Getting the Most Out of Organizations

I just joined (or rejoined!) IBPA (formerly PMA). Right after I received this rundown of benefits from Terry Nathan, the leader personified. (-:  I thought I'd pass them to my blog readers.  I think it's essential that authors who want to network, promote and otherwise build a writing career join organizations--goo ones. But here's my caveat. Look at what they have to offer before you spend your money. And determine what you will use, how you can be active and contribute, how you will benefit. Then weigh those things. Whether or not the organization will be worth the money spent is strictly up to us--the joiners. (-:

I have permission from Terry to reprint his letter:

Dear Carolyn,


Instead of going it alone and spending thousands on direct marketing campaigns, join your fellow IBPA members and get the maximum bang for the minimum buck with IBPA's marketing programs.


Take a look at the marketing opportunities below with immediate and upcoming deadlines. Please remember November 30th is the registration deadline only. For most programs, materials will need to be here by December 10th

NOVEMBER 30th DEADLINES

COOKBOOKS CATALOG MAILINGThis catalog produced by IBPA mails to 3,400 bookstore buyers, 3,000 reviewers, and 3,900 acquisition librarians. We will be featuring books in the following categories: Cookbooks/Cooking, Entertaining, Food Reference, etc. $350 per title. Click here: http://www.ibpa-online.org/programs/coopcats_target.aspx


PUBLIC LIBRARY MAILINGSend your fliers to 4,000 acquisition librarians at public libraries. $215 per flier.  Click here for details: http://www.ibpa-online.org/programs/library.aspx


PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (PLA) SHOWGet your own booth or display your book(s) at this every-other-year show, which attracts public librarians and support staff. $125 per title or $2,300 for your own booth. This year's show will be in Philadelphia, PA. Click here for more details.: https://www.ibpa-online.org/pubresources/exhibits_pma.aspx





OTHER UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES

THE 24th ANNUAL BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AWARDSRecognizing excellence in both editorial and design, this award is regarded as one of the highest national honors in book publishing. Books with a copyright of 2011 are eligible to enter. Click here for more details: http://ibpabenjaminfranklinawards.com/


RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL CATALOG MAILINGThis catalog produced by IBPA mails to 3,400 bookstore buyers, 3,000 reviewers, and 3,900 acquisition librarians We will be featuring books in the following categories: Religion, Spirituality, Inspirational, etc. Sign up now. $350 per title. Click here: http://www.ibpa-online.org/programs/coopcats_target.aspx


BOOKEXPO AMERICA (BEA) SHOWGet your own booth or display your book(s) at this annual show attracting everyone involved in the world of publishing. This is the largest show in the US each year and this year's show will take place in New York City. $125 per title or $3,800 for your own booth. Click here for more details.: https://www.ibpa-online.org/pubresources/exhibits_pma.aspx


AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (ALA) SHOWGet your own booth or display your book(s) at this annual show attracting librarians from around the country. This is the annual show of the American Library Association and this year's show will take place in New Orleans, LA. $125 per title or $2,450 for your own booth. Click here for more details.: https://www.ibpa-online.org/pubresources/exhibits_pma.aspx


K-12 LIBRARY MAILINGSend your fliers to 4,000 acquisition librarians at Elementary, Middle, Jr. High and High School libraries. $215 per flier. Click here for details: http://www.ibpa-online.org/programs/library.aspx


COLLEGE LIBRARY MAILINGSend your fliers to 3,200 acquisition librarians at College, Jr. College and University libraries. $215 per flier. Click here for details: http://www.ibpa-online.org/programs/library.aspx

IBPA/INGRAM MARKETING PROGRAMSDirect mail and electronic marketing catalogs will expose your books to Ingram Content Group's 28,000 retailers and libraries worldwide.
Click here for details: https://www.ibpa-online.org/Programs/ingramprogram.aspx



AND MORE. . .

PW'S ADULT SPRING ANNOUNCEMENTS - LIST YOUR TITLES FOR FREEPublishers Weekly, the leading trade publication, has partnered with Above the Treeline to collect title information for its very popular Spring Announcement issue. Title collection procedure for PW's spring adult and children's announcements-the Jan. 23 and Feb. 20 issues, respectively, is under way. The deadline for information, to be entered through the PW/Edelweiss portal, is Dec. 5 for adult titles publishing between Feb. 1, 2012, and July 31, 2012, and for children's titles, between Jan. 1, 2012, and June 30, 2012. Click here for more details and to register:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/calls-for-information/index.html?record=63


If I can help in any way, please feel free to call on me anytime.


Terry


P.S. If you are receiving this after the deadline, please contact the IBPA office to see if there is still time to get into these programs.


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Terry Nathan
Executive Director


PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBERSIBPA, the Independent Book Publishers Association
1020 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Suite 204
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266


Tel: 310.546.1818
Fax: 310.546.3939


terry@ibpa-online.org
http://www.ibpa-online.org


If you would rather not receive these reminders, please just let me know.

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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and how to books for writers including, The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't; The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success; and Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers . The Great First Impression Book Proposal is her newest booklet for writers. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor . If your followers at Twitter would benefit from this blog post, please use the little Green widget to let them know about this blog:

Charity-Driven Promotion: Author Sets an Example

I've long reccommended partnering with a charity for the purposes of promotion, branding and--yes! making our little author-selves feel better.  When this arrived in my e-mail box from an old online friend Karina Fabian, I thought I'd get casual and share it with you. Perhaps it will serve as inspiration for your own charity-driven campaign, today.  It' is Thanksgiving!

 GUEST POST BY KARINA FABIAN

I’d heard about serial stories on websites from a friend who has apparently made money at it—better than if she’d published in a magazine—so I decided to give it a try this year. I chose “Christmas Spirits,” a DragonEye, P.I. mystery, because of the season and because the next DragonEye, P.I .book, Live and Let Fly, comes out in April. (A little extra promotion and a chance for folks to fall in love with my characters.) However, since the story deals with poverty and homelessness, I wanted to do something other than raise some spending cash. Thus I decided to make it a charity fundraiser. 

I chose Food for the Poor, because I know it well and they have the added benefit of letting your choose what you give. A cow is an option, and since Vern makes jokes about how he appreciated a fat cow over a skinny virgin, it seemed an appropriate goal. I divided the story into nine segments, planned a start date for mid-November, and set a goal of posting every Tues and Thurs as long as I got $5 in donations between episodes. In the sidebar, I put up a paypal link. Also (since I’m promoting the books), I gave the option to make a bigger donation and get a copy of one of the DragonEye books. Finally, I sent notices to everyone and every group I’m in, plus to all the people who have blogged or interviewed me in the past.

It’s still too early to tell how successful the campaign will be.

I invite you to check out the story at http://christmasspirits.karinafabian.com to see how I set it up. And if you like it, please consider donating and telling your friends!

Find the story at http://christmasspirits.karinafabian.com. You can also get to it via my website, http://fabianspace.com. Look under the Christmas dragon for the link. You can learn more about Food for the Poor at http://www.foodforthepoor.org.

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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and how to books for writers including, The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't; The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success; and Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers . The Great First Impression Book Proposal is her newest booklet for writers. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor . If your followers at Twitter would benefit from this blog post, please use the little Green widget to let them know about this blog:

Free Promotion and Artistic Opportunity for Southwest Writers

Connie Gotsch, author and host of "Write On" for KSJE that broadcasts to the Four Corners area of the US, tells me she she needs you if you or your book fit into the parameters she needs for her radio program. Over the years I've appeared on the show several times; her program is a great opportunity to  have listeners hear your written word and your voice. Connie sent me this by way of explnation:

ATTENTION WRITERS :

IF YOU ARE WORKING IN UTAH, ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, CALIFORNIA, OR NEVADA, OR LIVE ELSEWHERE AND ARE WRITING ABOUT THE SOUTHWEST, KSJE FM FARMINGTON WILL CONSIDER YOUR BOOK FOR ITS AUTHORS PROGRAM, "WRITE ON FOUR CORNERS."

KSJE IS A FULL SERVICE PUBLIC RADIO STATION IN FARMINGTON , NEW MEXICO. WRITE ON FOUR CORNERS IS A HALF HOUR INTERVIEW PROGRAM WHICH AIRS AT 10:30 WED. MORNING AND 2:30 FRIDAY AFTERNOON.   AUTHORS READ FROM THEIR BOOKS AND WE CHAT ABOUT HOW THOSE BOOKS CAME TO BE AND THE WRITING PROCESS.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WRITE ON FOUR CORNERS, GO TO WWW.KSJE.COM CLICK ON PODCASTS AND THEN ON WRITE ON FOUR CORNERS TO HEAR PAST RECORDINGS, OR CLICK LISTEN LIVE AT 10:30 AM ON FRIDAY AT 2:30 PM MOUNTAIN TIME TO HEAR LIV E BROADCASTS.

IF YOU COME ON THE SHOW, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO DOWNLOAD A COPY OF YOUR SEGMENT AND USE IT ON YOUR WEB SITE. WE WILL ALSO GIVE AWAY A COPY OF YOUR BOOK IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR WRITE ON FOUR CORNERS, SEND OR HAVE YOUR PUBLICIST SEND YOUR BOOK AND CONTACT INFORMATION TO ME:

Connie GotschKSJE 4601 College BlvdFarmington NM, 87402

To find out about me, click on conniegotsch.com or http://apbooks.net  http://casadesnapdragon.com  or http://KSJE.com

To contact me via email gotschc@sanjuancollege.edu
Phone 505 566 3377

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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and how to books for writers including, The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't; The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success; and Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers . The Great First Impression Book Proposal is her newest booklet for writers. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor . If your followers at Twitter would benefit from this blog post, please use the little Green widget to let them know about this blog:

Reviewer Ron Klug Reviews Helpful Book for Writers

Occasionally I run legitimage (not paid-for) reviews of books that will help writers on this blog. This one is reviewed by a writer who knows how important good books can be to the career of a writer--both in the writing-of-them and in the learning-from-them. (-:

Write-a-thon: Write your book in 26 days and live to tell about it

By Rochelle Melander

Author's Web site: www.writenowcoach.com

Genre: Writing Reference

ISBN 978-1-5996-3391-6

Available at www.writersdigestshop.com/product/write-a-thon

Reviewed by Ron Klug

Drawing on her experiences as a writer and writing coach, Melander offers in Write-a-Thon a valuable toolkit for the new writer or practiced writer in need of renewal . Around the idea of a 26-day writing marathon, she provides realistic advice for both fiction and nonfiction projects, guiding the writer through the idea-gathering, preparation, writing and recovery.

I wish I had had this book 40 years ago when I started to write for publication. It would have helped me be more productive with less stress. Now it has led me to a new nonfiction book idea that I plan to write in 26 days.

Even if you're not thinking of writing a book in 26 days, you'll find in Melander's book inspiration, guidance on craft, writing exercises , and a comprehensive bibliography.

~Reviewer Ronald Klug has been a book editor for Harper San Francisco and Ausgburg Fortress and a free-lance writer and editor for 20 years. Author of 20 books including How to Keep a Spiritual Journal and A 40-Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoefer. Now retired, he lives in a log cabin where he splits wood, reads, hikes, reads, gardens, reads, canoes, reads. Reach him at ronklug1331@yahoo.com.

 

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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and how to books for writers including, The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't; The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success; and Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers . The Great First Impression Book Proposal is her newest booklet for writers. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor . If your followers at Twitter would benefit from this blog post, please use the little Green widget to let them know about this blog:

Book Catalogs from Indie Bookstores: Is Your Book a Fit?

This little notice is from an upcoming Sharing with Writers newsletter. It will be in the regular "Opportunities" section. Most of the great tips in that letter don't get included in this blog (and many blog posts don't get included in the newsletter!) So, if you want to subscribe, send me an e-mail with SUBSCRIBE in the subjectline. HoJoNews@aol.com.

Your Book Needs To Be Seen in an Indie Holiday Catalog 

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An adorable bookstore in my community called Once Upon a Time puts out a holiday season catalog each year. That is a very expensive thing to do, especially for a small indie. But they have a catalog secret (which I explain in its entirety The Frugal Book Promoter (http://budurl.com/FrugalBkPromo).) But here’s part of it: Once Upon a Time doesn’t put that catalog out all by itself.

Once Upon a Time (and other indies like it) has help from an organization that produces catalogs for Southern California bookstores. In their case the secret  is the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association. This particular catalog relies on suggestions from their independent bookstores to ascertain what titles will go into the catalog, a very good reason for authors to stay connected to their favorite indie.

There are sure to be similar organizations who have similar services for bookstores in other parts of the country. But here’s the other secret. If you have a book published YOU don’t have to live in that area. They choose what they deem the best of the best. Perhaps you could ask to be put on Once Upon A Time’s mailing list. Call them at 818 248 9668. If they are kind enough to send you a copy, buy a book from them. (It’s Karma!)

And check http://www.bookweb.org/resources/regionals.html for other Independent Booksellers Associations throughout the US. Ask how you apply. Get their application dates and deadlines installed on your calendar with an alert to get it done. Your book may be especially suitable for one of them but if your book is mainstream, it may be a fit for all of them.

If application is difficult, think “back door” (another concept explained for getting reviews in The Frugal Book Promoter). Notice that some of these regional organizations have contests. If your book wins one of them, you are probably a shoo-in to be considered for inclusion in their catalog.

Your book may not get selected but, hey, it may have a shot. My mother used to say, "You never know if you could have won if you don't try."

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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and how to books for writers including, The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't; The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success; and Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers . The Great First Impression Book Proposal is her newest booklet for writers. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor . If your followers at Twitter would benefit from this blog post, please use the little Green widget to let them know about this blog:

Book Promotion: A Book for Writers with "Enduring Value"

The Frugal Book Promoter, second edition
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
HowToDoItFrugally Publishing
Author's Web site: www.carolynhoward-johnson.com
ISBN: 9781463743291,

$17.95

Available: Paperback on Amazon

Kindle on Amazon

 

Reviewed by Jim Cox, Editor of The Midwest Book Review
Originally for the Midwest Book Review and newsletter

Carolyn Howard-Johnson draws upon her many years of experience and expertise as a professional book publicist and marketing specialist to author "The Frugal Book Promoter". The 416-page compendium of commentary, advice, tips, tricks and 'real world' techniques on how to authors can obtain nearly free publicity on your own or by partnering with their publishers will prove to be an invaluable, practical, profitable, and thoroughly 'user friendly' instructional reference.

 

 It should be noted that the Midwest Book Review is cited four times. Of special note in this newly expanded and completely updated second edition are the sample letters query letters, media releases, blog entries, trade show invitations, phone pitch scripts, email auto-signatures, and tip sheets.

 

Simply stated, The Frugal Book Promoter is the single most valuable addition any aspiring author or novice small press publishers can add to their personal and professional book marketing reference shelves -- and has a great deal of enduring value for even the more experienced publisher marketing directors and publicists.

 

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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and how to books for writers including, The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't; The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success; and Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers . The Great First Impression Book Proposal is her newest booklet for writers. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor . If your followers at Twitter would benefit from this blog post, please use the little Green widget to let them know about this blog:

Autistic Author's Story Interests Sharing with Writers Reader

Today a Sharing with Writers reader is sharing with us about a feature story about an autistic author she rant across on the Web. I thought it would give my readers ideas for angles that the media (press) likes to cover and find it fascinating in its own right. What wonderful things writing can do! What a wonderful thing it is to be a writer. 

Introducing Authors with Autism to Children with Autism

By Denise Keene

A recent article published on www.WashingtonTimes.com covered Jane Meyerding, an author who wrote “Mapping Charlie.” A murder mystery novel that has received great reviews since its release, “Mapping Charlie” is about a woman with autism (who is also face blind) who is suspected of murdering her college classmate.

Like the character in her mystery novel, Meyerding is also autistic and face blind (a disorder also known as prosopagnosia where the ability to recognize faces is impaired, making it difficult to remember information about people). Meyerding was diagnosed with autism much later in life than most; she actually noticed autism symptoms in herself and made an informal self-diagnosis before being officially diagnosed. In the Washington Times article (http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/autism-unexpected/2011/nov/8/focus-autistic-author-jane-meyerding/ ), Meyerding says that her novels are “a way to help people understand that most assumptions about autism so far are based on stereotypes and simply don't fit the reality of autistic lives.”

Meyerding’s novel seems like a great read for all, as it has received five out of five stars on both Amazon and Lulu reviews. But besides the book, I find Meyerding a great role model for those like her who aspire to be a writer. As a special education teacher, I am always trying to find ways in which to inspire my students. For those students with special needs who express an interest in writing and storytelling, introducing authors like Jane Meyerding to them is a great way to provide inspiration. Students love to know that there are others like them who share their interest and have succeeded at what they love to do. Presenting author’s with autism to students with special needs is a great way to help them realize that they can indeed pursue their passions in life.

Meyerding is just one of many people who have excelled and overcome the obstacles placed in front of her. One more well-known author with autism, Temple Grandin, is another role model I like to introduce to my students. Other writer’s with a disorder on the autism spectrum include Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Page, Jerry Newport, Luke Jackson and Dawn Prince-Hughes; among many others.

“Mapping Charlie” can be purchased on Amazon.com or Lulu.com.

~ Denise Keene has been a special ed teacher for 15 years now and likes to write articles about related topics. She also owns the site http://www.mastersinspecialeducation.org and has a Masters In Special Education.

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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and how to books for writers including, The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't; The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success; and Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers . The Great First Impression Book Proposal is her newest booklet for writers. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor . If your followers at Twitter would benefit from this blog post, please use the little Green widget to let them know about this blog:

Discover the Secrets of Book Promotion with a Weekly Program

I've always said that one of the best (and most frugal!) ways for an author to learn more about book promotion is by reading books written by the pros, and that's why I wrote The Frugal Book Promoter (www.budurl.com/FrugalBkPromo).  Having said that, this new program from Dan Poynter sounds like a perfect aid and would be especially useful for anyone who has read at least one good book on book promotion.  That's because educators tell us that we learn fast and retain better ideas that we've already been introduced to. At any rate here is more information from Dan:

Discover the Secrets of Book Promotion with
Personal Guidance and Proven, Weekly Learning Opportunities

Dan Poynter’s Para Promotion Program celebrates books and honors authors
by bringing public attention to your books.

The Para Promotion Program is a series of book promotion projects the
author can accomplish without leaving home. The weekly assignments show
the author what to do to reach his or her target audience.

For both fiction and nonfiction, there are readers who are as fascinated
about your subject/category as you are. This program shows you how to find
them—all over the world.

Each week, authors receive a book promotion assignment from Dan Poynter.
Each of the 42 book-promotion projects takes the author anywhere from five
to 120 minutes to complete. The program not only shows the author how to
promote his or her current book, it is a crash course in book promotion
that can be applied to future books.

This program does not recite traditional book promotion. It is guided by
Dan Poynter’s exciting, proven program of the future.

Meanwhile, Program PR expert Barbara Gaughen is spinning her electronic
Rolodex to get notice for your books. Gaughen (“gone”) has been in the
public relations business for decades and she focuses on books.

Dan Poynter’s Para Promotion Program is not an overwhelming list of
projects for authors; it is a collection of individual lessons with full
instructions and personal guidance by successful industry experts.

And there is an added bonus: authors who understand how to reach their
audience tend to write books their readers want. They begin to understand
who their readers are, what their readers want, and how to reach their
buyers. The Para Promotion program makes authors more successful.

Authors of one or more books may sign up for $497.
Publishers may sign up several of their authors for just $397 each.
That's less than $12 a week to reach your buyers.

Dan Poynter has been in the book publishing business since 1969 and has
written more than 125 books. He is often referred to as a “book futurist.”

The Para Promotion Program debuts on November 1, 2011, may be started at
any time—and runs for 42 weeks.

For details, see: http://parapromotion.com   and begin your book promotion
today.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and how to books for writers including, The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't; The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success; and Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers . The Great First Impression Book Proposal is her newest booklet for writers. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor . If your followers at Twitter would benefit from this blog post, please use the little Green widget to let them know about this blog: