I believe one of the best things about the NINC conferences is that the members really get a lot for their registration fee. The first year I coordinated Night Owls we did two hours of roundtable discussions on internet promotional venues. My Space and podcasting were the big new opportunities for the tech savvy novelist [...]

One of the things I appreciate about being an RWA member (yes, I’m also a SFWA member, and an SCBWI member if it comes to that) is the interesting articles in the Romance Writers’ Report.  I often recommend RWA to authors in many genres because of the group’s focus on business, craft and professionalism.  So [...]

Interview with Catherine MacDonald from BookRooster.com By Joe Konrath Reviews are important. Customers often look at the average star rating, and the number of reviews a book has, before buying. But getting reviews isn’t easy. For my last several ebook releases, I gave away free copies to fans in exchange for reviews, but this is [...]

E-book Promotion in 2011: No Fooling Around Anymore by Rebecca Crowley “The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity…”—A. Edward Newton (e-book or not!) I am an industry insider, the e-book era came and I stayed calm. Imagine that! Have you heard of such a [...]