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In the Context of Love: Book Trailer!

June 30, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Making a book trailer for In the Context of Love on iMovie was as much fun and almost as daunting as it was to write the book. There were so many directions to go in, so many possible scenarios and … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Book Marketing & Promo, In the Context of Love Tagged With: book trailer, marketing, Promotion, video

Can Book Trailers Sell Books?

June 29, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Do visuals cheapen books? A book is for quiet time. A book stimulates the imagination to create its own visuals. Wouldn't that imaginative process be spoiled if you watched a book trailer? Have we … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Book Marketing & Promo Tagged With: book trailer, marketing

Small vs. Indie Presses in Publishing

December 10, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Is there a difference between a small press and an indie publisher? Or are they the same thing? Independently owned At one time, small press and independent (indie) press meant the same thing: a … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Book Marketing & Promo Tagged With: Indie Press, Self publishing, small press

Sales Pitch- Query Letters

February 3, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What You Need Upfront: A typical query letter starts out with a hook, which is followed by the most important information an agent wants to know upfront: genre and word count. The Pitch: The … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Book Marketing & Promo, The Writing Life Tagged With: Agents, Fiction, pitch, queries, query letter

Find an Agent without Losing Your Mind- The Query Process

January 31, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Yes, I made a pact to query 100 agents before I would quit! In fact, I probably would have kept on going had I not gotten two offers of representation by the time I hit 83 queries. (see Query 100 … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Book Marketing & Promo, The Writing Life Tagged With: Agents, Fiction, novel, queries, research agents

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Author, poet, artist, cynical optimist, corgi aficionado, crafter & klutz with just enough ADHD to keep it spinning. More here.

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