The Book Bin

Is it worth the bags under your eyes? Maybe promoting your book from home is the answer.

An writer's dream is to turn the moniker 'writer' into 'author.'  A writer dreams of touring the countryside with stops at bookstores with lines of people waiting at the door to buy YOUR BOOK.  In the last few years, we've seen a decline of these kinds of book tours and an upscale online version called blog tours.  Virtual book tours.  Online book tours. Whichever you want to call it, authors are coming around to the idea that promoting their books isn't that bad if they don't want to leave the house to do it and don't want to spend as much money.

Paul Doiron is one of the chosen few who did embark on an offline book tour.  His experience is worth reading:

"When I used to imagine actually becoming an author, this experience was what I hoped would happen. I dreamed of glamor. What the past few years have taught me, however, is that the publisher-sponsored book tour is now a rarity, and I am one of the lucky ones (and luck, as we all know, is fleeting). More and more writers are using blog tours and even Skype visits to get the word out about their new titles. In a few years we may look back on touring the way we do Borders: as an idea whose time has gone."

http://mainecrimewriters.com/pauls-posts/the-author-on-book-tour

Do we judge a book by its cover? Yes.

I ran into an interesting blog post on the subject of book covers today that I'd like to share with you.  Not only does the author raise some great points, she also sends you to a link where you can pick up graphics to make your own book covers:

"Don’t let the cliché, 'Don’t judge a book by its cover,' sway you. Everything is judged by its cover, whether it’s an object or a person! The presentation of a product for sale is important. If you’ve ever been attracted to a particular product while shopping, 9 out of 10 times it had everything to do with the presentation. However, the contents are equally important, but this article will focus on what’s on the outside. "

http://tonyakappes.blogspot.com/2012/07/covers-do-matter.html

 

Book Spotlight: 5 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom by Duane Harden

5 EASY STEPS TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM, by Duane Harden, CEOebooks, 216 pp., $10.76 (Kindle $2.99).

If you hate your job and feel stuck in life, and believe that your skills, education, or lack of finances prevent you from taking a chance on something new, then you need to read 5 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom: Do What You Love & Get Rich Doing It by Duane Harden. Conversationally written, and peppered with humorous drawings, helpful worksheets, and key tips, 5 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom: Do What You Love & Get Rich Doing It shows you to do nothing short of changing your life. Harden helps you figure out what your passions are and how to turn them into profitable businesses. When you love what you do, he says, it isn’t work and any business then becomes a real pleasure. Because attitude is everything, Harden demonstrates how to say yes to opportunity, yes to financial freedom and no to the naysayers who would pull you down while trying to elevate themselves (he calls this a crab pot mentality). Practice the Law of Attraction, he advises, by putting up vision boards around you that have photographs of the things you want in your life. If you imagine yourself rich and happy and doing what you love, you attract those things to you. Plus, you are more likely to go out and do the concrete things you need to do to make that life a reality. Harden doesn’t just advise. He practices what he preaches. His 90-day action plan comes from Harden’s own reading, attending seminars, completing home-study courses, and pursuing a variety of his very own life experiences, including purchasing numerous real-estate properties. His “Life Assignments” can help you to begin to think and act differently. His “Keys” point out truths about learning to live a wealthier life style. Rich people are not afraid to take chances, he says, and those chances always pay off. From putting your financial house in order to discovering what really makes you tick, 5 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom will change your life and make you wealthy while doing it.

About the Author:

Duane Harden just doesn’t teach you theory but rather you learn through his very own life hands-on experiences that come along with building a strong portfolio of successful businesses, including residential and commercial real estate, a restaurant, a music company, and many more. He began with no financial education, but he was determined and inspired. Today he leads a Cash Flow Club where he mentors entrepreneurs on how to start and grow their business so they, too, can become financially free.

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