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Click Here for a list of book fairs, tradeshows, conferences and conventions. Your aid to planning ahead. You will find at least one promotion, writing or tech tip on every page on this site. Sometimes you'll find, two or three! Happy browsing and collecting! "Your book on frugal Publicity is a 'classic.' I have it, I've read it, I've recommended it, I believe in it, & I've met you... and I can easily talk about it." ~Deborah Granger, radio host and publisher Site Sponsor:
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For The New Book Review blog. Nominated by Nikki Leigh.
For The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In-Editor blog.
Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites for Sharing with Writers blog.
Best Book Award for The Frugal Book Promoter (2004) and The Frugal Editor (2008).
Reader Views Literary Award for The Frugal Editor
New Generation Award for Marketing and Finalist for The Frugal Editor
Book Publicists of Southern California's Irwin Award
Military Writers Award of Excellence for Tracings, A Chapbook of Poetry.
And more than a dozen other awards for Carolyn's novel, short story collection and poetry. See the awards page on this site.
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Getting the Word Out There! Just What Do You Do With Your Media Releases and Kit, Anyway?
(Read That Media Release Disseminators. Article Banks, and Sites That Post for Free!)
Other Writers' Resource Pages For media release disseminators content providers, and sites that accept book and author information at no cost. For how-to books for writers, reference books and books of inspiration for writers only! Any one will make a great companion to The Frugal Book Promoter and The Frugal Editor! It includes a list of helpful free e-books and some CDs you can learn tons from, too! For contests you can count on, and articles on how to promote using contests. For a list of book fairs, tradeshows, conferences and conventions. Your aid to planning ahead. For a list of writers' conferences. The Big and the Cozy. A list of book fairs, tradeshows, conferences and conventions. Your aid to planning ahead.For a list of writers' programs at US universities. (There is a new Master of Science in Publishing listed!)For the FREE Muse Online Writers Conference.For a list of digital (print-on-demand) printers. For a list of major review journals --including some that review POD-published books--and an article with suggestions for getting reviews. For a list of small publishers. For a list of book publicists.
Sites That Disseminate Media Releases, Some FREE, Some "Affordable" This list is reproduced from first edition of The Frugal Book Promoter and was updated on 3/06/07 Many of these sites offer tutorials in writing media releases. You will also find step-by-step (right down to the font and spacing!) directions for writing a release in The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't. Be aware that many of these sites require your address to login and many of those will not accept PO Boxes. Almost all require a phone number.
http://www.billboard.prweb.com (This site offers several levels of release service--but all paid.) http://www.i-newswire.com/submit_free.php http://www.press-base.com/add-press.html (Requires company phone listing.) http://www.pressbox.co.uk/cgi-bin/links/add.cgi (Lets you preview your release.) http://www.news.eboomwebsolutions.com/addnews.php http://free-news-release.com/Submit.aspx http://www.free-press-release.com/submit/free-press-release.php (Active e-mail address permitted for paid accounts only.) https://www.pr.com/info_press_item.php (Don't bother to enter image if you don't intend to upgrade your submission.) http://www.press.arrivenet.com (Extensive signing-in required and you'll need to wait for your e-mail confirmation.) http://pressexposure.com/ Yep, this one is free! www.pressmethod.com (Difficult to sign on and if you don't upgrade the service, your release doesn't get much distribution, including submission to Google.) www.prfree.com is no longer free to anyone but charities. There is a $30 charge. www.prleap.com (One of the easiest to negotiate but requires your phone number but they started charging for their minimum service January, 2008.) www.prweb.com (This site no longer offers free service.) www.webwire.com (If you are submitting a release for a minor event and only want the free service, you may have time getting it for free!) http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/ (Bills itself as "affordable." I could find no free option.) http://ebookbroadcast.com/submit.shtml (Closed for renovation on 3/6/07.)
sites.http://www.epressreleases.org/index.htm
(One of the easiest sites to use.)
http://www.prnuke.com/
(This site
feels as if you can post articles as well as media releases and
is a bit hard to get signed up on. It is relatively easier after
you've once collected your password.)
http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=book
(Registration not available because of a
hacker. The site may be back up soon. Information entered
3/7/07.) http://www.fastpitch.com (I liked that those who post can choose some of the media outlets they provide. That his requires an upgrade may well be worth it for a major, truly newsworthy event.)
Sites Where You Can Post Info on Your Book at No Cost www.authorsden.com , For a fee you can upgrade to include newsletter services and more. See what I've done at www.authorsden.com/carolynhowardjohnson www.booktour.com I like this one because when you sign up, you can get notices of author events, etc. that are happening in your neighborhood. www.goodreads.com So far, it appears they have no way to read all the friends you might collect as part of the social network except by individual post. www.librarything.com Includes an RSS feed that you can place on blogs, etc.
www.shelfari.com So far, it appears they have no way to read all the friends you might collect as part of the social network except by individual post. www.google.com has a free calendar that you can list your events on and then feed it to your Web site, blogs and other places where you hang out. In addition you can use all the social networks like LinkedIn.com, MySpace.com, Facebook.com, and others.
Sites the Disseminate Content (Articles) for the Use of the Media Also Called Content Providers Letting your articles, essays, humor and more work for you rather than moldering in a drawer can be good business for an author. Here are some sites that cater to those with a need for content. The author supplies the article complete with byline and a tagline that includes a pitch and web address and an editor searching for just such an article may use it. Each works in a slightly different way so you'll want to explore them to see where your material fits best.
All Net, www.allnetarticles.com Alumbo!, http://www.alumbo.com Article Alley, http://www.articlealley.com
Article City, http://www.articlecity.com Article Marketer, http://www.articlemarketer.com Article Corners, http://www.articlecorners.com Articles Factory, www.articlesfactory.com Associated Content (A paying content provider) http://www.associatedcontent.com E-zine Articles, http://www.ezinearticles.com E-zine Article Bank, http://ezinearticlebank.com/ E-zine Writer, www.ezine-writer.com.au Go Articles, http://www.goarticles.com Idea Marketers, www.IdeaMarketers.com Phantom Writers,http://thePhantomWriters.com Zino's, http://zinos.com For an article bank that focuses on articles on writing try www.writingcorner.com/admin/sub-guidelines.htm . Here's where you can learn how to get more out of your article distribution: www.ezine-writer.com/article-lists.html.
Find more content on this site's Free Articles 4 Readers and Editors. It includes Reviews for Riters (tm), how-to articles for writers, essays on tolerance and more. Don't forget to check out my list of books for writers on this site and in the appendixes of The Frugal Book Promoter and The Frugal Editor. (For resources and links galore, grab yourself a copy of the Frugal Book Promoter.) Click here for Carolyn's first person essay, "Beating Time at Its Own Game." (For resources and links galore, grab yourself copies of the Frugal Book Promoter and The Frugal Editor.) Click here for Carolyn's first person essay, "Beating Time at Its Own Game." |
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