Laurel A. Rockefeller Books

Self-publishing and the digital age has changed that for both self-published and traditional publishers.  Just as cigarette machines have gone by the wayside and Sherlock Holmes uses nicotine patches instead of smoking his pipe in response to smoking regulations in London, the days of in-house marketing and advertising for books by publishers are gone.  Today authors must do most of the work themselves. There are no shortage of marketing firms to delegate to, of course, but a

This post on BookDaily.com by Rebecca Foster was first posted on 8th September 2014 and can be found at http://www.bookdaily.com/authorresource/blog/post/1564803. ———————————————————————- This morning I received three emails. One was from a lady in Scotland who read one of my books and joined my fan page. She wanted me to know how much she appreciated waking up and finding that I had responded to her messages. The second was from a man in Australia who sent me a list of thing

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