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Blogging Can Jumpstart Your Writing Career…Even Before You Publish – by Anne R. Allen…

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This week,Jane Friedman reports some bad news for new novelists who want to go the traditional publishing route. (Click Jane’s name to see article)

She says fiction markets are increasingly “more competitive and risk-averse due to continued dwindling sales.” And she tells us that agents and publishers are now combing queries looking for “authors who demonstrate they have a vision for their career and the marketing work involved in that career.”

So how can you show “vision” and an aptitude for “marketing work”...before you query?

One way is blogging.

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How Should You Pitch A Book Blogger For A Book Review? by Dan Cross…

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On Just Publishing Advice:

The do’s and don’ts of pitching a book blogger for a book review

If you’ve ever emailed a book blogger requesting a review and not received a response from them, there’s a good chance it’s because you broke one of the “rules”.

Now, these aren’t blanket rules across all book blogs, they’re individual to each blogger, so it’s important that you read and understand them.

Book bloggers are not a new phenomenon, in fact, they’ve been around since blogs began. They’ve also got a good record of helping to raise awareness of books that may not otherwise be visible to potential readers.

They’re a fantastic resource that is so easy to tap in to, you just have to follow the proper steps.

Throughout this post, I’m going to give you the do’s and don’ts when it comes to requesting a review from a book blogger.

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Want Reviews, Guest Posts, Spotlights, Interviews? Treat Bloggers With Respect! – by Anne R. Allen…

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The contempt some business people have for bloggers never ceases to amaze me.

Every day I get emails demanding I do free work for companies that are obviously solvent enough to hire employees—so why do they imagine it’s okay to demand that bloggers work for them…for nothing?

Recently an employee of a tech company emailed me one of these crazy demands—using the charmingly personalized salutation, “Hey there!” They can’t use my name, because… how could anybody figure out that “Anne R. Allen’s Blog” is run by somebody named “Anne?”

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Should Book Bloggers Post “Bad” Book Reviews?

WRITERS RESOURCES UPDATED – Please Bookmark, Browse and Share with your Author, Writer, Blogger Friends…

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In an ever evolving effort to make this blog a better resource to Authors, Writers, poets and fellow bloggers,  I have created these pages to index various external sites and in-blog articles that I hope will be useful, (including over 530 HOW TO 101: articles)

Just click on the links below to be taken to the relevant pages:

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

EBOOK FORMATTING

EDITING TIPS: 101

EDITORS

GRAMMAR – ENGLISH

HOW TO: 101

HOW TO – MAKE AUDIOBOOKS

HOW TO – BUILD A BOOK TRAILER

INFORMATION-BUSINESS

MARKETING

PUBLISHERS

REVIEWERS

 

This index and associated pages will be added to over time :D

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