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Marcia Colette

RT Booklovers Convention Tips & What to Wear

February 20, 2012 by Edie Ramer 6 Comments
Woman Shopping

I’m going to the RT Convention in Chicago this April. I’ve been to several RWA Nationals and to quite a few regional conferences, but this is my first RT. Another friend is going for her first time and asked me what to wear. I sent her question to Liz Kreger, who’s been to the conference … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conferences, Writing Life Tagged: Cynthia Eden, Edie Ramer, Heather Graham, Liz Kreger, Marcia Colette, RT Booklovers Convention, RT parties, what to wear to RT

Ads for ebooks – are they worth it?

November 21, 2011 by Edie Ramer 23 Comments
vanity press books

I’ve always believed money flows to the author, not from her. I tried one ad and didn’t feel I got my money’s worth. I’m frugal and decided to try other ways. I’m a lurker on J.A. Konrath’s blogs, and he’s said that advertising isn’t the way to sell a lot of books. If you write … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, Indie Publishing, Writing Business Tagged: Amanda Brice, Amy Atwell, Authors on the Cheap, Bente Gallagher, Bev Patterson, book marketing, Christy Hayes, Digital Books Today, Facebook ads, Frugal eReader, Google Adwords, indiepub, JE Hopkins, Jennifer Lynne, Julianne MacLean, Karin Tabke, Kindle3, Liliana Hart, Marcia Colette, Pixel of Ink, Regina Duke, Renee Pace, Sophia Knightly

How to promote your books on Goodreads

July 18, 2011 by Edie Ramer 27 Comments

My new sci fi romance, Galaxy Girls, is just out, my shiny new baby. I wanted to learn how to use Goodreads for promotion and thought some of you might want to know more about this, too. I put a call out, and a few people contacted me. If you’ve had any promo experiences on … [Read more…]

Posted in: Marketing Tagged: Amy Atwell, Edie Ramer, excerpts, Galaxy Girls, giveaways, Goodreads, L.J. Charles, Marcia Colette, promotion, selling books

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