Allison Winn Scotch

Writers: To Blog or Not to Blog?

Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Allison Winn Scotch, Blogs, Debbie Ridpath Ohi, Lee Goldberg, Carleen Brice, Beyond the Margins, Writing, Books, Bloggers, Writer Unboxed, Beth Hoffman, Tayari Jones, Paulo Coelho, Blogging, Jungle Red Writers, Books News
Randy Susan Meyers

Should you blog if you're an author? Some will find it a drain from their other writing. Others will find it hones their skills. There is no should or shouldn't, it's about the want and the can-do-well.

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Giveaways Part Deux: Have I Learned Any Lessons?

Catherine McKenzie | Posted 05.25.2011

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Catherine McKenzie

What have all these giveaways really taught me? That there is a community of authors out there who, while all going after essentially the same audience, are also rooting for each other.

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Do Author Giveaways Work?

Catherine McKenzie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Allison Winn Scotch, Shawn Klomparens, Julie Buxbaum, Author Effect, I Bet We Can Make These Books Bestsellers, Leah Stewart, Books News
Catherine McKenzie

A few months ago, when I started my Facebook campaign to make deserving books bestsellers, I solicited advice from several well known figures in the blogosphere about how to generate awareness. Do giveaways.

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Best Friends Forever? Authors and Their Readers on Twitter and Facebook

Joanne Rendell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liz Fenton, Allison Winn Scotch, Book Publishing, Twitter, Jennifer Weiner, Lauren Baratz Logsted, Jessica Brody, John Elder Robison, Social Networking Sites, Best Friends Forever, Book Promotion, Lisa Steinke, Book Tours, Facebook, New York Times Bestsellers, Media News
Joanne Rendell

A new kind of promotional strategy is emerging -- one where authors are getting online and personal.

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Balancing Motherhood, Marriage and Friendship: An Interview With Allison Winn Scotch

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Allison Winn Scotch, Maintaining Friendships, Time, Living News, Relationships, Infertility, Motherhood, Random House, Female Friendships, Virtual Friends, Isolation, Time of My Life, Friendship by the Book, Marriage, Loneliness, 30-Something, Weinstein Company, Syle, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Time of Your Life tells the story of Jillian -- a thirty-something, married, suburban mother -- who suddenly sees her life playing out a different way than it did seven years ago, jumps to fix it, and takes the reader along for the ride

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