It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous. – Robert Benchley
Yesterday, Your Guide to Book Publishing with Judith Briles and Nicholas Taylor focused on online marketing for books, especially fiction. You can go to the Home page of http://www.TheBookShepherd.com, scroll down and click on any of the past five show—just click and you are instantly there!
Here’s your Top Ten Tweets for the past week
Tweets are faster than a speeding bird … below are Author U’s Top Ten Tweets from the past week that you may have missed …
Success & Resources
The best revenge is success. Have you had book rejects? Here’s a list of 30 mega sellers who have had multiple. http://ow.ly/hNoaY
Author Update on Amazon E-book Borrowing http://t.co/h3DANVry
Author and Blogging 101: Finding Time for Blogging http://t.co/A743NmeC2z
Writing
Good author tips/reminders for quick copy editing. http://ow.ly/hNmvq
Writers and Authors: Are you fluent in English, Sarcasm, Profanity? This is for you: http://ow.ly/hNnPS
Author YOU Smarts: Write or Die! goo.gl/jifZt
Social Media and Marketing Strategies
Simple Tips to Rank High in Google so Google will love you, your info, your site. http://ow.ly/hKi8d
The human side of branding-excellent post via @markcollier-use humo, be self in your posts. http://ow.ly/hTyIt
Pinterest Infographic: How Users Interact on Pinterest – good info for authors http://ow.ly/ipzel
Add an About Page to Your Blog http://t.co/u7dm36IhCo
Bonus: Last week’s Your Guide to Book Publishing was with Bret Ridgway who delivered a “how to” in the audio world—what to do, what not to do—a wealth of information on multimedia. Listen in. http://rsrn.us/youpublish or you can download directly from the AuthorU.org website.
Don’t forget to fill out “About” on your FB page. It’s what people see! Add your URL there.
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