booth (#610 near the Barnes and Noble Pavilion at the LA TIMES/UCLA Festival of Books), offers 53 prizes including LA area restaurant gift certificates. Winners get to choose five prizes each from this formidable list, hey, jackpot!! Tickets are $1 and you get one for every dollar you submit. Check it out, if only to see what you can win. Just think of how much good we could do if everyone just risked $1.? Here's the link: http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com? ? and click on Feeling Lucky? You can view raffle details there. ? If you come to the fair [April 23-24, 2005], drop by our booth.? We are giving free humorous gift? books with every purchase while supplies last. ----------------------------- The Chicken Soup for the Soul series is currently accepting non-fiction short stories. According to Theresa Peluso, who has worked for the publisher of the bestselling series for more than 20 years, ???We pay for material and need non-exclusive rights. Previously published stories are welcome so check your archives for something that may be suitable. Each project is a bit different so details on guidelines and compensation can be reviewed at the corresponding website.??? ? Chicken Soup for the Soul, Healthy Living Series (4 titles) Diabetes, Asthma, Stress, Arthritis (pub date Mar 2006) www.thehealthysoul.com ? Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul, 2nd Edition (pub date May 2006) http://www.horseloverssoul.com ? Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul Daily Inspirations (pub date Jan 2006) http://www.recoveringsoul.com ? Chicken Soup for the Soul, People Helping People (pub date Aug 2006) http://www.soulofthepeople.com ? Chicken Soup for the Shoppers Soul (Sep 2006) (website under construction) Theresa can be reached at tbdev@bellsouth.net ----------------- Rick Frishman??™s tele-seminars are aired every Wed at 2:00 pm. I will be his guest on May 18, 2005. Go to http://www.plannedtvarts.com. He is offering a free copy of his 45 page ???Million Dollar Rolodox??? for download. It contains contact and resource information. Go to http://www.rickfrishman.com --------------- Terri Kay is inviting you to become a guest author on her site.? ???This is free,??? she says, and ???requires only a little cutting & pasting work on your part. You can send information on more than one book. You may find that you are a featured author more than once.??? Following are her needs: Page one of your book A short bio A description of your book Price and source info on where one might buy your book(s) Please send your cover and personal photo as a second separate e-mail, and when you do, please make them 3" x 4" or smaller in size in JPEG. Larger files are harder to manipulate. Make sure that you own the photo rights to your cover and personal photos. See her web page http://www.terrikay.com/GuestAuthorIndex.html for general guidelines and http://www.terrikay.com/KatherineShephard1.html for an example. The general guidelines are provided so that people don't send her HUGE files. But if you use the general format of the shephard1 file as an example, you will be fine. If you want to link to a web site from your featured page on her site, please give her the string for directing it to specific page on the other web site. Your page will appear on her site for several months, and because of the level of work involved, probably indefinitely. "I encourage you to link to your page on my site also," says Terri. "And naturally, I reserve the right to edit the materials as I see fit and to delete a page not conforming to Amazon's guidelines or my own (e.g., bad links, book not available, etc ). Further, I am not responsible if the web site goes down or someone troubles the Internet waters." ------------ In her interview at the Write From Home website, Arlene Uslander discusses everything from how she manages her writing career to the joys and pitfalls of POD publishing. The material is right up our alley. Arlene is author of 14 nonfiction books and 400 articles. http://www.writefromhome.com/interviews/456uslander.htm -------------- Shel Horowitz contributed the following: Publishing Profit Conference will be held in New York City, May 31-June 2, 2005, ???organized by Fred Gleeck and including, among others, John Kremer, author of 100 Ways to Market Your Book... Jerry Jenkins, co-author of Publish to Win, publisher of Independent Publisher magazine, and one of the top special sales consultants in the industry...Paul Hartunian, the legendary expert on free media publicity who actually sold the Brooklyn Bridge, in small pieces (and found buyers)...Rick Frishman, co-author of Guerrilla Publicity and president of the hugely successful media placement firm, Planned Television Arts... ???Out of 12 panelists, the three I've heard were excellent (Kremer, Jenkins, and Alex Carroll). ???Fred is someone who (in spite of his large bank account) understands the value of frugality. Thus, this conference is normally $197, but I've negotiated a $50 discount. You have to learn about the seminar on Fred's website http://www.PublishingProfit.com -- but then to get the discount, you register on my site https://www.frugalfun.com/~frugalfu/secureorder.html. ???Oh, and if you happen to see the "this page is not secure" dialog, don't worry about it. The page where you select the seminar or other products has both secure and nonsecure versions, and I still never know which one I'll land on--but the page that actually collects payment information is completely secure and has no unsecure alias.??? Shel is a copywriter, marketing consultant, author and speaker. =================================================== Book Marketing from A-Z (Infinity Publishing 2005) Written by 325 paid subscribers to Book Promotion Newsletter Available at http://www.buybooksontheweb.com (Category: Marketing) Subscribers are entitled to a 20% discount. Contact Fran at franalive@optonline.net for code. The publisher's toll free number does not work outside the continental US and orders cannot be processed from its website for shipping outside the US. Subscribers in foreign countries who wish to purchase the book with the discount may email Michelle at michelle@buybooksontheweb.com or fax an order (610/941-9959). She will provide confirmation that your order has been received and will be processed promptly. When using these options subscribers should put everything to Michelle's attention and reference the Promotional Code (contact Fran for code). If emailing Michelle, DO NOT put your credit card number in any email correspondence as this is not secure. Mail: Infinity Publishing, 1094 New Dehaven St, Suite 100, West Conshohocken, PA 19428 -------------- Interview: http://www.readers-choice.net Reviews: Jeremy Hoover ??“ Hoover Reviews - http://hooverreviews.blogspot.com Barbara Scott - http://www.curledup.com/bkmarket.htm (Category - How to/Self-Help) Shirley Roe, managing editor of AllBooksReview, http://allbookreviews.com/Default.aspx?tabid=407 and is available in its bookstore. Her review also appears at American Cronicle??™s website: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=287 Bob Spear -? Heartland Reviews - http://www.heartlandreviews.com/Writers_Books_Apr05.html (four stars) Mayra Calvani - http://www.review-books.com (Category - Writing) Tami Brady ??“ Blether - http://blether.com Book Marketing from A-Z was the only one of the latest reviews to receive a 10/10 - A Blether Gold Award - which represents "A truly exceptional read, the finest example of a genre, a book in which the reviewer can find no fault, and which will usually have universal appeal." The review is no longer under new reviews, but in the category of "Non-fiction - Self-Help." Liana Metal ??“ http://lianametal.tripod.com This review (marked ???Very Highly Recommended???) was accepted by Midwest Book Review and featured as part of the ???Reviewers Recommend??? column in the April 2005 issue of ???Reviewer??™s Bookwatch,??? where it will remain for at least 12 months. The review will also be included in ???Book Review Index??? (an interactive CD-ROM series for corporate, academic and public library systems). Michael Meanwell ??“ The Enterprising Writer - http://www.enterprisingwriter.com/articles57.htm Joyce Handzo ??“ In the Library Reviews - http://www.inthelibraryreview.com/SilvermanFrancine.html#bookmarketing Patricia Fry ??“ SPAWN - http://www.spawn.org/spnews.htm#book%20reviews The review by Charlene Austin, founder/moderator of Writing Road, managing editor of the Writing Road Newsletter and founder and reviewer for Writers and Readers Network is at http://www.writersandreadersnetwork.com/html/bmfaz.html The book is also featured in the Writing Road Newsletter. http://home.earthlink.net/~clyons55 I am also guest author at Charlene??™s chat room, Saturday, April 30, 2005 at 9am PST and noon EST. http://www.writersandreadersnetwork.com [Editor??™s Note ??“ A subscriber once questioned the value of book reviews. The above demonstrates how one review can lead to more promotion]. Internet radio: To listen to my interview with publicist and subscriber Annie Jennings, click http://www.anniejenningspr.com/francine-silverman.htm My interview with Maxine Thompson on her "On The Same Page" show on Voice of America is archived at http://www.maxinethompson.com/voiceamerica.html ********************************************************************** 4) Progress Report The following subscribers have kindly offered to insert a blurb about the book in their newsletters: Wilburta Arrowood, editor of the MARA Matters (Mid-America Romance Authors) newsletter at her local chapter, ran the short article about using contests to market your books that I wrote at her request. All of the some 50 RWA chapter newsletter editors have access to the newsletter loop and thus far my article has been picked up by three. Wilburta is author of FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD (Publishing Designs 2003). http://www.wilburtaarrowood.com ---------- Susan P. Baker in her on-line newsletter. Susan is author of Heart of Divorce and Murdered Judges of the 20th Century, both published in 2004 by Eakin Press, Death of a Prince (Five Star Mysteries 2005) and My First Murder (Author House, 2004, St. Martin's Press, 1989). http://www.susanpbaker.com ---------- Andrea Campbell, author of nine books, ranging from criminal law to party games, in the May/June issue of ???Soup??™s On,??? a free bi-monthly that contains Andrea??™s interests, (from autopsy to Ziggy (her capuchin monkey), news about the publishing industry, and advice and tips from other authors. http://www.andreacampbell.com -------------- Chester Campbell, author of three Greg McKenzie suspense thrillers, in his ???Greg McKenzie??? newsletter. http://www.chestercampbell.com. ------------ Arline Chase ??“ in the Write Stuff newsletter. http://www.ebooksonthe.net/news.html ------------ Carolyn Howard-Johnson, whose most recent book is THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER (Star Publish 2004), in her newsletter, ???Sharing with Writers: News from the Desk of Carolyn Howard-Johnson and Friends.??? Carolyn has also offered to distribute my bookmarks at the critique group and classes where she speaks and at the LA Times UCLA Book Fair, April 23-24, on the UCLA campus. Denise Fleischer has offered to place my bookmarks on the freebee table at the AuthorFest in Chicago on June 25, 2005. http://www.gottawritenetwork.com --------------- Bobbie Christmas included a blurb about the book in her newsletter, ???The Writers Network News,??? dated March 30, 2005. Bobbi is author of WRITE IN STYLE (First Place winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award for education) and ASK THE BOOK DOCTOR: HOW TO BEAT THE COMPETITION and SELL YOUR WRITING, both e-books available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/1906.html http://www.zebraeditor.com ---------------- Shel Horowitz, in the May issue of Frugal Marketing Tips. Shel??™s lastest book is PRINCIPLED PROFIT: MARKETING THAT PUTS PEOPLE FIRST (Beagle Bay 2003). http://www.frugalfun.com ----------------- Gigi Miner, author of LIGHT-OF-DAY TAROT & DREAM WORK (Lulu.com 2004), in both her newsletters: ???Veritas,??? mostly about Tarot, and ???SPANN??? (Self-Published Artist??™s Network Newsletter). http://geocities.com/ladyfogg ------------------- Linda Morelli, in the most recent issue of her quarterly newsletter (emailed April 2nd), at http://hometown.aol.com/lbmwriter/Romance/Newsletter.html. People who enter her contests receive the newsletter. Because Linda received more 1,000 responses from her last contest, she figures the next "will go out to well over 2,000 people." The contest is now on the above site, offering six free prizes, and ends on May 31st so enter soon. Linda is the award-winning author of FIERY SURRENDER (2001) and SHADOW OF DOUBT (2002), both published by Port Town Publishing. http://www.lindamorelli.us ----------------- Anna M. Popescu in The Write Stuff, (no relation to Arline Chase's newsletter by same name), which includes news and samples of her writing, plus information for those suffering from chronic illness. She uses Yahoo groups to inform her subscribers when the latest newsletter is published (http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/the-write-stuff/?yguid=138274633), but? the most recent issue is always posted? at http://annapopescu.com/Newsletter.htm? ? ? ------------------------ Bob Rich, author of a dozen non-fiction and fiction books, in the April issue of his newsletter, Bobbing Around (http://mudsmith.net/bogging.html). http://bobswriting.com ---------------------------- Selena Robins, author of SABRINA??™S DESTINY (Treble Heart Books 2004) in the next issue of her Chocolate and Book Lover's Newsletter. ? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/selenarobinsgroup ---------------------------- These subscribers have put the book on their websites: Jay Johnson - The link on the front page of www.BanyonPublishing.com will take you to: http://www.banyonpublishing.com/FrancineSilverman.html. Jay also added this link to his April newsletter. ---------------------------- Dorothy Thompson ??“ The Writer??™s Life Bookstore - Book Marketing from A-Z is prominently displayed beside Carolyn Howard-Johnson??™s book, THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER. Our books really complement one another. Carolyn??™s is a wonderful resource, full of useful websites and solid information on methods of promotion, ranging from how to prepare a press kit to syndicating a column. My book contains personal experiences, with suggestions from authors. The books of other subscribers are displayed as well, namely, C. Hope Clark, Fern Reiss, Carmen Leal and Peter Bowerman. http://www.thewriterslife.net/bookstore.html.? -------- Cheryl Wright, whose latest book is Saving Emma (Whiskey Creek Press 2005), on her site, http://cheryl-wright.com/contributions.htm ****************************************************************** 5) SUBSCRIBER TO SUBSCRIBER Hugh Rosen, author of SILENT BATTLEFIELDS: A NOVEL (iUniverse 2005), inspired me to start this new section when he thanked me for recommending a web designer. I told him about Ginny Stibolt since she??™s been a gem to me. http://www.sky-bolt.com. Hugh reports ??“ ???I owe you many thanks for recommending Ginny Stibolt to me. It was fun working with her and I learned a lot in the process??¦??? The site is 80% done, he says. http://www.hughrosen.com ? *********************************************************************** 6) KUDOS The books of two subscribers were announced as finalists by Foreward Magazine??™s Book of the Year Awards: Carol and Phil White??™s book, LIVE YOUR ROAD TRIP DREAM (RLI Press 2004) in the Travel Guide section. Alicia Thom's BEING HUMAN: EXPLORING THE FORCES THAT SHAPE US AND AWAKEN AN INNER LIFE (Ad Humanitas Pr 2004), which she co-wrote with Alexandra ter Horst. http://www.forewordmagazine.com According to Alicia, ForeWord Magazine reviews "good independently published books" and the award ???was established to bring increased attention from librarians and booksellers to the literary achievements of independent publishers and their authors.??? http://www.adhumanitas.com http://www.beinghumanbook.com The winners will be announced at the award ceremony in New York City on June 3rd as part of the largest publisher's show - Book Expo America.? *********************************************************************** Francine Silverman is author of CATSKILLS ALIVE (second edition) and LONG ISLAND ALIVE, both published in 2003 by Hunter Publishing and geared to every interest. 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