By Shannon Yarbrough on August 9, 2010
I’ve always been a cheerleader for investing in copies of your own book for various reasons. This always becomes part of the great debate of how much money an author should invest in their book to make it successful. Remember, if you are a self-published author, you wear many hats: writer, editor, publisher, and marketer. Before considering self-publishing, you should consider how much money you are willing to spend on marketing your project.
Posted in Marketing, Sales, Shannon Yarbrough, Success Stories | Tagged book marketing, donate your book, market your book, top places to market my book, top places your book should be, where to market your book |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on August 5, 2010
It is nice to be able to celebrate the good news of a friend, and I am very happy to say that we have reason to celebrate. The landscape of publishing is changing, in particular with the advent of the ebook, and self-publishing is increasingly becoming a viable option, and one which is beginning to grow legs as a door opener for other opportunities, as Boyd Morrison proved with his book The Ark, as was discussed in previous post Who Needs a Publisher Anyway?
Posted in Kindle, Linda Welch, LK Gardner-Griffie, Success Stories | Tagged agency, along came a demon, amazon, Kindle, Linda Welch, Robert Gottlieb, The Demon Hunters, Trident Media Group, Whisperings |
By Shannon Yarbrough on August 2, 2010
Check out this article by Isia Jasiewicz from The Books Issue of Newsweek (first posted only July 30th, 2010): Boyd Morrison was finishing a Ph.D. in industrial engineering when he wrote his first novel. Five agents rejected it. Nine years later he tried again, and this time he did get an agent—after nearly three years [...]
Posted in E-publishing, Getting Published, Kindle, Sales, Shannon Yarbrough, Success Stories | Tagged amazon kindle, bob young, boyd morrison, E-publishing, isia jasiewicz, j.a. konrath, john edgar wideman, kindle publishing, Lulu, philadelphia fire, the ark, whiskey sour book, who needs a publisher anyway |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on December 22, 2009
It is always wonderful when we hear of someone who has been reviewed on the LL Book Review having some success, either through sales or critical acclaim. Today it is Linda Welch’s turn.
Posted in Linda Welch, Success Stories | Tagged Alien Romances, along came a demon, blog post, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Linda Welch, The Demon Hunters, Whisperings |
By Shannon Yarbrough on August 31, 2009
Congrats to fellow LLBR reviewers, LK Gardner-Griffie and Dan Marvin! Both of their books made the Top BookBuzzr Books list for August 2009 according to the BookBuzzr newsletter today.
Posted in Announcements, Marketing, Shannon Yarbrough, Success Stories | Tagged BookBuzzr, briefs for the reading room, Dan Marvin, fReado, free book marketing, LK Gardner-Griffie, misfit mccabe |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on August 14, 2009
One of the things I absolutely love about reviewing books, is I get to hear from excited authors about fun things that are happening with their work. Sometimes it might be an upswing in sales, or interviews which help broaden the exposure.
Posted in Interviews, LK Gardner-Griffie, Success Stories | Tagged Ashley Lane, interview, LK Gardner-Griffie, Loves Street Playhouse, Minnie, misfit mccabe, script writing, stage play, Steel Magnolias |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on May 17, 2009
Pearson Prize Teen Choice Award judge says about Misfit McCabe:
There is an interesting range or varied emotions from crying to laughing to simply secretly smiling to yourself because you can relate to every turn of events. You should definitely read this book.
Posted in Announcements, Success Stories, WITW is MMC | Tagged Award, contest, Learning for a Cause, LK Gardner-Griffie, michael sweet, misfit mccabe, Pearson Prize Teen Choice Award, teen choice, young adult |
By Shannon Yarbrough on January 5, 2009
Let’s start 2009 with a success story! I had the pleasure of reading Robert Toonkel’s book, Chappaqua, in August as part of our Back to School focus. Just yesterday, I noticed Robert’s book had gone live on Amazon since the review. I decided to cross post our review to his Amazon page and also noticed the book had a new cover.
Posted in Interviews, Shannon Yarbrough, Success Stories | Tagged amazon.com, bookstores, chappaqua, local books, lulu.com, new york, POD author, pod success story, print on demand, rob toonkel |
By Shannon Yarbrough on August 2, 2008
Welcome to August! Check out the right side of the blog page to find out what reviews we are working on for this month. For our first August In-News update, we’ve interviewed Todd Fonseca, author of The Time Cavern. Todd has kept in contact with the Lulu Book Review since we reviewed his book back in May, updating us on the success of his book, both in marketing and in sales. At a recent book signing, he sold over 50 copies!
Posted in Interviews, Shannon Yarbrough, Success Stories | Tagged amazon.com, book reviews, book tagging, lulu.com, POD, pod book review, review, self publish, The Time Cavern, Todd Fonseca |
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