Another practice that is becoming much more common is the group signing or the group tour. There are a number of reasons to sign as a group. First, you’re more likely to bring in more people as part of a group. You can sell copies of your work to other readers who have come in [...]

Well, I’m out of school for the summer. It happened late this year, due to all the wild circumstances of power outages and feet of snow. But I’m slowly getting used to not getting dressed at 6am and rushing out the door. It didn’t take much to get there! But that doesn’t mean I have [...]

Old joke: If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims, rim shot please.
Ok, so even though my last name is Marks, I’m not going to advocate the old Soviet holiday of May day, but I am going to be happy that it’s May finally. For starters, it’s Derby Day and Malice [...]

Chances are that as a writer you love books. Hence, it’s only reasonable that you’ll meet people who love books as well. Anyone from a bookseller to people in local writers groups to librarians are all people who can play a hand in promoting your work. Booksellers and librarians are particularly important contacts for your [...]

Ugh, one of the rituals I like least about spring is the cleaning. Granted, it needs to be done and it does help with all of the allergy problems that come from being cooped up inside for 6 months, but it’s no fun.
It’s a reminder to me that I’m a collectorholic. I collect SO [...]

One of the most popular promotional items right now is the postcard. The front of the postcard holds the artwork from the front cover the book. The back of the card has the normal white space for the address on the right half of the card. On the left side of the card where the [...]

It seems hard to believe that it’s been a month since I posted. I’m going to have to take some time to get used to this.
In the last month, I’ve been a busy guy, well, if you want to call it that. First, I’ve been off 6 days from school due to snow. Hard [...]

Once your web-site is operational, one of the ways to generate more buzz about your Internet presence is to add what is called interactivity. That’s the concept that a web surfer is more likely to come back to a site repeatedly if there are activities that require his input into a situation. Those little polls [...]

I’m going to be adding marketing ideas to the blog on a regular basis to help others who are interested in selling copies of their own books (don’t forget to buy mine while you’re at it.) Most of these tips are discussed at more length in Intent to Sell.
Here’s one idea:
One of the first [...]

It’s 2009 and we’re back to blogging after a break. I thought I’d list out some of my resolutions. For some reason, I always work out a number of New Year’s resolutions for myself, some of which are gone before my New Years hangover. First, I always put down that I’m going to get in [...]