AMAZING CONTENT JUST FOR YOU - Marketing for Authors from @conquerall

READ MORE AT: http://joconquerobstacles.com/2011/04/26/top-3/ AMAZING CONTENT JUST FOR YOU - Marketing for Authors Top 3 Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:42 AM PDT Marketing and Promoting Top 3 Select Picks For The Week Should be no surprise that I love to read. Ever feel frustrated when there's not enough time in the day to read everything? Now this is an impossible expectation to lay on myself, but there are times when I just cannot keep my eyes open any longer…and darn it, I really wanted to finish what I started reading. To gain knowledge about today's rapid changing technology, I try and read a lot of informative blogs in my niche, marketing and promoting. I keep open an information page from Word, adding interesting links and facts that will be useful. What do I do with this page full of links and facts? -         I twitter to my fellow writers so they can benefit – You can follow me @conquerall READ MORE AT: http://joconquerobstacles.com/2011/04/26/top-3/

(press release) @Amazon Books Launches Author Interview Series: "Author Interviews@Amazon"

Customers can contribute questions for their favorite authors via Amazon.com Books Facebook page and books blog, Omnivoracious SEATTLE, Apr 25, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- (NASDAQ:AMZN)--Amazon.com today introduced "Author Interviews@Amazon," the new author interview series that will be available in a new content destination called The Backstory (www.amazon.com/thebackstory). Author Interviews@Amazon launches with five video interviews, including celebrity chef and James Beard Award-winning Tom Douglas, New York Times bestselling debut author Joshua Foer, young adult authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare, and Gossip Girl producer John Stephens. New author interviews will be announced via the Amazon.com Books Facebook page and on Omnivoracious.com, the Amazon.com Books blog. Customers will be able to post questions for visiting authors that will be incorporated into each interview. All edited videos will be available on the book's detail page and accessible from archives in The Backstory. "We're extremely lucky to have fascinating and talented authors gracing our hallways here at Amazon and taking time to chat with us," said Mari Malcolm, Managing Editor, books at Amazon.com. "We love these conversations so much that we wanted to share them with our customers. We hope that customers will take the opportunity to submit questions on our Amazon Books Facebook page or through our blog, Omnivoracious. They can also contact us at authorinterviews@amazon.com with questions for visiting authors." The Backstory will feature Author Interviews@Amazon interviews and other exclusive author content such as guest reviews, interviews, authors' favorite playlists, recipes and more. Author Interviews@Amazon interviews, including sample quotes, are included below: Holly Black is the bestselling author of contemporary fantasy novels for teens and children, including her first book, "Tithe," "The Spiderwick Chronicles" with Tony DiTerlizzi, the graphic novel series "The Good Neighbors (with Ted Naifeh), and the mobster fantasy series "The Curse Workers." A quote from her interview: "All my other work has been about fairies, but I've always loved heists, I've always loved capers, and I've always loved noir. So I thought, I'm going to do something totally crazy and come up with this crazy world." Cassandra Clare is the bestselling author of the "Mortal Instruments" series, and "Clockwork Angel," the first book in the "Infernal Devices" series. A quote from her interview: "I really like writing teenage characters more than adults. You love your adult characters, but they're also obstacles." Tom Douglas is a James Beard Award-winning chef from Seattle, owner of ten restaurants and author of four books, including the Kindle Exclusive, "Chef Walks: Seattle." A quote from his interview: "Chefs know. We all know. We get out, we go to each other's places, we know where the best food is around the city, we actually take the time to search out and support all these places." Joshua Foer has written for National Geographic, Esquire, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Slate. "Moonwalking with Einstein" is his first book. A quote from his interview: "The one thing that tends to describe a lot of 'memory geeks' is that a lot of them are actual, physical athletes. The guy who won this year's U.S. Memory Championship is, as we speak, on a plane to Kathmandu to climb Mount Everest. Because, what else would you do after winning the U.S. Memory Championship?" John Stephens spent ten years in television, was the executive producer of Gossip Girl and a writer for Gilmore Girls and The O.C. He was inspired to write novels for children after reading Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy. "The Emerald Atlas" is his first book. A quote from his interview: "I'm a morning writer; I tend to work early in the morning, and even if I'm hungry or thirsty, I don't allow myself to get up and go eat. So frequently, I'll be writing in the morning, I'll be starving, and all of a sudden my characters will magically be eating food!" About Amazon.com Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle, Kindle 3G and Kindle DX are the revolutionary portable readers that wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers, blogs and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle 3G and Kindle DX utilize the same 3G wireless technology as advanced cell phones, so users never need to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is the #1 bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon. Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, and www.amazon.it. As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise. Forward-Looking Statements This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings. SOURCE: Amazon.com, Inc. Amazon.com, Inc. Media Hotline, 206-266-7180 www.amazon.com/pr

Marketing Tips For Authors - Contest: Win The Amazing Book Marketing Prize Package

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[Motown Writers Network] Bring Your Publishing Project to Life; Steps 2great Sto

To register for any of the listed events, please go to: http://detroitliterarynetwork.com Featured Event: How to Bring Your Publishing Project to Life in 2011 Detroit View Map 5/19/11 6PM - 9PM Attend The Essence of Motown Writers Alliance & Motown Writers Network'sInfo: Events Held: 30 Top Categories: Classes Conferences Primary Location: Detroit,MI The Essence of Motown Writers Alliance & Motown Writers Network Geared to provide literary events in Metro Detroit and assist writers in writing, publishing, marketing and promoting. The Essence of Motown Alliance was created to bring together literary groups and provide an annual literary conference inside of Detroit. The Motown Writers Network is a readers and writers organization that provides networking and education on and off the Internet. Established in 1999, MWN has over 600 members & growing. Members is free with newsletter subscription. All email subscriptions are free. http://MotownWriters.com Events Current Events Past Events How to Bring Your Publishing Project to Life in 20115/19/11 6PM - 9PM Detroit | View Map Every one has a book in them! Everyone has a story to tell! With technology changing and digital printing becoming more and more... Attend How To Start Your Writing Journey, Stay With Your Writing Journey Until The End & Finding Your Voice6/16/11 6PM - 9PM Detroit | View Map This is event is free to the public Tips on: How to Start writing your manuscript How to stay focus on your writing to complete... Attend 12 Steps To Great Story Telling Workshop 6/21/11 6PM - 7/28/11 8PM Detroit | View Map Growing up telling stories on paper, no one came and told me how. This was education I learned from reading and studying the craft of... Attend How To Create, Publish, and Sell Ebooks on The Internet Sept 2011 9/22/11 6PM Detroit | View Map E-Books ARE The Wave of The Future!Are You Ready For the Digital Revolution?In 2011, you can take your literary project to Web2.0 and... Attend Use Eventbrite for event ticketing and online event registration.Spread the word, collect money, track RSVPs - all in one place.© 2011 Eventbrite. All Rights Reserved. To register for any of the listed events, please go to:http://detroitliterarynetwork.com Sylvia Hubbard Author, Blogger and Founder of Motown Writers Network & The African American Electronic Literary Network Author of Romance & Suspense and Internet Marketing for Writers & Business See all My books in paperbacks, ebooks and more! CLICK HERE Coming Soon: Tanner's Devil www.redrosepublishing.com

[Motown Writers Network] Michigan Literary Network Updates for 4/20/11 | Lit Exp

SPECIAL EVENTS : April 20 The First Annual Black Literary Marketplace Expo www.blackliterarymarketplaceexpo.com Presenting: How To Do The Work Before The Work is Done (Time TBA) 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM Southfield Parks and Recreation Center 26000 Evergreen Road Detroit, MI  48037-2055 April 21 The First Annual Black Literary Marketplace Expo www.blackliterarymarketplaceexpo.com Presenting: Is Your Company Ready For the Social Media Revolution? (Time TBA) 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM Main Detroit Public Library 5201 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI  48202 April 30th Dayton Book Expo – 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM ebook workshop and publishing panel www.daytonbookexpo.com Dayton, Ohio Sinclair Community College Ponitz Center Building 12 444 West Third Street Dayton, Ohio  45402 To register for more events, please go to: http://detroitliterarynetwork.com For more, please visit http://motownwriters.com. Please share this email with others and visit our bookstore to support other Michigan authors! If you are having trouble with any links, please visit our blog archive at: http://motownwriters.blogspot.com * add your news and announcements by emailing motownwriters@yahoo.com (attach pics and pdfs and include text in email please) * Support the Literary Network with Advertisement http://e-junkie.com/hubbooks * Subscribe for daily updates CLICK HERE Learn About Us | Join | Bookstore Michigan Literary News & Events Social Media Swag preview Teleclass | myBrainshark [trinityfilmcoalition] Free Workshop: How to break into the film industry. Great Things Happenining in Detroit Public School - Issue 6 [New post] Sylvia Hubbard's Literary Schedule 2011 – Updated Fw: Fwd: EXCITING NEWS -Unequally Yoked in 15 states & on the Big Screen! FINAL WEEK FOR ART X DETROIT AND EDGAR ARCENEAUX Digital Footprint - Social Media Swag - NEW Column from Gospel Today Poetically Speaking Detroit: Politics vs. Religion - The Separation of Church and State w/MONICA BLAIRE!! 4/29 at the Boll Family Theatre Top 5 Things Every Self-Published Author Should Know and April Events from penofthewriter.com April Newsletter from Detroit Creative Corridor Center Artist & Author Vendor Show from www.FreeFlowPoetry.com | Looking for Vendors for April 30th Poetically Speaking Detroit:Politics vs. Religion - The Separation of Church and State...Tickets Now Available!! Fw: Northern Lights 1966- Tickets are going fast! [New post] A Day In The Life of The Literary World of Sylvia Hubbard - Anointed Pen Conference - Ebook Seminar! Fun Day! Writer Events & News from Freelance Marketplace Writers' Group Monday Morning Motivation - "The Magnet" from @monicamjones Open Call For 2nd Annual Fall Fiction Fest - Saturday, Sept 17th - Milwaukee, WI Fw: Real Women Like Us - Redefining our Beauty Feature on H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson from @aambookclub This week @ Cromaine District Library 4/18/2011 BookTour Metro Detroit Area Booksignings & Events Toneal M. Jackson Valerie J. Lewis Coleman Dan Coughlin Loreen Niewenhuis Karen E. Dabney Toneal M. Jackson Valerie J. Lewis Coleman Marlin Page Scott Edelstein Tim W. Brown MWN Google Calendar (not in order) TIME TO ENGAGE: 2011 AAJA Convention in Detroit Motown Writers Meetup Group Monthly Meetup - Poetry! How to Bring Your Publishing Project to Life in 2011 How to Publish & Promote Your Book - FREE WORKSHOP Motown Writers Meetup Group Monthly Meetup Fiction Workshop Detroit Screening of "Thank God for the Shelter LIVE" Detroit Association of Black Storytellers (DAB) OPEN MIC - POETS AND MUSICIANS @ The Scarab Club The First Annual Black Literary Marketplace Expo Add your events by emailing motownwriters@yahoo.com or JOIN NOW Subscribe for Michigan  Literary News | CLICK HERE Sylvia Hubbard Author, Blogger and Founder of Motown Writers Network & The African American Electronic Literary Network Author of Romance & Suspense and Internet Marketing for Writers & Business See all My books in paperbacks, ebooks and more! CLICK HERE Coming Soon: Tanner's Devil www.redrosepublishing.com