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Book Signings Made Simple: Don’t Do Them
December 31, 2009So a guy walks into an airport bookstore and sets up a table and a stack of books ready for signing. If you saw this, how likely would you be to rush over and buy his book?
What if this was Gary Vaynerchuk with his new book about monetizing your passion to increase sales revenue […]Are Bestseller Lists Worth the Chase?
December 23, 2009Some call it voodoo, but editors trying to nudge a successful book onto the New York Times list are convinced that little things can matter. Staging author events that will generate sales, such as readings and signings, at stores reporting to the Times is an obvious step. Other tricks are more complicated. Conservatively reprinting a […]
