authors

The tag Authors is a popular tag often used by bloggers discussing the people who write and create books. Many authors also blog regularly and their blogs have huge followings. Some examples include the blogs of Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries, and Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point. Anastasia Suen has a nice listing of blogs by children's book authors on her web site.

More and more often, book publishing companies are relying less often on traditional book tours, and the burden is increasingly placed on authors to use their own blogs as a key means of promoting their books. In addition to using their blog to promote their own work, many authors are using their blogs to promote the work of other authors. A great example of this is Cynsations by the author Cynthia Leitich Smith.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “authors”

• in Small Business
  Crowdfunding Novels Possible Through Authr.com
  Funding, marketing and selling books are an expensive game to play yet one that Authr plays perfectly.
  by advertzones / on Dec 15, 2012
• in Travel
  Travel Book Review: Hypertravel-100 Countries in Two Years
  Hardie Karges' book "Hypertravel, 100 Countries in 2 Years" is a trip into the fast-paced, often cynical but always entertaining mind of this intrepid traveler, and the places he travels to.
  by kaleeltvp / on Feb 29, 2012
• in Lifestyle
  Remember the Heights: Spiritual Inspiration
  Last year, my good friend Melanie Lowry completed her book, Remember the Heights. I had become friendly with her on Twitter and was immediately drawn to her positive messages and spirituality.
  by teeco71 / on Oct 10, 2011

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