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‘Thinking Outside the Box’ Tips for Creating Your own Book Marketing Video

October 3, 2011 by Guest Post 2 Comments
book marketing trailer video

by Melissa Conway Most author-created book trailers stick to the tried-and-true format of carefully selected stock photos with thoughtfully composed captions set to royalty-free music—a potentially good way to get a story concept across to viewers. If done right, it can increase sales, but this particular marketing tool is useless if nobody watches it. Let’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Marketing, News & Notices, Writing Business Tagged: book promotion, book trailers, indie authors, indie publishing, video, YouTube

The Young Adult Fiction “Land of Opportunity”?

December 5, 2010 by KristiCook

One of the great things about writing young adult (YA) fiction right now is that, in a contracting publishing landscape, the young adult market seems like a veritable land of opportunity.  In comparison to the adult romance market, where lines and imprints are constantly shrinking and folding and major publishers are closing up shop, the … [Read more…]

Posted in: News & Notices Tagged: writing business, YA, young adult

YA Fiction: How Dark is Too Dark?

December 3, 2010 by KristiCook

One question I often hear floating around in regards to YA fiction (and even middle-grade fiction)  is “How dark/edgy is *too* dark/edgy?”  The problem with this question is that it presumes that there is a “right” answer–a definitive line between what is acceptable in the YA market and what isn’t. In an interview, someone once … [Read more…]

Posted in: News & Notices Tagged: teen books, writing dark, YA, young adult

Why write young adult novels? Why YA?

December 1, 2010 by KristiCook

By Kristi Cook I thought I’d start my monthly posts about young adult novels with the most basic question possible–why YA?! I’ve had several people ask me this as I make my transition from writing adult historical romance to paranormal young adult fiction.  I mean, okay, everyone knows that the publishing market is contracting in … [Read more…]

Posted in: News & Notices Tagged: writing business, writing markets, young adult
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