Archive for December, 2005

Amazon.com Profiles

Posted in Book Promotion Strategies on December 28th, 2005

Meg Wolitzer

Amazon is offering author pages that the authors themselves can contribute to. Like similar pages at publisher websites, these efforts are limited even when the amounts of information allowed are extensive. A booknoise.net site enables an author to craft her or his own message about the book, using all the resources she or he may want to bring to bear.

That (sometimes) alternative focus is what makes a booknoise.net site stand out, and helps media outlets and readers find books they might miss on the big sites. Still, if given the chance, getting your own author page at Amazon is a no brainer.

Interview: Claire Howorth, Publicist

Posted in Book Promotion Strategies, Booknoise Author, Elizabeth Royte on December 16th, 2005

SlushPile.net » Interview: Claire Howorth, Publicist

Worth reading if you’re interested in books and publishing, and she suggests all authors read Elizabeth Royte’s Publish and Perish piece from the October 23, 2005 NY Times Book Review.

Brian’s Blog: Non-fiction Gems

Posted in Books We Like, Garbage Land on December 16th, 2005

Brian’s Blog: Non-fiction Gems

WNYC radio’s Brian Lehrer reports that Garbage Land is one of his show’s listeners’ non-fiction gems. We’re big fans of A Great Improvisation and Mountains Beyond Mountains, too.

Washington Post Best Books of the Year

Posted in Garbage Land, The Survivor on December 9th, 2005

Book World Raves

The Survivor and Garbage Land make the Washington Post’s list of best books of the year.