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I'm working on a rewrite of the Erle Stanley Gardner biography while I research Ellery Queen. While there is an abundance of material about what "Queen" wrote, there's little on the lives of the two men behind Queen. I'm looking at as many primary sources as I can. Just received over 200 pages of correspondence between the cousins!

 

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Genre fiction titles generated over $2,000,000,000 in 2011, yet few guides on book marketing will tell you how to best promote romance, mystery or science fiction novels. The brave new world of independent publishing is included as well as traditional and hybrid publishing.  


Most of the titles on book promotion deal with non-fiction, which is significantly different (and in many ways easier) than genre fiction. 

The fourth edition of Intent to Sell
is the only book designed to help authors learn about how to market their own popular fiction novels; it's a wealth of knowledge on how to approach the ever changing market of book promotions. 

The book includes marketing strategies on:
• launching a new fiction title
• promoting a series 
• what to do if the book is nominated for an industry award
• radio and television interviews
• etiquette in approaching reviewers and media 

 

 

Next up...

 

I'm thrilled to be able to announce that my next biography will be that of noted author, critic, anthologist and editor Ellery Queen! I'll be traveling around quite a bit to collection information on the fascinating cousins who wrote under this pseudonym.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hearing is Believing...

I'm just days away from an Audio version of The Scent of Murder, narrated by the talented Erin Coker. Later this summer, Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel will be available as well. I'll be announcing their "pub" dates as they become available!

 

What am I currently writing...

I'm working on a private eye novel set in Cincinnati along with some US Grant mystery short stories while I accumulate information for the Queen biography. I'm also writing a few articles as well.

 

My very own Canine Crime...

Meet Tuppence (aka Penny) who is the newest addition to the family. She's named after Tuppence Beresford, a character in the Tommy and Tuppence stories by Agatha Christie. She gets into almost as much trouble as her namesake.....

Marketing tip of the month: The updated Murder Must Advertise website has a number of sources on the latest ways to market your book.

I'm currently working with SEO, search engine optimization, which relates to the ways you can get better placement and more frequent hits based on the most popular user searches.

 

 

 


Jeffrey's bookshelf: currently-reading

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