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	<title>Selling Books</title>
	
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		<title>6 Surefire Ways to Promote Your Novel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Beckwith</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Book Marketing]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The biggest mistake most novelists make when promoting their books is believing that it&#8217;s all about book reviews. Wrong. Book reviews are valuable and securing them should be on any author or...<br/>
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		<title>Self-Publishing Is Not Your Parents’ Vanity Press</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phyllis Zimbler Miller</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Self-publishing today takes many forms but it is definitely not restricted to the old vanity press model where you paid for thousands of books that you then stacked in your garage.


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		<title>Why Authors Need a Great Headshot with Tips on How to Get One</title>
		<link>http://www.sellingbooks.com/why-authors-need-a-great-headshot</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lorenz</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sellingbooks.com/?p=1154</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[While the written word is powerful in landing a media placement, as a publicist I know that a great photo can cinch a media opportunity just as well and sometimes even faster. How? It’s simple. The...<br/>
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		<title>Book Agent Query Letters - Finding the Right Agent For Your Novel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Bacon</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Many Agents Do Not Accept Unsolicited Material
In the fiction area of the book-agenting arena, other than some agents/agencies now requesting or requiring submissions via E-mail, the rules for...<br/>
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		<title>Your Book Is Judged by Its Cover — 7 Tips for Effective Internet Book Selling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phyllis Zimbler Miller</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Book Cover Design]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Books have always been judged by their covers. In a bookstore you look at the cover first, then turn over the book to read the back cover. Or maybe you next read the inside front and back flap covers...<br/>
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		<title>Using a Pen Name: To Hide or Reveal</title>
		<link>http://www.sellingbooks.com/pen-name-to-hide-or-reveal</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lorenz</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sellingbooks.com/?p=1148</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A rich tradition has existed for hundreds of years for fiction writers to use pen names. The most famous pen name, of course, was Samuel Clemens writing under the name Mark Twain.
A lesser known use...<br/>
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		<title>Book Marketing Blog Carnival - June 24, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.sellingbooks.com/book-marketing-blog-carnival-june-24-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.sellingbooks.com/book-marketing-blog-carnival-june-24-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Stucker</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Blog Carnival]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Book Marketing]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Welcome to the June 24, 2009 edition of book marketing blog carnival. In this issue, you will find lots of great posts about writing, publishing and marketing your book.
Marketing and Online...<br/>
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		<title>Writing Tip For Serious Fiction Writers - The Prudent Use of Contractions to Create Fluent Dialogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Bacon</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sellingbooks.com/?p=1191</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[With an Ear for the Reader, Understand the Value of Contractions for Realism in Dialogue
A major hindrance to realistic dialogue is the inability to recognize the value of contractions to enable...<br/>
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		<title>Getting Your Book Ready to be Noticed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Frederich</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Book Cover Design]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[book design]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[So…You’ve done the final edit. Now what?
Among the many steps you still have to take is: page design.
Page design? Big deal you might say. What I need is a great cover for my book.
Your potential...<br/>
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		<title>22 Tips on What to Wear For a TV Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lorenz</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Recently one of my author clients was featured on FOX News Boston. Before he was interviewed on camera he was nervous but was able to recall the media training that we put him through a few weeks...<br/>
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