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    It is Tuesday. Monday's madness is over, and Wednesday will take us over the hump, so Tuesday it is--for some serious discussion with authors. Tuesday talks mean to address authors in waiting and self-published authors who would like to go a more traditional route or who would at least like to take their steps with a publisher by their side.  This week, we suggest that authors can do a rudimentary analysis of their lack of sales on their own. From that, they should be able to develop plans to approach marketing and promotion more effectively. Book Reviews This is a biggie. Book reviews , more than anything else, sell books. While it is difficult to come up with a number that will make a difference--depends on the genre, number of competing books--typically, books with fewer than 50 book reviews are not selling, and 75-100 is considered by some in the industry to be critical to springboarding to "bestseller" status. So, How many reviews does your book have? If a paltry...

  And the best books of Second Quarter 2024 are ... drumroll! .... Hot New Releases Super Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Stuff  by Ken Mogren reached #2 on Amazon's hot new releases in humorous verse. The Book That (Almost) Got me Fired  by Kelly James reached #3 on Amazon's hot new releases in business humor. Amazon Top 100 Greg Bagdade's book,  Mental Health Mayday , reached #51 in Psychology Education and Training and #83 in safety and first aid. Kris Girrell’s book,  Learning to Feel , reached #60 in biographies of social scientists and psychologists. Gonyou’s book,  Since Sinai , reached #11 in biographies of Judaism. Steven Greenebaum’s book,  An Afternoon’s Dictation , reached #59 in ecumenism. Steven Greenebaum's book,  One Family Indivisible  reached #74 in ecumenism. Kelly James' book,  The Book That (Almost) Got me Fired ,  reached #33 in the general business humor category and #69 in job hunting. Larry MacDonald’s boo...

  And the best books of October 2023 are ... drumroll! .... Kris Girrell’s book, Learning to Feel , reached #60 in biographies of social scientists and psychologists. Shannon Gonyou’s book, Since Sinai , reached #10 in biographies of Judaism. Steven Greenebaum’s book, An Afternoon’s Dictation , reached #59 in ecumenism. Larry MacDonald’s book, RV Oopsies , reached #34 in travel humor, #116 in business and professional humor, and #136 in hospitality, travel, and tourism. Bob McGee’s book, A View through the Fog , reached #31 in bridge engineering. Ken Mogren’s book, Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Characters , reached #69 in limericks and humorous verse. Boris Shekhtman’s book, How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately , reached #52 in study and teaching references. For more posts about Girrell and his books, click  HERE . For more posts about Gonyou and her book, click  HERE . For more posts and Greenebaum and his books, click  HERE . For more posts about Ma...