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- Tips on Promoting Your Author Blog • December 14, 2006
Inspired by an e-mail from my friend Matt Jarpe yesterday afternoon, I decided to extend this promotional kick I’ve been on further and discuss author blog promotional tactics. I know there are approximately 2.6 zillion gajillion posts out there on effective blogging, so feel free to transfer that grain of salt you were serving with [...] - Why You Bought That Book • December 11, 2006
After I posted a blog piece last week asking people Why Did You Buy That Book?, it turned into a nice little mini-meme. In addition to the discussions here and on my MySpace blog, there were also discussions on Jim Hines’ LiveJournal, Alma Alexander’s LiveJournal, John Joseph Adams’ blog and guinwhyte’s LiveJournal. I know that [...] - Why Did You Buy That Book? • December 6, 2006
I'm going to try a little experiment here. I want to hear from science fiction and fantasy readers and consumers. Pick three recent SF/F titles that you've purchased, and add a comment telling the world how you heard about them, and what inspired you to buy them. - Contemplating My Next Laptop • December 4, 2006
As a nice, juicy little carrot to inspire me to finish writing "MultiReal," I've decided that I'm going to finally buy a new laptop once I'm done. So the question is: which one? - How I Promoted My Book, Part 2 • December 1, 2006
Since so many people seem to be interested in my blog entry on How I Promoted My Book, I thought I’d post a few more random thoughts and suggestions about book promotion here. Keep in mind that there’s no one set way of marketing anything, or we’d all be swilling down New Coke. This is [...] - Whose Books Do You Buy in Hardcover? • November 15, 2006
I happened to look at the listing for Infoquake on Amazon the other day and see that there are 57 (update: actually only 19) used copies for sale there, going as low as $7.50 per. People sometimes ask if I “mind” them purchasing used copies of my book at a discount rather than paying the [...] - A Shout-Out to Johns Hopkins Alumni • September 11, 2006
While I was at WorldCon a few weeks ago, I was pleased to run into an acquaintance of mine from my days at Johns Hopkins. Edward Einhorn was there hanging out in the dealer’s room signing books just like me. Ed, I discovered, is the author of not one, but two books in the venerable [...] - “Infoquake” News: Baltimore/DC Readings Next Week, “Book of the Year” Review • September 1, 2006
The latest news on "Infoquake," including news about readings and new reviews. - From First to Final Draft: A Case Study • August 14, 2006
[Note: I generally try not to cross-post entries between this blog and the DeepGenre group blog I belong to. But in this case, I'm making an exception. Feel free to read and respond to this entry on DeepGenre instead.] This weekend, I did something that’s guaranteed to strike fear in the heart of even the [...] - Pyr Panel and DeepGenre Reading at WorldCon • August 8, 2006
Attention, WorldCon attendees: your agenda on Friday afternoon, August 25, at 2:30 p.m. has been set. My editor, Lou Anders, will be holding a panel on the future of the Pyr imprint, and it promises to be a rollicking good time for all. Feast your eyes on this list of Pyr authors that will be [...]