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  Yep, it really is an exceptional PR for the exceptional, award-winning book, An Afternoon's Dictation (Greenebaum). If you want to use it (spread the word, share) or just want to read it, here it is: An Afternoon's Dictation PR . If you want to read more posts about this book, Steven Greenebaum, and his other books, click HERE . Winner, London Book Festival honorable mention, Firebird Book Award Runner-up, Pacific Book Award An Afternoon's Dictation  has been on the Amazon top 100 list for ecumenism many times. Steven has also authored the award-winning,  One Family: Indivisible . and  Seeking Balance in an Unbalanced Time . You can read more posts by and about Steven and his books  HERE . Paperback editions of all MSI Press books not otherwise on sale can receive a discount of 25% with coupon code FF25 at the  MSI Press webstore . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Pre

            It is Tuesday. Time to tall turkey. 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. Today's topic  is a response to the question I get from time to time from our authors: "I just got an unbelievably good offer for X in the email; should I take it?" The quick answer is "maybe." Not all unsolicited offers are scams.  How, not all offers are genuine, and some that are genuine might not be good for you and your book.  What you need to do is analyze the offer in light of your own circumstances. You should answer NO when: the offer is a scam (Google it -- or ask your publisher); Science Fiction Writers of America also keeps a list of scams and shares information through its bl

  It is Tuesday. Time to tall turkey. 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. Today's topic is about how to market books inexpensively. If you have big pockets, go for the television, radio, newspaper, and saturation ads. Buy time on radio and television shows. However, most authors do not have deep pockets. So, looking at inexpensive ways to get the word out is not only necessary but sometimes the only way to market a book. This post describes some sources and activities for inexpensive marketing. It is, of course, not complete. Do all these things, then seek out more opportunities, or start again with another virtual blog tour. Things to do (not necessarily in any kind of order) Word of mouth