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Books on Sale, Cheap!
marketing for authors / Promotion

Books on Sale, Cheap!

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Cedar Sanderson • 7 Comments

When was the last time you could pick up a novel for only three dollars? Much less nearly one hundred of them? Oh, I don’t expect that you will buy ALL of the ones on the list, but it’s the first annual Labor Day Independents Book Sale! For a full list of titles and authors, … Continue reading →

Anatomy of a Book Cover
Cover Art / Marketing

Anatomy of a Book Cover

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Cedar Sanderson • 3 Comments

Dorothy Grant published a short series of articles on her blog that I would like to draw your attention to. She’s the brilliant, quieter half, of the man responsible for one of the best new series of Space Operas coming out right now, Peter Grant. I’ve reviewed his work a few times, and will keep … Continue reading →

Emotional Artifacts
Marketing / Publishing

Emotional Artifacts

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Cedar Sanderson • 2 Comments

I get all metaphorical, and as snarky as I ever get, this morning over at Mad Genius Club. I’m the nice one, over there, but really… they are just special, aren’t they? Books are, as this article eloquently puts it, emotional artifacts. GigaOm: “What makes Amazon’s dispute with publishers different from a typical battle between … Continue reading →

Cover Layout Tutorial
Cover Art / Marketing / marketing for authors

Cover Layout Tutorial

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Cedar Sanderson • 4 Comments

Mirror-posted at ASM I have permission from the talented Gina Marie Wylie to use one of her covers to illustrate a before-and-after of an ebook cover, taking it from amateur, to professional, in a few easy steps. I am using Gimp 2.8 on a Mac, Gimp is freeware, and the last upgrade makes it almost … Continue reading →

Fling Open the Gates
Critique / Publishing

Fling Open the Gates

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Cedar Sanderson

Mirror-posted at Mad Genius Club today. I’ll begin this with two myths. First, that books and publishing need gatekeepers. This could be applied to oh, so much more in life, but I will stop there. The other, that gatekeepers must have the ‘right credentials’ or indeed, that anyone involved with writing must have them, from … Continue reading →

Luxury of a Library
Library / writing

Luxury of a Library

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Cedar Sanderson

Have one? Want one? Mosey on over to Mad Genius Club for my post on why we live in the lap of luxury when it comes to books. Continue reading →

Questionable Marketing Tactics
Marketing / Promotion / Publishing / spam marketing

Questionable Marketing Tactics

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Cedar Sanderson

First, read Amanda Green’s post over at Mad Genius Club today: Work Smart and Think When I saw ithe link to a marketing company with a facebook page promoting marketing for writers, it set off red flags. Marketing isn’t easy. I don’t feel like I have a great handle on marketing my writing, because it … Continue reading →

Tip the Author
Promotion / reading / Review / writing

Tip the Author

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Cedar Sanderson • 5 Comments

In my other business, I frequently work for tips, or at least partly for tips. So I know that feeling of someone slipping a larger bill than anticipated in my hand and telling me “you did a great job, thank you!” So how, you might ask, can you tip an author? You sat quietly and … Continue reading →

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