You’re on the Air . . . a Podcast of One’s Own
Using podcasting as part of a blog to book network seems like a natural these days. Why? Podcasts have reach – PodNova is currently tracking over 70,000 podcasts and the number is growing steadily....
View ArticleGrammar Groove – An Interview with Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty
While podcasting is still a relatively young medium, podcast listenership is growing steadily. According to a recent forecast from e-Marketer, advertisers will spend $240 million on embedded podcast...
View ArticleAuthor Podcast Marketing Samplers
Authors are discovering that podcasts can be used for serializing their work, and also as a marketing tool – e.g. to record and distribute interviews and readings. Over the last several years, many...
View ArticleAuthorcasts – Voice Over IP Book Touring
For many authors who are trying to promote their book, budget and time are always pressing issues. Especially when it comes to book tours. The traditional book tour is time consuming and expensive....
View ArticleAn Interview with Podcast Novel Superstar Scott Sigler
New authors have always faced the challenge of getting past the book publishing gatekeepers – agents and acquistion editors. Scott Sigler found a new way into the castle. Scott’s work revolves around...
View ArticleThe Blookable Podcast – An Angle I Hadn’t Considered
Blook Looks by Cheryl Hagedorn Cheryl Hagedorn authors Blooking Central, which examines published books to discover what makes for a blookable blog. Kathleen Dixon Donnelly’s first blook, Gypsy...
View ArticleBack to the Future with Story Podcasts
Humanity never tires of hearing a good story. In ancient times, stories were told around a roaring campfire. The oral tradition evolved and continues even after the written word had become the...
View ArticleEmerging Blook Motifs
Blog to book stories are becoming more commonplace. We have chronicled a number of such examples, and you can find a virtual library of blog to book stories on Blooking Central. Some of these were...
View ArticlePodcast Novelist Extraordinarie – An Interview with 7th Son’s J.C. Hutchins
J.C. Hutchins J.C. Hutchins is a groundbreaking pioneer in the realm of building participative fan-based communities around works of fiction. He is the author of the 7th Son trilogy, the most popular...
View ArticleFour Quadrant Zooming – An Interview with Max Quick Series Author Mark Jeffrey
Mark Jeffrey Most of us have enough on our hands just keeping up with our day jobs. But Mark Jeffrey, author of the ultra popular Max Quick series of books and podcast audiobooks has two day jobs....
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