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  • The (Long) Tail of Self-Published Authors

    I read Meghan Ward’s excellent Writerland blog post, Does Social Media Sell Books?, this morning, and thought I would share a version of my comments here: I recently came across two terms that relate to me as a self-published and self-marketed author: “Googlable“: I have a blog that comes up on top of the first…

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  • Book Giveaway for An Irish Miracle on goodreads

    Contest ends September 16, 2012 so remember to enter today! Three free trade paperback copies of An Irish Miracle will be sent to winning goodreads members in the United States, Canada, Great Britain or Australia! If you’re not already a goodreads member, this is a great opportunity to sign up for a free membership. This…

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  • An Irish Miracle in iTunes

    If you enjoy reading on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iBooks, An Irish Miracle is finally available through iTunes! An Irish Miracle is also available from these fine online retailers:

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  • Tech Notes – HootSuite for Twittering Self-Marketers

    Back when I gleefully signed on to be a Self-Publisher, I knew there would eventually be some marketing involved, but I was blithely ignorant of what that really entailed. To paraphrase a memorable They Might Be Giants verse, “I was young and foolish then. I’m feeling old and foolish now.” Perhaps I should have listened…

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  • Resources for Readers – goodreads

    This is the first installment in a Resources for Readers series we can build together for those of us, and our friends, who are readers. From the voracious three-novel-a-week book consumer to the casual three-book-a-year reader, the tools and resources we will highlight will help them find great reads, and even share their thoughts on…

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