Author Blasts is the Authors On The Net Podcast. If you are a member of AON and you have a book, we would like to interview you. Simply send us an email at info@authorsonthenet.com. We are also interested in speaking with Publishers, distributors, book designers, editors and other people who have a publishing or book promotion message.

Today’s Podcast is an interview of Lillie Ammann, a published writer and editor. Lillie has a document you can download for free in our Author Tools section called “Self-Publishing Primer.” In this podcast, we begin with chapter 6 and first discuss the pros and cons of self-publishing. Enjoy.

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Author Blasts is the Authors On The Net Podcast. If you are a member of AON and you have a book, we would like to interview you. Simply send us an email at info@authorsonthenet.com. We are also interested in speaking with Publishers, distributors, book designers, editors and other people who have a publishing or book promotion message.

Today’s Podcast is an interview of Lillie Ammann, a published writer and editor. Lillie has a document you can download for free in our Author Tools section called “Self-Publishing Primer.” In this podcast, we go over the first 5 chapters of the primer.

Listen to Author Blasts show now.

http://authorsonthenet.com/audio/LAauthorblasts_011508.mp3

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One thing we recommend at Authors On The Net is to list your book on every website you can find. And there are many to use. Some may cost to list, but most are free. Like Razorpages, a new partner at Authors On The Net. While we recommend authors start their own Wordpress blog and we even have videos showing authors how to do it (see our “author tools” section and watch the series on blogging), we also realize that many authors may not have the time to build a Wordpress blog. Razorpages offers a great alternative with their simplified blog. You’ll find it very easy to get started and to use.

You can find Razorpages in our partners section on Authors On The Net when you are a registered member. Here’s a quick blurb about Razorpages.

Who Are We And What Do We Do?
We are a company that uses the power of the internet to promote high visibility for independent authors and the sales of independent authors’ publications.

How Do We Promote Visibility and Sales?
Every author has their own individual Razorpage that includes:
» Their picture and biography
» Their book cover(s) with description(s)
» Podcasts or video webcasts generated either individually or in conjunction with Razorpages
» A personal Blog site for the author to promote their ideas and publications directly to the buying public
» Internet marketing to a selected, comprehensive audience of potential buyers
» A comprehensive toolkit for authors to promote their publications on their personal Blog site
» Our Authors’ Connect program, through which communities of authors actively support each other�s success on Razorpages
» Delivery of the author’s publication(s) in four formats:
» Audio Book
» E-Book
» CD-ROM
» Hard Copy

You can sign up at www.razorpages.com

Today’s podcast was sent to us by Brenda Rogers from Salt City Books and a member of Authors On The Net. In her interview, she speaks with Thao Huynh. Here is Thao’s bio:

Thao Thi Huynh, born in Dalat Vietnam to family rich in love and faith. She’s the fil’s destiny, the determination of God A girl’s fate is bound to one of the twelve water banks, you should be lucky if the water where you are positioned is clear, but should not complain if the water is muddy. The issues of social class, personal and political exile, and her ability to adapt, and ultimately survive among these sundry forces, have molded her into the philosophical being that she is today. She lives happily now in Utah with her family by her side.

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Author Blasts is the Authors On The Net Podcast. If you are a member of AON and you have a book, we would like to interview you. Simply send us an email at info@authorsonthenet.com. We are also interested in speaking with Publishers, distributors, book designers, editors and other people who have a publishing or book promotion message. You can also submit your own audio file and if it is appropriate, we’d be happy to podcast it.

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Thanks to Lillie Ammann, one of our associates at AON, I was alerted to Joe Wikert’s post about Authors On The Net. You can see Joe’s blog by clicking here. (http://jwikert.typepad.com/the_average_joe/2008/01/authorsonthenet.html)

I actually found Joe’s site month’s ago and have been there off and on. One of the tactics we discuss on Authors On The Net is to use online PR services to let people know about your book. On Wednesday last week we launched our first Press Release using PR Web and that morning Joe put up a post about AON. For the next three days we had about 10 new members joining each day. I’m excited to see what happens over the next couple of weeks.

One goal authors have when using the Internet is that you hope your book goes “viral” which is simply saying you hope bloggers and other people online and offline interested in your topic will talk about you. You can read more about Online press releases by going to the promote your book section. Good luck.

Authors On The Net is an author mastermind community helping authors learn how to use the Internet to self-publish and promote books. Registration is free and once you are a member you can watch videos on how to build a blog and read tutorials on how to use Amazon, how to conduct online press releases and many other topics. We’ll also get you started on building your unique book selling plan.

Author Blasts is the Authors On The Net Podcast. If you are a member of AON and you have a book, we would like to interview you. Simply send us an email at info@authorsonthenet.com. We are also interested in speaking with Publishers, distributors, book designers, editors and other people who have a publishing or book promotion message.

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http://authorsonthenet.com/audio/DDauthorblasts_122907.mp3

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