Spamalot Starring An SEO Firm Near You
Just got off the phone with the president of the SEO firm who was buying leads from whoever has been sending me the spam emails. Here is my original post: http://publishingrevolution.com/2013/02/05/when-does-email-marketing-become-spam/.
The president said the SEO firm no longer buys leads from this company. I agreed to give him the benefit of the doubt and not name them, unless and until it happens again. But, I need your help. Let’s see who is buying these leads.
Here is a list of all the spam email addresses.[more]
The Return of The Domain Spam Club
I missed Stella Fair and her friends. Missed all of the spam emails from deep within India telling me how my domains could make me a ton of money. In case you missed the original post, here it is: http://publishingrevolution.com/2013/02/05/when-does-email-marketing-become-spam/. [...]
LinkedIn’s Fake Self-Esteem Booster
If you are one of those people who received an email from LinkedIn congratulating you on being in the “top 1% most viewed profiles of 2012″, I will pause for a second while you login to Facebook and take down the [...]
When Does Email Marketing Become Spam?
I recently moved a number of book publishing related domains from a domain parking company to my own servers, thus creating my own landing / parked pages. It’s a smart move that has driven substantial traffic to my core sites. I promise another post about that, as it might be something you’ll want to consider if you own a decent chunk of domains.
The part that process that sucked, is that each of these now hundreds of sites has a contact us page, and even though there is a CAPTCHA, I’ve been getting spam…from a series of gmail addresses. Actually, 49 emails since January 7, 2013, up through and including today.[more]
Ereaders Make Us Read More
Interesting stats on the impact of ereaders on reading. For example,the typical non-ebook reader reads 15 books a year, while those who own ebook readers read an average of 24 books a year.[more...]
I’m Being Stalked By Book Printers
If I had $5 for every unsolicited plea (email) I’ve received this week for my company’s book printing business, I’d have enough money to purchase a first-class, round trip plane ticket from Minneapolis to Seattle.
These printers are stalking my life! I’m not talking about the “Dear Kind Sir” printing spammers / stalkers in Asia. I’m talking ones right here in the U.S. The desperate tone can be hard to read..[more...]
How Author Solutions Did $100,000,000 in Sales
If Barack Obama wants to hire someone to sell Obamacare to the American voters, he should hire the sales people at Author Solutions. If Mitt Romney wants to convince American voters that he’s “one of us”, he should hire the sales people at Author Solutions. If I want to convince Zooey Deschanel to go on a date with me, I’m going to hire the sales people at Author Solutions.[more...]
If Your “Agent” Calls Himself a Literacy Agent…
…he obviously sucks at being a literary agent.
If you’ve spent any time online searching for literary agents, I can almost guarantee you’ve seen an ad for this “literary agency”: www.WlWrItErSaGeNcY.com
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Book Editing with a Side of Coconut Oil
Next time you buy coconut oil, check the bottle — it’ll like be imported from the Philippines. That’s cool. You expect something like that to come from such an exotic place.
If you publish your book with any of the Author Solutions companies (Authorhouse, Xlibris, Trafford, Westbow, etc.) there is a great chance that your editing, cover design, formatting, marketing, customer service, and just about every other aspect of your book’s production (except for the non-stop, pre-publishing sales pitch) will be imported from the Philippines too. As reported by Publishers Weekly, 1,215 of Author Solutions 1565 full-time employees are located in the Philippines ..[more...]
Cool Author Questions
For a while, I’ve been wanting to conduct some author interviews on my blog. But, I’m not interested in “what inspired you to become an author” questions. The questions I want to ask are quirkier and way more interesting to me.
Here is my first batch:
•If you could have any famous person post an Amazon review for your book, who would it be and why?
•If you could have lunch with any character in your book, who would it be and why?
•Do you recall the moment that the idea for your book, first popped into your head? If so, tell me about it.
•What was the most enjoyable part of writing your book? What was the most challenging?
•There are thousands of novels out there. Why should a reader choose your book?
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