tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30938452223697173122024-03-20T08:36:26.835-07:00Ready, Set, Sell!366 Time (and Money) Saving Tips for Marketing Your BookSybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-39021530594870611502018-04-17T09:09:00.003-07:002018-04-17T12:19:35.488-07:00Authors in Bloom Blog Hop!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am so excited to be getting back into blogging with my first blog hop in .... well, a very long time. I barely remember how to do these anymore, but I will try my best!<br />
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The objective of this hop is to share a gardening tip, a recipe or both which gives me a great opportunity to share some of my vegan discoveries. A little over three years ago, my family and I decided to start following a plant based diet. It was the best decision ever. Our health improved dramatically; my husband's daily migraines all but went away and my daughter was able to get off of her three daily medications for allergies. Even my mother who recently began living with us was able to get off of her diabetes medication. On top of that, I have so much more energy and I'm not trying to sound conceited or anything, but I look great for a woman knocking on 40. I teach college and my students thought I was in my 20s.<br />
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Anyway, I actually enjoy cooking so much more now that I am vegan. I get to be so creative and try new flavors all the time. Not to say that it was always easy. In fact, shortly after giving up dairy, I quickly realized that I had been a cheese ADDICT. So I spent several months discovering the best ways to appease that addiction the plant-based way. Today, I am going to share my simple go-to cheese sauce that can be used in a variety of ways. I like to keep it on hand for a quick easy mac and cheese that the kids love. I add a green pepper or salsa to make it a nacho cheese dip. I add a little cornstarch and agar and then refrigerate to make it a slice-able cheese. It really is a foundation recipe that can be tweaked according to your own preferences. After you read the recipe, please check out my giveaway.<br />
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<li style="box-sizing: inherit;">2 12oz boxes of Pasta</li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;">4 Yukon Gold potatoes chopped</li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;">2 carrots chopped</li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;">1 white or yellow onion quartered</li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;">1 clove of garlic</li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;">1 cup of cashews</li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;">1/4 cup nutritional yeast</li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;">A dash of liquid smoke</li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;">Salt and Pepper to taste</li>
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<b>Directions</b><br />
Boil vegetables and cashews until soft. If you have a high speed blended like a Vitamix, you don't need to boil the cashews. I discovered once when I was out of cashews that they are actually optional. It tastes perfectly fine without them. Put all of the boiled vegetables in a blender and just a little pasta water. Add the nutritional yeast and liquid smoke. Blend until smooth and creamy like hot melted cheese. Keep adding water until it gets to the perfect consistency. Do not add too much water. Taste the mixture and add salt and pepper to taste. Add other seasonings like paprika to your liking. Pour of pasta and you have vegan mac and cheese!<br />
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That is an hones to goodness picture of my mac and cheese. In the background is my vegan Popeyes Chicken. I'll put that recipe up on my <a href="http://sybilnelson.com/" target="_blank">website</a>!<br />
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Giveaway Time</h3>
Today I am going to be giving away a copy of the first book in the Priscilla the Great series.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Period.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> I’ll be honest. I didn’t really want to see it. I had
seen several bad reviews about the film and I was dreading watching a childhood
favorite butchered. But those reviews were wrong. I absolutely loved this
movie.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Almost from the opening credits, A Wrinkle in Time had
already brought me to tears. I was transported to my ten-year-old self staying
up way too late at night reading that beloved book and starting my love affair
with science fiction. I never saw myself in the books I liked to read. My eclectic
choices in reading material from British literature to Sci-Fi all but guaranteed
that I would never read about people who looked like me. My favorite novels
always featured fragile white girls who needed to be saved or strong white
girls who did the saving. And that was okay. I absolutely loved those stories.
The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, Tess of the D’ubervilles were some of my
stories that shaped me into the woman I am today. They were also stories that a
little black girl in a poor neighborhood weren’t supposed to read. They were
also the reason why a little black girl from a poor neighborhood began writing
stories. I wanted those same stories that touched me to feature characters that
looked like me.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> What brought me to tears in A Wrinkle in Time might
have had more to do with the message Ava DuVernay recorded that aired before
the start of the film. Immediately, I thought of an interview she had on The
View. In it a co-host asked her about changing the race of the main character,
Meg. “In the book, Meg is white. But you made her biracial,” the host says.
Next, Ava said something that completely changed my perspective. “Is she? Because
when I read it, she looked like me.” For some reason, those words just touched
me. For every book I have ever read, the characters have always been white
unless it was explicitly stated otherwise. But why? I think it was because I
was subconsciously programmed to think that only white characters had stories interesting
enough to tell. That is changing.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Seconds after Storm Reid as Meg Murray appeared on the
screen, my 12-year-old biracial daughter leaned over to me and said, “She looks
like me. Even the glasses.” I almost lost it. I had to get up and get popcorn
so as not to cry in front of my children. Maybe, just maybe, if I had seen little
girls that looked like me leading big budget, amazing films, I would have had
the awareness and self-confidence necessary to read a book like A Wrinkle in
Time and see the main character as a girl who looked like me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Now that I am finally finished with my PhD, it is time for me to get back into author mode. Thankfully, I have no lack of ideas for novels. I even have one that it is off with my editor and should be published next month. I think the thing I am now struggling with is marketing. Since I have been away from the game for so long, I am not sure what works any more to market books or even where to begin. I feel like at one point I had all of this figured out and now I am completely lost. But I am going to jump right in and just go. So join me on my journey to conquer the Indie Publishing world...again.Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-6307517520873874172014-09-14T08:07:00.001-07:002014-09-14T08:07:10.653-07:0030 Books in 30 Days!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wow, it has been a really long time since I have posted. But I think I need to get back into the swing of things. So let me give you a quick update as to what has been going on. I gave up writing for a while and disabled all of my books. But writing isn't something you can really give up. I have so many ideas in my head just dying to get out of me. So I went back to writing and put my books back up for sale. The thing is now I have almost no sales. I really have to figure out a way to get my fans back and gain some new ones.<br />
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The first step in that process is writing new material to give my former fans something to look forward to. I've already started this with the release of my new children's book Ebonee and Ivory coming out September 16th.<br />
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The next step is to start promoting my old titles. That is where 30 Books in 30 Days comes in. No, I'm not going to write 30 books in 30 days. Though wouldn't that be awesome if I did? Anyway, I plan on publishing 30 books in 30 days. Along with my new release Ebonee and Ivory, I'm also going to make sure that all of my books are published on every platform. For example, at the beginning of the month I noticed that my short story Plie with Fire was published on Amazon, Kobo, and Barnes and Noble, but not on Smashwords. So that is one book I need to publish. It is the 14th and I've already published 13 books so I'm right on track.</div>
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1. Ebonee and Ivory on Barnes and Noble</div>
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2. Leslie DuBois Historical Fiction Bundle on Amazon</div>
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4. Leslie DuBois Historical Fiction Bundle on Barnes</div>
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10. Dark Marco 2 on Smash</div>
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After making sure all of my books are available everywhere during September, I will focus on promotion for October. Stay tuned for updates!</div>
<br />Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-26433564907579729592014-03-29T04:48:00.002-07:002014-03-29T04:48:40.718-07:00Guest Post - Angela FristoeSo with Danica McKellar starring on Dancing With The Stars, I began feeling a bit nostalgic. I loved watching The Wonder Years when I was growing up and the romance between Kevin Arnold and Winnie Cooper had me wishing for my own childhood romance :) That Danica went on to become an author and math guru made her a even cooler in my dorky opinion.
In celebrating the re-emergence of Danica McKellar, I've joined together with a few other YA authors to host a giveaway! <b>Two lucky winners will receive a paperback copy of Kiss My Math by Danica McKellar!</b> The giveaway begins today and continues until Danica wins or is eliminated from Dancing With the Stars.
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<span id="freeText8053326905210926381"><b>From the author of the runaway bestseller <i>Math Doesn?t Suck</i>, the next step in the math curriculum-- pre-Algebra</b>.
Last year, actress and math genius Danica McKellar made waves nationwide, challenging the "math nerd" stereotype and giving girls the tools to ace tests and homework in her unique just-us-girls style. Now, in <i>Kiss My Math</i>, McKellar empowers a new crop of girls, 7th to 9th graders, taking on the next level of mathematics: pre-Algebra.
Stepping up not only the math, but also the sass and style, <i>Kiss My Math</i> will help math-phobic teenagers everywhere <i>chill out</i> about math, and finally "get" negative numbers, variables, absolute values, exponents, and more. Each chapter features:
- Step-by-step instruction
- Time-saving tips and tricks</span>
<span id="freeText8053326905210926381">- Illuminating practice problems with detailed solutions
- Real-world examples</span>
<span id="freeText8053326905210926381">- True stories from Danica's own life as a student and actress
<i>Kiss My Math</i> also includes more fun extras--including personality quizzes, reader polls, and real-life testimonials-- ultimately revealing why pre-Algebra is easier, more relevant, and more glamorous than girls think.</span>
<b>There are multiple ways to enter including the option to tweet daily. The listed end date is subject to change and winner will be announced within 48 hours of Danica's win or elimination from DWTS. </b>
<a class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/c3b6ca39/" id="rc-c3b6ca39" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a>
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book is a book that has been published for months or years and is not selling
well anymore. In traditional publishing, the company would probably just take
this book out of print. But in Indie Publishing, we have so much flexibility.
It costs us nothing to keep the book going since print books are only made when
they are ordered and ebooks don’t take up any space and are around forever. It
is never too late for us to breathe new life into an old book, and reach new readers.
I have had to resurrect dead books on several occasions so I’m going to give a list
of the things I’ve done that have worked in the past. I’m also going to talk
about one specific book that I resurrected and has since died again. So I’m
going to explain what I plan on doing to bring it back to life again.You can also listen to this info on my radio segment <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/indiereviews-behind-the-scenes/2013/08/13/indiereview-behind-the-scenes-marketing-101w-sybil-nelson" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Get
a new editor or proofreader.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
Your book may not be selling because there are too many grammatical errors. It
is amazing to me how many people put their work out there without having
another pair of eyes go over it. I usually four or five pair of eyes on each of
my books and I still find mistakes on the final run-through. It is nearly
impossible to get a completely error free book, but you should try as hard as
possible to do so.</span></div>
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You may love your cover, but it may not accurately represent what your book is
about. Or it may not be enticing enough. Go to Amazon, do a search of the books
in your genre, and see if your book cover is comparable to the top books. If
not, hire a professional cover artist. My favorite Leslie DuBois book that I’ve
written called La Cienega Just Smiled. I personally felt that it was the best
book I had written, but it was just not selling. It would do maybe four or five
copies a month and I couldn’t understand it. I loved the title, I loved the
cover, I loved everything about this book. But I took my pride out of it and
sat back and took a look at the other YA books that were similar to mine. I
realized that the title and the cover was all wrong. So I changed the name and
the cover and the book started selling. </span></div>
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</span>Make sure your blurb is enticing. This may be the most important tool
for selling your book. Your goal is to make it impossible for someone not to
buy your book after they have read your blurb. This is a difficult task and you
may need to get SEVERAL people to read SEVERAL versions of your blurb. </span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tags.
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Many people are
unaware of the importance of tags on the Amazon page. Go to your book page on
Amazon and make sure the tags associated with your book are appropriate. Add popular
tags that will make your book show up on searches. Do a tag exchange with other
authors. I did this for a while and it was really helpful, but it gets time
consuming after a while. </span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">An
extensive free run</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">.
Once you made sure the cosmetics of your book are in order, try an extensive
free campaign. I did this for my book Ain’t No Sunshine. It would only sell a handful
of copies a month. Then I set it free and it was downloaded over 40,000 times
in two months. This worked to raise it in the rankings. Then when it went back
to paid, it started selling hundreds and hundreds of copies a month. The only
ways I know of to go free is to use Smashwords to distribute your book to
Barnes and Noble, Apple, Kobo, and Amazon for free. Or let Amazon price match
it when your book is free somewhere else. The problem with this method is that
it is difficult to control when you want to stop being free. </span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Try
Kindle Select</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
Another option for the free method is to use Kindle Select program. When you do
this, you make your book exclusive to Amazon for a number of months and then
they give you the option to control when you’re free.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Try
a free preview.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
My book Ain’t No Sunshine has died again since its great run over a year ago.
So one thing I’m trying to do is put up a 15 chapter preview for free with
links to the full book in the back. I uploaded the book on Kobo and set it to
free and now I’m waiting for Amazon to price match it to free before I start
promoting it. I tried to upload it to Smashwords, but they would not allow me
to upload a preview book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Write
a short story.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Another
option is to write a short story that is related to the book and offer it for
free. I have done this several times with my Priscilla the Great books. Almost
every time I release a Priscilla the Great short story I will let it be free
for a while and then start charging 99cents. I also did this with Nothing Else
Matters. I wrote a short prequel to that book and included it in anthology with
other authors. Now I offer the short story for free. The cover of it is the
same as the book just a different color. I plan on writing a short story to tie
in to Ain’t No Sunshine to offer for free. I want to think of a way to tie it
in to the new movie The Butler since Ain’t No Sunshine ties in nicely with
African American History and segregation.</span><br />
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Google
ad.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> I finally
got another one of those Google coupons so I’m going to try a google ad to
promote Ain’t No Sunshine with tag words such as African American historical
romance, segregation, The Butler, The Help, just popular search words people
may be using in the next few weeks with the release of this movie.</span></div>
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on Amazon, I plan on creating a post on my Leslie DuBois facebook page about it
and then promoting it to a specific audience. Do a Facebook ad for your Book
Trailer. I like the trailer for Ain't No Sunshine, but I need to update it since it references a book cover I no longer use.</span><br />
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guest blog on a hot button topic on a popular blog in order to draw attention
to your book. But you also don’t want to alienate any of your readers. One of
my fans offered to have me write a guest blog on her blog about racism. This is
going to be such a tough post for me to write without potentially alienating or
offending any of my readers. But it has to be interesting enough for people to
want to read it and then share it.</span></div>
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your advertising money to. The most effective sites are Ereader News Today,
Pixel of Ink, Kindle Fire Department. There is also cheap ereads, kindle nation
daily, Goodreads and many other places. I haven’t paid for advertising in a
long time so I’m not sure which sites are effective anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">As promised, here are my 10 tips for increasing your fan base that I talked about on my radio segment <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/indiereviews-behind-the-scenes/2013/07/30/indiereview-behind-the-scenes-marketing-101w-sybil-nelson" target="_blank">here</a>. Please feel free to pass these on. Leave any ideas you have in the comments section!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Ask
fans to leave reviews of your books on Amazon, Goodreads, and Facebook. One way
to do this is to offer an incentive. Have a giveaway and make leaving a review
one of the ways to enter.</span></div>
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up with other authors to create an anthology. For example, below is an anthology of short stories that I put together with 9 other authors. In this way, we introduce our fans to each other and each increase or fan base.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Get
fans involved. Ask fans to create their own book trailers, character spotings,
or fan art. Even just pictures of themselves reading your book. Post them in a
section on your website. I’d have to figure out an appropriate way to do this
since most of my fans are underage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Think
of places where you can donate your book. Places with waiting rooms etc. I donate
a couple of copies of Queen Bee to a dance studio near my house. Doctor’s
offices, hospital waiting rooms, retirement homes, local coffee houses, motel
lobbies. </span></div>
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a separate ebook that is just the first 10 chapters or so of your book and give
that away for free. Make sure on the cover it says something like ‘free sample’
or first 10 chapters only. Make sure there is a link to the full book at the
end of the sample. Right now, book 1 of Priscilla the Great is perma-free and
it is doing pretty well. I’m considering changing this and going to the sample
method. Below is an example of how James Patterson does it.</span><br />
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out to the city where your book is set. Contact the newspaper of that city,
donate some copies to the libraries in that city. Do a target facebook ad for
that city.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Add book club style discussion questions to the end of your book and use this as a
selling point to book clubs. Seek out book clubs, local ones so you can do in
person visits and online ones as well.</span></div>
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out and find your readers. Sit down, think about your book and the kind of
people who read your books. Write down the top ten sites people who would read
your book visit. Start visiting those sites and figure out how to become a part
of them. If it is a forum, become a part of the community through relevant posts.
Don’t just promote your book. If it is a blog, ask to do a guest blog. For
other sites, think about buying an ad for that site.</span></div>
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is so excited about your work that they have initiated contact with you. Use
their enthusiasm to draw in other readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Give them a coupon code to pass on to their friends. Ask them for a
testimonial to put on your website. Ask if they would like to lead a book
discussion or interview you for your website. Ask if they would like to start a
fan club for you and give it a cute name.</span></div>
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Create linked materials. For example t-shirts. I’m taking it a step further and
creating a iPhone app for my Priscilla the Great series. I’m also considering
doing dance bags for my Queen Bee series. Hopefully, by the gift season, I’ll
have a package to sell with the first three books of the Queen Bee series in a
dance bag for a special price. Or maybe a backpack for the PtG series.</span></div>
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<![endif]--><br />Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-24883995071353331452013-07-18T10:24:00.001-07:002013-07-18T10:24:05.529-07:00Book Fairs RevisitedAs promised, here are the links I mentioned on my radio show from today. If you missed the show, check it out <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/indiereviews-behind-the-scenes/2013/07/18/indiereview-behind-the-scenes-marketing-101w-sybil-nelson" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Some of
these book fairs the deadlines have passed to be an exhibitor, but you still
might want to visit for experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Also, when looking in to signing up for a fair, think about volunteering
to be a speaker. This will increase your visibility at the fair. Especially effective
at teacher fairs. I haven’t done it because I don’t have time. If you can tie
in something about the classroom into your speech you will have a better chance
at getting in.</span></div>
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</span>The Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair will begin August 2, 2013 and
finish August 3, 2013 in Denver, Colorado <a href="http://www.rmaba.org/">http://www.rmaba.org</a>
</span></div>
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</span>The Martha's Vineyard Book Festival will begin August 3, 2013 and run
through August 4, 2013 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. <a href="http://mvbookfestival.com/2013_book_festival">http://mvbookfestival.com/2013_book_festival
</a></span></div>
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</span>The Brooklyn Book Festival will begin September 22, 2013 in Brooklyn,
New York. <a href="http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/BBF/Hom">http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/BBF/Hom</a>e
</span></div>
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</span>The Bookmarks Festival of Books will be held in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina on September 7, 2013. <a href="http://bookmarksnc.org/book-festival">http://bookmarksnc.org/book-festival
</a></span></div>
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</span>The Kansas Book Festival will be in Topeka, Kansas on September 7, 2013.
<a href="http://kansasbookfestival.com/">http://kansasbookfestival.com/ </a></span></div>
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</span>The Westchester Multicultural Children's Book Festival will be September
14, 2013 in Westchester, New York. <a href="http://www.qbr.com/westchester-childrens-book-festival-1.aspx">http://www.qbr.com/westchester-childrens-book-festival-1.aspx
</a></span></div>
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</span>The South Dakota Festival of Books in Deadwood, South Dakota will run
from September 20, 2013 to September 22, 2013. <a href="http://www.sdbookfestival.com/">http://www.sdbookfestival.com/ </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The National Book Festival will take place in Washington, DC from
September 21, 2013 through September 22, 2013. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/">http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/ </a></span></div>
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</span>The Baltimore Book Festival will begin in Baltimore, Maryland on
September 27, 2013 and end September 29, 2013. <a href="http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com/">http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com/
</a></span></div>
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</span>The Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, Tennessee will run from
October 11, 2013 through October 13, 2013. <a href="http://www.humanitiestennessee.org/programs/southern-festival-books-celebration-written-word">http://www.humanitiestennessee.org/programs/southern-festival-books-celebration-written-word</a>
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</span>The Iowa City Book Festival will begin October 11, 2013 and end October
13, 2013 in Iowa City, Iowa. <a href="http://www.iowacitybookfestival.org/">http://www.iowacitybookfestival.org/
</a></span></div>
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</span>The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair will begin October 12, 2013 and finish
October 13, 2013 in Seattle, Washington. <a href="http://www.seattlebookfair.com/">http://www.seattlebookfair.com</a> </span></div>
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</span>The Texas Book Festival will begin October 26, 2013 and end October 27,
2013 in Austin, Texas. <a href="http://www.texasbookfestival.org/">http://www.texasbookfestival.org/
</a></span></div>
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</span>The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (37th Annual) will be
held November 15, 2013 through November 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. <a href="http://www.bostonbookfair.com/">http://www.bostonbookfair.com </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Miami Book Fair
International will kick off in Miami, Florida on November 17, 2013 and wrap up
November 24, 2013.<a href="http://www.miamibookfair.com/">
http://www.miamibookfair.com/ </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I also
found a webpage that gives a state by state list of all the book fairs. From
what I can tell, these might only be state supported fairs because when I
looked at the list for South Carolina, there were a couple missing. So it is
not a complete list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://www.read.gov/resources/statefairs.php">http://www.read.gov/resources/statefairs.php</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">There is
also a list of library conferences by state:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://www.ala.org/groups/affiliates/chapters/state/stateregional">http://www.ala.org/groups/affiliates/chapters/state/stateregional</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Once
again this is only a partial list because it only gives the public libraries. But
I will take this opportunity to reiterate how important librarians are. You
have to get to know your local librarians. They can be your greatest ally. Here
are a couple of reasons why:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Librarians
host book events</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Review
your book on their blog</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Might
feature your book on their website</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I won’t
go into details about how to get into libraries because I’ve done that segment
before and you can find it at <a href="http://www.sybilnelson.com/libraries">www.sybilnelson.com/libraries</a>.
I will reiterate a couple of tips.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Family.
friends, and fans have great influence. Ask them to visit your local library
and request your book. If your book is already there, ask them to check it out.
It will make your book more popular.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">If
your library has an applicable book club, offer free books to the first 5
members or something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Go
to WorldCat.org to see what libraries have your book in order to put into
action the above tips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">If it is
not a local library or you don’t have enough fans in a certain area to get into
a library then you have to do it the organic way. Which means, you need to get
a review from Library Journal, Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, or Kirkus. You
have to contact each of them individually and follow their guidelines to get a
review. So far, I have found it impossible to crack that nut. I’m still trying.
Libraries will also accept reviews from School Library Journal for children’s
books. RT Book Review for romance books. And Locus Magazine for Science Fiction
Fantasy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Look
into OverDrive for eBook distribution through libraries. Romance ebooks are
really big in libraries right now. You may even want to look into turning your
book into an audio book. </span></div>
Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-55656762478699556592013-06-23T05:39:00.001-07:002013-06-23T05:39:56.310-07:00Marketing 101<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I haven't been around much lately, but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy. First of all, I've been hosting a biweekly segment on Blog Talk Radio about marketing. I talk about everything that pertains to getting your name out there in the Indie Publishing industry. Normally, I talk about things that I have tried or things that I'm about to try. So you get to learn from my experiences and mistakes. Check out my latest segment <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/indiereviews-behind-the-scenes/2013/06/18/indiereview-behind-the-scenes-marketing-101w-sybil-nelson" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<br />
I've also done a guest blog at Helium.com about how to reach readers. You can check it out <a href="http://blog.helium.com/guest-blog-sybil-nelson-on-how-to-reach-readers/" target="_blank">here</a>. And be on the lookout for other helpful marketing tips! Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-9992420736324974082012-12-14T13:33:00.001-08:002012-12-14T13:33:44.111-08:00And the winners are...Congrats to the winners of my 50 Clean Tween Reads giveaway!
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<script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script>Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-13554038212053343942012-11-19T08:13:00.000-08:002012-11-19T13:09:11.849-08:0050 Clean Tween Reads (plus win an ereader)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I may be in my thirties but I still love a good Young Adult book. Now that I have children, however, I realize that there are many books that claim to be YA that I would never, ever, ever let my child read. It gets even harder when you have children who are in that in between age. They are not quite old enough to handle teenage topics, but they are well past Minnie’s Princess Tea Party books. (Although I still love princess themed tea parties.) And not everyone has time to read every single book before their child does. So I got together with a few other authors and decided to compile a list of 50 Clean Tween Reads. I hope this helps other parents in their search to provide wholesome but not simplistic entertainment for their children.<br />
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1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan (PG)<br />
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B00280LYIC&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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2. The Priscilla the Great series by Sybil Nelson Rated PG<br />
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1453776273&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
<br />
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid By Jeff Kinney (G)<br />
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0810993139&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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4. The Troubled Tweens: Jinnie Wishmaker By DD Roy (G)<br />
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B006G0CFTC&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
<br />
5. The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy by Nikki Loftin (G)<br />
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1595145087&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
<br />
6.The Eyes of Pharoah by Chris Eboch (G)<br />
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1460959434&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
<br />
7. Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls series by Meg Cabot (G)<br />
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0545040418&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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8. My Sparkling Misfortune by Laura Lond Rated G<br />
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1460922360&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
<br />
9. Dark Marco Volume One by Sybil Nelson (PG)<br />
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10.Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell (G)<br />
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11. Super Zombie Juice Mega Bomb by MJ Ware (G)<br />
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12. The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkein (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B0079KT81G&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
13. The Mortal Enemy List by Tess Oliver (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B008MDOOT0&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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14. Enter Ten Tales for Tweens by Various (PG)<br />
An added bonus to buying this books is that all the proceeds go to charity.
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15. Wonder by R.J. Palacio (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B0051ANPZQ&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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16. Big Nate by Lincoln Pierce (G)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B008VTCYBK&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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17.The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (G)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B001I45UFC&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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18.Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003ATPRNI&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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19. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (G)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B00338QF4Q&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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20. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B005USZYDU&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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21. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B002KP6DXQ&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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22. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (G)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000FC1ILI&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
23. Fablehaven by Brandon Mull (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B002OTW9Y0&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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24. The Teashop Girls by Laura Schaeffer (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B002ZJCR2S&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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25.Timekeepers: Civil Disturbance by J.Y. Harris (PG+)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B009EHRQSO&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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26. Redwall series by Brian Jacques (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B004IYIJ02&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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27. Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep by Liz Kessler (G) <br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003KVKW90&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
28. Warriors by Erin Hunter (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000VYX8L8&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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29. Theodosia by RL Lafever (G)
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003K16PF0&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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30. The Castle Sisters by Jason Krumbine (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B007OVUDXW&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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31. Broken Shell by Dalya Moon (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B008U5MZU0&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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32. Emotionally Charged by Selina French (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B005WU9Z68&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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33. Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003XNTTT4&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
34. Gasparilla's Treasure by Scott Clement (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B007EZFAHM&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
35. Matt Archer: Monster Hunter by Kendra C Highley (PG)<br />
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36. The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson (G)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B003GGSTPI&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
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37. The Odd Job Squad by Karl Fields (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B00560R9BC&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
38. Savvy by Ingrid Law (PG)<br />
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39. Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria by Rahma Krambo (PG)<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B0054ZFLHS&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>
40. War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (PG)<br />
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<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B0071CNGI8&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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41. Howl of the Wolf by Diane Rapp (PG)<br />
<br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1479369799&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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42. The White Giraffe by Lauren St John (G)<br />
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43. Nashoga by Rebecca Weinstein (G)<br />
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44. Goosebumps by RL Stine (PG)<br />
<br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0545035171&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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45. Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones (PG)<br />
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<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0688155464&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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46. The Stone Bearers by R.E. Washington<br />
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47. It’s a Catastrophe by Sibel Hodge (G)<br />
<br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B00A52PTD6&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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48. Alcatraz by Brandon Sanderson (PG)<br />
<br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0575131349&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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49. The Sister's Club by Megan McDonald (G) <br />
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<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pristhegrea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1406313378&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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50. Nancy Drew <br />
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This is by no means an exhaustive list. There are thousands of great books out there for tweens. Sometimes it’s just hard to know where to start. So, consider this list a launching point. Enjoy!
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<script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script>Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-48735199146906775322012-11-08T03:00:00.000-08:002012-11-08T03:00:07.401-08:00Question from Readers: CreatespaceOccasionally I'll get questions from readers about the basics of self-publishing. I thought I'd start posting some of those here. That way there will be a searchable archive. Here is one from Nadia in the UK.
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<b>Firstly, I've heard rumours that the quality of the books is not all that it could be. The website itself describes its books as "library quality". As I've seen library books quite literally falling apart at the seams, that wasn't very reassuring. What is your experience?
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<i>I've seen different levels of library quality. When I think library, I think hardback book with the think sewn binding. Honestly, you don't see that very often anymore. Mostly, you just see the paperbacks with glued binding. That is what Createspace does. The quality is fine, but if you're looking for really nice, you might want to go with Lulu or Lightening Source. I haven't used them, but I here that they are really good. I would compare Createspace quality to that of the type of books you would pick up at the airport.
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<b>I was also under the impression that you had to pay to publish your books with Create Space but the website claims there are no set-up fees and the only paid services seem to be marketing, editing etc
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<i>Publishing with Createspace is completely free. You can list your book at Amazon.com and at the Createspace estore. However, if you want expanded distribution, you have to pay $25. Expanded distribution gets your books listed at libraries and other bookstores. For example, all the books that I have in expanded distribution can be bought at Barnes and Noble. I think it's worth the $25. Beware that to be listed in library catalogs, you have to use a Createspace ISBN. This is fine, but Createspace will be listed as the publisher. If you want to list your own publisher, you have to pay $10. Most people just make up a name for their publisher and pay the $10 so their book doesn't seem self published. I do both. I really want my Priscilla the Great books in libraries so I use the Createspace ISBN. All the books under my pen name, Leslie DuBois, have my company as the publisher.
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<b>Finally, if you have to buy lots of copies to distribute to bookshops, isn't that really expensive?
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<i>It depends. If you're giving your books to bookshops on consignment, then yes, you have to buy the books and personally deliver them to the shop and make out a contract with them for how much you get paid per book. But since your book is listed with Createspace, the bookshops can order them themselves. Honestly, though, you get a great price from Createspace so it is worth it to order a bunch of copies and sell them yourself. You make more money. For example, I can buy copies of my book Priscilla the Great for about $4 per book from Createspace. The book retails for $12. I can offer the bookstore a discount of $2,sell it to them for $10 each and I'll still make a profit of $6. If they order the book themselves from Amazon, I'll only make $4 in royalties from Createspace.</i><br />
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If you have questions, send me a tweet @sybilnelson.Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-11928662341146412202012-11-06T12:48:00.002-08:002012-11-06T12:48:46.402-08:005 Tips for Turning FREE into Profit!<br />
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I just wanted to let you know that I've started a biweekly radio segment about book marketing. My first show airs today and it is titled The Power of Free. In it, I give several tips for how and why you might want to give away your book for free for a while. Listen to the show <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/indiereviews-behind-the-scenes/2012/10/21/indiereview-behind-the-scenes-marketing-101w-sybil-nelson" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-33796604724944462932012-09-02T18:14:00.001-07:002012-09-02T18:14:08.519-07:00Notes from the Decatur Book Festival<br />
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really nervous going into this festival because three days before, the author I
was sharing a booth with cancelled on me leaving me with all the costs. The
booth itself cost $465 dollars, plus there was the cost of gas, hotel, and
food. On top of that, I had to drive four hours out of my way in order to
recover over 60 of my books from her. Ultimately, it was worth it because I
ended up needing those books to sell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This
festival was so incredible that I ended up making back the cost of the booth on
the first day alone! I also sold out of Priscilla the Great book one and
Priscilla the Great: Vampire Slayer. Not
only that, but I had some wonderful experiences. For example, first thing
Saturday morning, I met Kara. She is a Priscilla the Great super fan who has
read all five books! She came by just to take a picture with me! Because she
had read all of the PtG books already, she ended up buying four of my Leslie
DuBois titles and I gave her a copy of Priscilla the Great: Vampire Slayer for
free. Kara was such a sweetheart that she came back on Sunday and gave me
printed copies of the pictures that she had taken the day before.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">On
Sunday, more awesome things happened. Maya was a little girl who bought
Priscilla the Great book one Saturday. She stayed up late and read the entire
book that night! First thing Sunday morning she was at my booth wanting to by
the rest of the series. Here’s the crazy part though. She had to buy the books
with her own money and all she had was $23 in quarters! In the picture above, you can actually see her holding her bag of quarters. She sat there at my
booth and counted out $23 in quarters. Her grandmother then lovingly chipped in
the rest so that she could get books 2-4. I have labelled Maya my superfan of the weekend!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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directly after that, one of the coordinators of the festival came by and let me
know that the person next to me wasn’t showing up so I could expand my booth.
So for the entire day, I got two booths for the price of one. It was awesome! I
was able to put all of my Leslie DuBois books in one booth and all of my Sybil
Nelson books in the other. I went from having half a booth to having two
booths!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">At the
beginning of Sunday, I was really nervous since I was all out of Priscilla the
Great book one. But customers didn’t seem to mind. They just paid for book one
and allowed me to mail it to them. Several people bought books two and three
and let me mail book one for free. One person even bought books two through
five and agreed to wait for book one in the mail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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all, I thought it was a fantastic festival. It was definitely my best so far.
There are a few things I learned and a few tips that I will be stealing from
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">1. Never under estimate the number of books you
will need, especially if you write a series. Theoretically, I knew this. But
for some reason I still only brought the same number of books each of the five PtG
books. Next time I will make sure to have at least three times as many book one’s
as the rest of the series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a few other authors had hired fans to walk around in their t-shirts or other
garb and pass out bookmarks etc. For my next festival, I plan on doing
something similar. I will find local fans willing to wear my t-shirt all day
and hand out coupons for a free book. The coupons will be for a free copy of
Priscilla the Great: Vampire Slayer or a short story from my Dancing Dream
series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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can never have enough freebies to give away. I also plan on having some
stickers to give to kids to wear just as another way to get my name out there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">4. My Kindle giveaway was great and I had well
over 100 people enter. But I noticed that the booth next to me was also giving
away smaller prizes every hour. I thought that was a great idea and I will
definitely be stealing that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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15 books of my own for sale, so for me, sharing a booth probably isn’t the best
idea. I actually needed the space all to myself. If you have many books of your
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Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-16959829644177137672012-08-07T10:53:00.000-07:002012-08-07T10:55:02.195-07:00KickstarterSo I'm attempting something new today. I really want a collectors edition of the first five books of the Priscilla the Great series with hardcovers and brand new artwork. I estimate that the entire project will cost me around $6000. So instead of putting myself in debt, I'm going to give crowdfunding a try. I did a little research and decided to go with Kickstarter. The way the program works is that you explain what you need the money for and then offer a series of rewards for people who decide to back you financially. If you raise the money, you are responsible for getting all the rewards to the backers. If you don't raise the money, all bets are off and no one gets anything. So I figure I have nothing to lose. But now that the program is running, I'm not really sure how to go about promoting it. I'm too afraid that it seems like begging. Anyway, check it out if you have a moment.
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In addition to winning a Kindle Fire from the Authors around the World blog, I also wanted to give you an opportunity to win a $15 Amazon gift card. This just might be the easiest giveaway you've ever entered. All you have to do is connect with me through some social media and you're entered! Contest ends August 12th. Just fill out the rafflecopter form below. And be sure to check out the other authors on the blog hop. There are lots of great prizes to be won.</div>
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I had a goal to write 1k words a day during the month of July and I reached it! Last night at 11:35pm, I typed word 31,045. So for August, I aim to write 50k words between my new Leslie DuBois novel Somehow, Someday and my Sybil Nelson book Dark Marco Vol. 2.<br />
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I've also decided to take a different road to marketing for the rest of the year. I intend raise my followers to 10k strong between facebook, twitter and my blogs.<br />
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Starting point.<br />
Sybil Nelson blog: 47<br />
Priscilla the Great blog: 757<br />
Priscilla the Great facebook: 1,108<br />
Leslie DuBois facebook: 357<br />
Sybil Nelson twitter: 674<br />
Priscilla the Great twitter: 1240<br />
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Total: 4183<br />
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So I need 5817 new followers by the end of December. I'm going to attempt to do this through contests and blogging my butt off. Let's see how it goes.Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-40330399116985972582012-07-27T20:16:00.001-07:002012-07-27T20:16:31.359-07:00Authors Around the World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome to my leg of the Authors Around the World blog hop! Today we are getting to know Jennifer Laurens, author of the fantastic book Grace Doll.<br />
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line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">past. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="line-height: 20px;" /></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="line-height: 20px;" /></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">But</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">when</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; 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line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">her</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">doorstep,</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">holding</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">the</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">key</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; 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line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">safety</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">she's</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">known...and</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">embracing</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">the</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">role</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">she</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">was</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">born</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; 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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="line-height: 20px;">What gave you the idea for the book? </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="line-height: 20px;" /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">After college I worked in the entertainment business. I met some fascinating people, saw some interesting human behaviors and learned a lot about the business having an on-set view.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="line-height: 20px;">Who are your main characters?</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Grace Doll, Brenden, Rufus Solomon, Oscar, Jonathan and Judy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="line-height: 20px;">Who is your favorite character and why? </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oooh Grace was challenging to write because she’s lived 80 years but she’s in a teenager’s body. I loved the complex nuances of her.<br style="line-height: 20px;" /></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="line-height: 20px;">Share one quirky trait in one of your characters.</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Grace lived through the depression, so she can’t throw anything away.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="line-height: 20px;">What was your biggest challenge writing this book?</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> No question—Grace’s character having lived a lot of life but having been immortalized at seventeen made her a challenge. Also, the entire book takes place over 3 days – making the love story bloom in a believable manner was also a challenge.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="line-height: 20px;">Spill a secret, mystery or hidden thing in your book:</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I do these ‘taylor swift-ish’ secrets in all of my books. In Grace Doll, the Vanity Fair article is ‘written by’ a fictitious character after a nickname given to me by my step father, L. Duvall. He passed away this year, and he’d have gotten a laugh out of that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="line-height: 20px;">Where do you live?</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Utah.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="line-height: 20px;">What's a cool, unknown spot?</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Bear Lake – but every natural place here is well-known. Utah is an outdoors-man paradise.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The USA is diverse, and I’ve been lucky to travel to most of it. I adored the swamps of Louisiana and the mystic mood of New Orleans.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Utah is a very safe state. People leave their doors unlocked. Not me, because I’m from Los Angeles, haha.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">See Temple Square in Salt Lake City. It’s the center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and it’s beautifully done, and the heart of the state and why Utah is here today. A must see.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Utah does ice cream better than any other state.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="line-height: 20px;">What are you giving away on your blog? </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="line-height: 20px;" /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">An ARC of Grace Doll.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="line-height: 20px;">Who is the author you are highlighting on your blog?</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Courtney Vail, author of Kings & Queens</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where can readers connect with you? </span></span><span style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><u style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.jenniferlaurens.com/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">www.jenniferlaurens.com</span></span></a></u></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></span><span style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><u style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.jenniferlaurens.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.jenniferlaurens.blogspot.com</span></span></a></u></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">. @jenniferlaurens on Twitter and on my Amazon author page.</span></span></div>
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Synopsis: Kings & Queens is a gritty, twisty Young Adult mystery thriller. When 17-year-old tomboy Majesty Alistair can't budge police in her sleepy, rich town after overhearing two fellow students planning a church massacre, she aims to ID the nutjobs herself before they act. But, their agenda turns out to be far bigger than she ever assumed, and she becomes the centerpiece in a ruthless game that casts even her closest friends under suspicion.
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<b>When did you know you wanted to be an author?
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I’ve always loved writing and majored in Jornalism Advertising, so I was aiming for a copy writing and design carrier. But I got bitten by the novel bug through my husband. He wanted to start writing short stories for publications and received all these query packets and he also took a remote writing class through the Stafford Institute and received a few of the books in the Write Great Fiction Series. I read them and was inspired with an idea for a novel and wrote away. After reading more and more books on craft, I realized my first book had major issues, so I wrote another one, Kings & Queens. I poured everything I had into this book and polished it up with the help of some awesome reviewers at thenextbigwriter.com. I now know, novel writing was what I was always meant to do. I am so glad my characters found me!
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I was shopping Kings & Queens to agents, and though I got some great feedback and some requests for partials and fulls, no bites. My book is good, but on the surface it doesn’t have that oooo concept right up front. The best part of it is the surprises that come in along the wild rollercoaster ride. And that’s a hard thing for an agent to sell to publishers. There’s no juicy sound bite, so to speak, there.
I had some early readers asking me how my characters were doing and I wanted to know too. So, I wrote a sequel Sapphire Reign for fun, which opens ten years later, but after receiving some love for it, I decided it was too weird and different and good to get possibly stuffed because it doesn’t hit the same market. When a Big Sixer offers you a 2 or 3-book deal, it’s for one imprint and market. And I didn’t want SR to end up being just a self-pubbed companion book with a different cover and layout. So, my vision of success changed, being that I craved to go traditional through all the lovely gatekeepers, but that just didn’t work for this series. There was too much risk in that direction. So, I set out to find a smaller publisher that would give me more flexibility in doing what I wanted to do with the series. Me and my book are happily with Little Prince Publishing. I have creative control, flexibility and cool authors to support me. Oh, and I get all my royalties!
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The three main characters came to my mind first. I just pictured this girl named Majesty as a manager of a baseball team on which her two best friends, Alec and Derek, play. And each one commands her attention for different reasons. But, that’s all I had. Those three weirdos just stumbling around in my brain. That wasn’t enough plot for me. I needed plot. I crave plot. Something suspenseful preferred. But I had nothing. Then one night I dreamt I was running for exercise and overheard these two guys planning a church massacre and I escaped them in this little town. Boom! That gave me exactly what I needed and the location too. And then my story grew and grew into something totally unexpected and awesome. I’m kind of glad I had all that time to get to know and ponder my characters first. When the plot came to me, I was able to just write fluidly, with them popping off the pages.
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Kings & Queens is a twisty, complex, gritty read. It is not for the faint of heart nor for those who prefer simple, breezy beach reads. It requires some mental thought and will take your mind on a whirlwind trip and back. If you’re looking for a read that doesn’t feel like anything you’ve ever read before, that’s suspenseful and weird, then this is the book for you.
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To study genres, skip around to some MG and YA blogs and look for what’s hot and interesting to other kids of that age. If your kids see you taking a vested interest in books and know that you’re on the look for cool books, rather than telling them what they can and can’t read, then you can engage on a new level and be excited about books together.
Website: www.courtneyvail.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/kingsandqueensnovel
Twitter: www.twitter.com/cvwriterSybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-70861657459203937502012-07-06T09:15:00.000-07:002012-07-06T09:15:00.353-07:00Kindle INDIEpendence Day Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is time for the second annual Kindle INDIEpendence Day giveaway. This year we have even more authors and prizes. Contest begins July 1st and ends July 7th!<br />
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Grand Prize: 1 Kindle Fire<br />
1st place: 1 Kindle with special offers<br />
2nd place: a choice of 20 free ebooks from the 29 participating authors<br />
3rd place: a choice of 15 free ebooks from the participating authors<br />
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<script src="http://www.linkytools.com/basic_linky_include.aspx?id=151207" type="text/javascript"></script>Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-62132597529193714652012-06-30T18:54:00.000-07:002012-06-30T18:54:09.768-07:00The Halfway PointSo tonight is June 30th and we are technically halfway through the year. I've accomplished a lot of my writing goals (not so many of my marketing goals). At this point in my career, however, I have so many ideas that I just want to get written down that I don't feel bad concentrating more on writing than marketing. This is what I have done so far this year:<br />
Published:<br />
Shadows of St. Louis<br />
Priscilla the Great 4<br />
Priscilla the Great 5<br />
Priscilla the Great versus the World<br />
Priscilla the Great Omnibus 1<br />
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Writing:<br />
Two short stories for different anthologies<br />
The Saint Of Petersburg<br />
Dark Marco vol 1<br />
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There are 184 days left in the year. My goal for the second part of the year is to keep on a strict 1,000 words a day schedule. That means I plan to write 184,000 more words this year. I've even decided how to allocate those words. I want three 50k word novels and then the other 34k words will be split between two short stories and Dark Marco Vol 2. I'm not saying that all of these will be published in 2012 since they would still need to go through editing and everything. But I am planning on publishing at least two more novels and two more short stories in 2012. With what has already been published and written, that would give me seven books published and four separate anthologies. Not bad. For 2013, of course, I will try to raise the bar even higher.<br />
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I have definitely found that I prefer writing to marketing. I think having more available content will eventually boost my sales organically. Sometime in August I will go back to pushing my public speaking career, but for right now, all I want to do is write.Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-81941595034103380122012-05-16T06:52:00.000-07:002012-05-16T06:52:00.434-07:00Tip #58: The Other AmazonsEvery once in a while I will have a giveaway and the winner will be international. It is always a hassle sending things overseas and it costs extra. So with my last giveaway winner who was in the UK, I decided to try something new. I logged on to Amazon.co.uk, order the books she won and sent them directly to her. I have Amazon prime so I didn't have to pay shipping and I didn't have to do any shipping myself. It worked out perfectly.Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-37030301382605090572012-05-15T06:50:00.000-07:002012-05-15T06:53:12.650-07:00Tip #57: Radio InterviewsSo I just had my first live radio interview yesterday. I was so nervous that I spent hours researching how to have a successful radio interview and then took notes on all the suggestions. When the interview started, I ended up not using a single one of them. I just went with the flow and did what came naturally. The interview took a completely different turn that I hadn't even prepared for, but since I naturally like to talk, I was able to just speak to the topics that were asked. There are a few tips that may prove useful in the future so I'll share.<br />
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Almost every source I found said to not use a cell phone for fear of the call getting dropped. But I was in Florida in a hotel room and I didn't want to pay long distance fees for a call to California. My husband noticed that we had great reception in the hotel room. I also noticed that on the very program I would be on, many people were calling on their cell phones so I decided to give it a try as well. There were no problems. Reception was great and the call wasn't dropped. So if you have great reception and are not moving around, I suggest going ahead and using your cell phone if you have to.<br />
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I made copious notes about the topic I was supposed speak on which was about working mothers and their relationships with their children. I ended up only using one note as the conversation took a completely different turn about integration in schools. Thankfully, it was a topic I was completely comfortable speaking about and I was able to plug one of my other books.<br />
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I was able to get the host's email address and I plan on sending him a really nice thank you note for the interview. I suggest always doing things like this as it will help you the next time you need an interview or may even get you recommended to someone else.<br />
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Now without further ado, here is my interview:<br />
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In honor of the release of Priscilla the Great book five, I'm having yet another giveaway. The premise is that you have to name three things that are going to happen twenty-five years from now. Here are my thoughts:<br />
1. Flying cars - In my opinion, we are about 10 years to late on this. Come on, smart science people. Get to work on my flying cars. I want flying cars.<br />
2. DNA based shopping - Instead of credit cards, we will be able to just swipe our fingers to make purchase. The good thing is that there will be no more identity theft. That bad news, I bet finger theft will go through the roof.<br />
3. Smartphone implants - Our brains will become like human smart phones. We will be able to answer calls with a blink and post on facebook by twinkling our noses.<br />
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Visit <a href="http://priscillathegreat.blogspot.com/">Priscilla's blog</a> and enter to win a Kindle Fire!Sybil Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062481133754431468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093845222369717312.post-59622975426466765602012-04-09T03:31:00.001-07:002012-04-09T04:48:47.624-07:00Authors in Bloom Giveaway Hop/Enter to win a Kindle/Enter to win a Nook<center><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.diannevenetta.com"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeeV02oXvciKPSq9dJiDSBQmBVCkcmr7j1hIJy9UoZKBeFBJ0jlDBMYSyY_NZ1Pj2P5JLeN1aqiaE2yk0mryUlH17kskkCnejvSopUvU5ySN4jy33dK81NZt_OCKNl2bIE7QYM9QJNYIc/s1600/AIB-BlogTourButton-002.jpg" /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeeV02oXvciKPSq9dJiDSBQmBVCkcmr7j1hIJy9UoZKBeFBJ0jlDBMYSyY_NZ1Pj2P5JLeN1aqiaE2yk0mryUlH17kskkCnejvSopUvU5ySN4jy33dK81NZt_OCKNl2bIE7QYM9QJNYIc/s260/AIB-BlogTourButton-002.jpg" /></a></center><br />Traveling story phrase:<br /><br />Line 40: We all want to be “picked,” cherished as the most beautiful creation of all. <br /><br />Recipe:<br /><div style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); border-top-color: rgb(236, 233, 216); border-right-color: rgb(236, 233, 216); border-bottom-color: rgb(236, 233, 216); border-left-color: rgb(236, 233, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(251, 100, 0); font-size: 13px; ">INGREDIENTS:</span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); "><tbody style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><td width="50%" valign="top" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">1 pound lean ground beef</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">1 egg</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">2 tablespoons water</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">1/2 cup bread crumbs</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">3 tablespoons minced onion</div></td><td width="50%" valign="top" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">1 (8 ounce) can jellied cranberry sauce</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">3/4 cup chili sauce</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">1 tablespoon brown sugar</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); border-top-color: rgb(236, 233, 216); border-right-color: rgb(236, 233, 216); border-bottom-color: rgb(236, 233, 216); border-left-color: rgb(236, 233, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(251, 100, 0); font-size: 13px; ">DIRECTIONS:</span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); "><tbody style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><td valign="top" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(251, 100, 0); ">1.</td><td valign="top" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).</td></tr><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><td valign="top" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(251, 100, 0); ">2.</td><td valign="top" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">In a large bowl, mix together the ground beef, egg, water, bread crumbs, and minced onion. Roll into small meatballs.</td></tr><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><td valign="top" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(251, 100, 0); ">3.</td><td valign="top" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, turning once.</td></tr><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><td valign="top" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(251, 100, 0); ">4.</td><td valign="top" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">In a slow cooker or large saucepan over low heat, blend the cranberry sauce, chili sauce, brown sugar, and lemon juice. 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