Few skills are more important for an author than knowing how to hire a book publicist. With over...
Book Platform: Three Critical Elements
Three book platform elements are critical to author infrastructure: website blog social media As...
Historical Novel Publicist interviews Historical Novelist
To take advantage of an unexpected date hook, historical novelist Barbara Crane hired historical...
Web Conferencing for Authors: How to Connect with Your Readers Online
The publishing industry has so many outlets that new technologies are constantly reinventing book...
Stephanie Barko, Literary Publicist: Which Social Networking Platforms Should Authors Use (video)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImIjfqYfqIQ
The State of Digital Influence
To my Followers who Blog and Fellow Book Bloggers: As you may know, Technorati's State of Digital...
Mistakes of Debut Authors
Mistakes of Debut Authors byStephanie Barko, Literary Publicist Prior to being published, first...
Selling Books on the Radio
San Francisco Book Review published my tips aboutPitching and Selling Books on the Radio,which you...
Career Changer in the Publishing Industry: An Interview with Stephanie Barko
The University of Texas at Austin's Business School published their interview of me today. If you...
Texas Writers Month: Author Interview Schedule
May 1 - S.C. Gwynne May 2 - Suzy Spencer May 3 - Stephen Harrigan May 4 - Kathleen Kent May 5 -...
Texas Writers Month: Author Interview Series
May is Texas Writers Month. Each day in May at this blog, an exclusive interview with a...
Branding for Authors
Read this "Branding By Association" article featuring branding expert Dan Schawbel today. Lots of...
Judith Orloff’s bestseller Emotional Freedom
EMOTIONAL FREEDOM: LIBERATE YOURSELF FROM NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AND TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE Uplifting NEW...
A January To-Do List for Authors, Part IV
Writers and Authors- As promised, here is your third to-do for January. Write down your book...
2010’s Five New Words
Below are five new words created in 2010, according to New York Times' Grant Barrett, a...
Author Marketing: A January To-Do List
Certain author marketing functions are best planned at the beginning of the year.In fact, annual...
Bookselling in 2011
Check out these industry prognostications for the year ahead. Special note to my clients--now you...
Types of Editing
The Four Types of Editing The Northwest Independent Editors Guild has defined four types of book...
Author Websites: Has Google Found Yours?
As a book publicist, I frequently end up guiding authors into a new or upgraded website. Not only...
Memoirist Betty Auchard double-reviewed in national journal
California memoirist Betty Auchard received reviews of both her books today by the national life...
Reflecting on The Texas Book Festival
The first day of the Festival began with a colorful sunrise over the State Capitol and...
The PR Value of an Effective Book Cover
San Francisco Book Review published my piece about the PR value of an effective book cover today.
Interview with Sarah Johnson of Historical Novel Society
Today as my guest, help me welcome Sarah Johnson, Review Editor (for 11 years) of Historical...