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Book Fairs – fun and interesting

Posted on September 6, 2011
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If you get a chance, attend a book industry trade show.  Check out these links, articles, about marketing books.  You can find schedule and location of many shows / fairs online. 

http://bookmarketingmaven.typepad.com/

how to market books at a show, article

Abu Dhabi Book Fair 


 

 

 

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book industry still growing

Posted on September 6, 2011
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Recent study shows an increase in publishing for the last few years, stats from 2010.

 

http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/891561-264/new_statistics_model_for_book.html.csp   

strong performance in higher education books, and adult fiction.   Ebook sales are skyrocketing in 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Are you a writer ? resources, links

Posted on August 7, 2011
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Here are some links to interesting companies and information about eBooks, digital publishing, and print publishing

Keep coming back, we’ll be expanding this into a large section.    Join the conversation.

Ebook resources.

Overdrive — intro to digital distribution

Byook    a new reading experience..    ebooks with video and sound.

www.bookrix.com    Free the author in you..  a place for writers and readers.  

Kindle direct publishing, with Amazon    publish yourself directly.

Audio books… Audible.com

Read and Note     next generation e-reading platform 

 

 

 

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Popular books sell

Posted on June 13, 2011
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Here’s a SHORT list of some of the many book subjects that are in demand.

 

Travel, textbooks, language, education ( textbooks for all subjects), mystery, current events, classic literature, “how-to”, technology.
Finance, economics, specialties, collectible, rare.   Cookbooks, art, training, nursing, medical, biology, astronomy, computer.
Science fiction, movies, music, history, religion, self-help,

 

 

 

 

 


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