Guinness World Records(TM) Stars on the Silver Screen in First in-Theater Advertisement for Best Selling Book: “Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking achievement, today announced the introduction of the Company’s first national in-theater advertisement for its best-selling annual book. Premiering in theaters throughout November and December, the advertisement will be played before films including, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and The Chronicles of Narnia, the 30-second spot will support the release of Guinness World Records 2006 during the holiday season.”
Amazon Upgrade, the slightly less amazing stepsister of Amazon Pages, furnishes Web access to a book already purchased. A company statement offers a serving suggestion: A programmer buying a guide to Sun Microsystems’ (nasdaq: SUNW – news – people ) Java could then access the presumably massive tome from elsewhere–perhaps at a client site.”>Bezos’ Amazon.com To Sell Books By The Page – Forbes.com: “Amazon Pages will dole out the data in increments–by chapter, section or even a single page. Thus, one needn’t buy an entire book–although that option will exist, too–if all one desires is, say, a recipe or other chunk of how-to info. One wistfully imagines the racier excerpts of ‘art’ novels might be a draw, as well.
Amazon Upgrade, the slightly less amazing stepsister of Amazon Pages, furnishes Web access to a book already purchased. A company statement offers a serving suggestion: A programmer buying a guide to Sun Microsystems’ (nasdaq: SUNW – news – people ) Java could then access the presumably massive tome from elsewhere–perhaps at a client site.”
Whitney Otto is yet another poor author, taken in by the ideas that “tradional publishers” give us about authors work.
She writes for an Oregon paper.. scared that Google is going to steal her work.. this is one of the more silly paragraphs.
Expanding literacy is great, but how will Google protect writers’ intellectual property?: “The recommendations by Amazon and reader reviews are essentially meaningless because the potential buyer of a book doesn’t know anything about these online critics. For an opinion to have meaning, there must be a specific context. For one, you need to understand the critic’s criteria. A random opinion — like Google Print’s disembodied excerpts — is the equivalent of no opinion, and no help for readers, at all.”
Listen Whitney.. you need to learn that a book is a great ENTRE product. Build a database and communicate and sell them more information on the back end.. no need to “sell out” to do that!
WSJ.com – Google Checks Out Interest In Online Book ‘Rental’ Plan: “According to this publisher, the books wouldn’t be downloadable or printable. Those features may be worked out at a later time, he said. Although this publisher said that the proposed fee to end users — 10% of each book’s list price — is too low, he said it still may represent a significant opportunity for publishers to tap the budding digital-book market.
While the exact shape of any rental approach by Google doesn’t appear to be final, the current discussion with the publisher is a strong indication the Internet-search company plans to head in the digital book-renting direction. ‘Google Print is exploring new access models to help authors and publishers sell more books online, but we don’t have anything to announce,’ a Google spokesman said.”
I just finished reading UNHYPNOSIS.. by Dr. Steve Taubman.
One of the most thought provoking reads I’ve had in a while.
I’m a book reading nut.. this is my 5th this week. I always read the books I”m going to promote, and Dr. Steve did ask for my help on this.
Frankly, I wasn’t too excited.. in my head I heard “doen’t like hynosis” even though he told me that he’s a hynotist. Well, the book is not about hypnosis, but about self-examination and discovery. I think it’s a must read.. and I’m not even being paid to say that this time
Here’s my Amazon review.
With that word, UNHYPNOSIS in the title, I didn’t know what to expect.. there are people who say that hypnosis is evil and something to be scared of.Fortunately, I didn’t stop at the first word.
This is NOT a book about hypnosis.What I did see were many references, stories, and explanations that I’ve NEVER seen in other books or programs.
Dr. Taubman tells some of his own story.. especially good is the “I”m Dr. Steve from the USA story”.. but mostly sticks to a point by point explanation of how our mind/body/soul works. I’ve studied everything from self help to scripture, and found several new ways of explaining what I thought might be unexplainable.
Perhaps the best “how meditation works in three pages” I’ve ever seen. The WITNESS and SHARING section of one chapter made me put down the book and exclaim “Yes, that’s exactly how it works!”The book starts with a good warning that universal principals should never be in conflict with what you already know. There’s no “I’m the Guru, you were wrong” stuff here.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to live an examined life. (Is there any other way?) A good book for all.
I’m still looking for other reports.. but in the 2397 mailing lists that I subscribe to, just ONE mentioned this book.
And that was a link to a news report at WALL STREET JOURNAL.
The book is #1 on Amazon today and #3 at BN.com.. even though they show it as “not available yet”
If you know of anyone else touting the book (as I don’t frequent Investor stuff as much as I should) please let me know.
In the meantime, I’ve ordered a copy for myself.
Joel Greenbatt The Little Book That Beats th Market
Now that we have yet another BEST SELLER under our belts, it’s time to head to LA and meeting with the powerful promoter, Matt Bacak.
Are y0u getting his marketing tips ?
People’s Daily Online — Record number of exhibitors attend Frankfurt Book Fair: “Around 1,000 authors will attend the fair this year to shake hands with booksellers.
Organizers of the fair expect 180,000 trade visitors and book lovers from 115 nations to visit the show.
Every year the Frankfurt Book Fair is attended by about 270,000 visitors.”
Tragedy boosts sales of books, CDs from Big Easy: “When eerily similar scenes began to play out following Hurricane Katrina, interest in Barry and his book took off. The author appeared on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press,’ CNN and C-SPAN. Sales of his book, ‘Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America,’ climbed.
So have sales of other books on the city as well as CDs by Big Easy musicians such as Aaron Neville and Harry Connick Jr. At Borders Group Inc., the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain, travel guides for New Orleans – which few people are planning to visit for pleasure anytime soon – almost outsold those for New York City.”
NewAgeLive.FM, New Age Talk Radio, Is Set to Launch November 3, 2005 with Sherrilyn Kenyon in Her First Internet Talk Radio Interview: “We’re scheduling guests for the 2006 season. Would you like to be a guest on NewAgeLive.FM Internet Talk Radio Show?
We select our guests based upon their expertise in their specialized field. Each guest’s topic of discussion should fit the show’s overall theme. Our guests are typically leaders in their industry with a wealth of experience and a wide range of contacts to whom they will promote their upcoming show. Guests must have a web presence and their site must be capable of handling a large number of visitors.
Who would be an typical guest on our show? Authors who write non-fiction or fiction books that deal with any new age topic. For example, (and this is a partial list), non-fiction authors with books about developing or living with psychic abilities, Angels, Enlightenment, Crystals, Runes, Evolving Thought, Expanding Consciousness, Astrology, Healthy Alternative Living, Understanding The New Age, Near Death Experiences, Past Lives, The Paranormal, Tarot, Reiki, Wicca, or Mind, Body and Spirit topics. Fiction authors who write Paranormal Romance or Psychic Fiction.
We also want to talk to guests who are involved with and can discuss topics such as Book Marketing, Publicity, The Publishing Industry, What Editors Want, The Craft Of Writing as well as Metaphysical Practitioners who may not have a book released but are leaders in their chosen metaphysical field (Psychics, Reiki Practitioners, Aura Readers, Numerologists, Astrologers, etc).
If you would like for us to consider you for NewAgeLive.FM, New Age Talk Radio, just go to our guest page and fill out the form at http://newagelive.fm/Beaguest.htm.”
