“Conventional book publishing …has marketing and distibution muscle that no self-publisher can match” quote from Maryanne Murray Buechner from Time article:http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1617545,00.html
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About Self-publishing
Posted in Uncategorized on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Preserts for X’Mas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged holidays, presents. Christmas on December 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
‘Tis the season when we all run around trying to get through the holiday season by doing the right thing. That ususally involves giving the “right” present to people who expect to get them. I have no problem giving presents to my young grandchildren. I find out what is on their “wish list” either directly [...]
Taking Stock of Social Networking
Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of my fellow members of one of my social networking groups has just brought to my attention an article which posted the “most popular twitter topics” of the year. I couldn’t wait to find out what they were. I had been trying to learn what the most popular blogs are in cyberspace and found [...]
Whether to be Open, or to be Closed, That is the Question
Posted in Uncategorized on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I met a charming young woman last week, a most unusual person. She is the forty-something daughter of a friend of mine who is the most open person I’ve ever met. Tall and thin with curly, not kinky, shoulder length hair, she dresses in jeans, peasant blouses, and cowboy boots. Her ear lobes will sport either chandelier [...]
My Target Audience
Posted in Uncategorized on December 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Marketing Becoming Alice has become quite an adventure. I could have hired all kinds of companies to help me set up my website, do my press releases, synopses and bios, produce MGM-quality videos about me and my book, and handle all my PR, including getting exposure in cyberspace. This would have run into several thousands [...]
Surprise!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My surprise for the day! Check out: http://internetreviewofbooks/holiday09/contents.html
Alice Rene – Skype An Author Network
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged speak with alice rene on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Alice Rene – Skype An Author Network.
On Being Jewish
Posted in Uncategorized on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thanksgiving dinner was wonderful! We were invited to a good friend’s house for the festivities and when I asked what I could bring, the hostess’ answer was, “Nothing!” How good is that, I ask you? I trotted off to the store and bought a big box of chocolates for her since I do know that [...]
Holiday Gift Available at Discount
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged discount, gifts, holiday, presents on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just in: “Becoming Alice” is available at 50% discount at the iUniverse Holiday Book Sale until Nov 29th. Use Code: FAMILY 1109 at check-out