Is getting your novel published THIS year, one of your New Year’s resolutions? Regardless of when you plan to publish your novel, this article from Florence Osmund may help you to refine your manuscript
http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2017/01/get-ready-get-set-go-publish-that-novel/

As a new blogger, or even a seasoned one, blogging conferences are a great idea.  It is a fantastic way to meet other bloggers and stay abreast of what is current in blogging.   I have scoured the net for some of the conferences for 2017 and provided a list.

2017 Blogging Conferences

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http://conciergelibrarian.com/2017/01/31/2017-blogging-conferences/

I’m often asked for a list of the best blogs and websites focused on literary fiction and culture. This list was first curated in 2011; after five years, I continue to update it as sites fold or launch.

If I’ve missed any sites that deserve consideration, please let me know your favorites in the comments. Note: I have deliberately excluded well-known traditional media or social media, e.g., Publishers Weekly, New York Times, Goodreads, etc

https://janefriedman.com/best-literary-fiction-blogs-websites-2/

Learn how to write a book press release that gets printed by big news agencies and increases your book sales. Get our free book press release template here

  https://kindlepreneur.com/book-press-release/

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Don’t find customers for your products. Find products for your customers. — Seth Godin
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Seth’s advice is so succinct. It’s much easier to find products for your current customers than to find new customers for products you’ve created (especially products you’ve created with no specific market in mind

Go to website…

http://bookmarketingbestsellers.com/seth-godin-on-finding-customers/

Here are a few book marketing and book writing tips from great writers. This is how you write and market great books!

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder. — E. B White, novelist

This is how you write great books. You start with wonder. You continue through wonder. And you end in wonder.

Source: http://www.myincrediblewebsite.com/e-b-white-on-wonder

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder. — E. B White #authors #wonder
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I learned to look at all the good in the world and to try to give come of it back, because I believed in it completely and utterly. — Anna Quindlen, novelist

If you want to write a bestselling book, start by giving back all the good in the world that has come to you. Share that. Once you do, people will line up to help you share it. It is those fans that will make your book a bestseller.

http://bookmarketingbestsellers.com/book-marketing-tips-3-tips-on-writing-bestselling-books/

This comes from my having found an interesting book on Amazon only to find (after 5mins of reading the reviews!) it was book two in a series, and it required me to read book one for it to make sense.

First things first:

If your book is in a series, make that clear on your covers. Make sure that the series name, and book number within the series, is clear on the cover

read more…

https://chaosfoxwriting.wordpress.com/2017/01/15/how-to-get-a-shiny-series-page-on-amazon/