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Self-publishing trailblazer Amanda Hocking shifts gears

March 30, 2011
Tags: Self-publishing, Amanda Hocking, social media

Young Amanda Hocking's digitally self-published young-adult paranormal novels have sold a million copies online, making her rich at $2.99 and 99 cents a copy (some of which Amazon.com collects). So why is she about to sign a deal with St. Martin's Press?

"Hocking credits her success to aggressive self-promotion on her blog, Facebook and Twitter, word of mouth and writing in a popular  Read More 
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Twitter is like a bank account

April 2, 2009
Tags: TWITTER, social media, PW, book promotion
Signed up for Twitter but not sure if you have time or what to 'tweet'? “Twitter is like a bank account: you have to put in more deposits than withdrawals,” says Kelly Leonard, Hachette's director of online marketing, in an interview with PW's Charlotte Abbott. “A post about my author appearing on The Today Show is a withdrawal, Read More 
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