by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve read a lot about writers’ disappointment with the pricing for the revised Goodreads Giveaway  feature (the changes started in January this year). The feature had previously been [...]

Although I wasn’t impressed by my first pre-order experiment, I’ve grown to accept pre-orders as a good way to make sure everything is in perfect order at the retailers on release day.   I [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig My first blog post was in August of 2008.  Along the way, I’ve tweaked the content and changed from Blogger to WordPress.  I’ve also played with the number [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m always on the lookout for ways to connect to readers and find new readers without being obnoxious.   I’m not one to really promote on Facebook and never [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Podcasts have become very popular as both a promotional tool and an informational/networking tool for writers. I know I don’t have the time to host podcasts, but I usually [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig  I spend a good deal of time finding and scheduling content for Twitter, but not a lot of time on Twitter. In the last month or so, however, I [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Back when I was writing the Southern Quilting Mysteries for Penguin Random House (I’m writing the series independently now), I knew that I would need to have to [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig  Anyone familiar with this blog knows that I’m not a fan of old-fashioned promoting. I think I’ve sold a lot more books by using better book metadata and [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve always heard that smart writers think beyond the story in terms of book marketing. Publishing expert Richard Nash has called it the”commodification of the book” as cited in [...]

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There are some writers I know who were born to be public speakers. They do a great job with audience engagement and can captivate a room. Then there [...]