I received the following message from, Michiko, one of our authors. Michiko has had one of her art pieces ripped off by Camel so she knows what she is talking about. This concerns all of us and I encourage you to write your congress person and voice your opinions. Here’s the email Michiko sent me:
Are you an artist, photographer, writer, musician, performer, creator….or do you know one who may be affected by this in the coming weeks?
The Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act is a proposed change to our existing copyright law that has been in place protection artists, writers, photographers, musicians and various creators since 1976. By default the current copyright law, which we love, protects your ownership of anything original you create from the moment you first put it into a fixed form, whether you formally register it or not (sure, you get additional protections and the right to sue only once you’ve registered it with the U.S. Copyright Office in D.C.). By letting our creative work automatically belong to us without being required to formalize it to prove ownership, the US is in compliance with the international Berne Convention treaty protecting creators in other countries as well (and their work if it falls into US usage). Read the rest of this entry »
I have submitted my book, Fast & Furious Book Promotion, to be available as an ebook on Kindle. However, after uploading my book, I have been unable to set up my account. When I looked into this issue, it appears many other people are trying to set up their accounts as well with no success and it appears this has been going on for some time. The service is still in Beta. You might want to wait until the service actually works before wasting too much time. I’ll keep trying and when I can successfully set up the account and actually see my book available for sale I’ll let everyone know.
Here’s a press release excerpt for Odom books. To read the entire article, click on the link below.
Nashville, TN (09/21/2008) – Odom Books, an eclectic independent book publisher with on emphasis on print-on-demand, eBooks and self-publishing running the gamut from screenplays, entertainment, health, mind, body and spirit, launched its website in September.
In addition to an online store offering print-on-demand books for sale, as well as immediately available eBooks, the website also features a weekly updated blog covering a variety of an eclectic topics related to books published or soon to be published through Odom Books.
I received an email from Alex Mandossian today introducing his idea for an audio billboard. To see how this tool might help you sell books or put people in seats for a seminar, click here.
Authors On The Net associate, Peter N. Jones, announces the release of his new book tralier. Take a look to learn about his book and to see how he put his video together. Also, yesterday one of our clients introduced me to a site that helps you send video emials and much more. The site is www.helloworld.com. All I’ve done so far is to watch their intro. video, but it looks interesting. As I learn more, I’ll be sure to share.
A big part of your author platform is your credibility and a good way to gain credibility is to win writing contests. While I’m posting an announcement for the New England Book Festival (and there’s literally hundreds of others) the caution I’ll make is to review the contest and be sure it is a good fit for your book. Obviously, winning some contests have more prestige than others, but any award you win can be used in your promotional materials.
THE 2008 NEW ENGLAND BOOK FESTIVAL - CALL FOR ENTRIES
BOSTON (August 11, 2008) _ The 2008 New England Book Festival has issued a call for entries for its annual program celebrating the best books of the holiday season. The New England Book Festival will consider non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children’s books, teenage, how-to, cookbooks, science fiction, audio/spoken word, photography, art, poetry and spiritual works published on or after Jan. 1, 2000. All entries must be in English.
Our grand prize for the 2008 New England Book Festival winner is $1500 cash and a publicity campaign during the post-holiday season spotlighting your work. The winning author will also have a choice of flights to our various awards ceremonies for our family of festivals and a free vendor table at the day events, including New York, Hollywood and London.
Genre category winners will receive a combination of books, software, cash awards and free vendor tables at our New York or Hollywood Book Festivals. Read the rest of this entry »
Arielle Ford, book publishing and marketing expert, announces her new book, The Soulmate Secret: Manifest the Love of Your Life with The Law of Intention. What’s really great for us at Authors On The Net is that Arielle is going to track her marketing activities on her blog. Click on the link to visit her blog and read her first entry.
One of the main ways I plan to promote this book is through a series of email blasts and I want to find 108 partners to help me with this. So far I have 61 people on this list….mostly friends and business associates…I’m looking forward to connecting with each one of them and asking them to support my book launch.
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