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  • Great point about the food/drink.  People don't go to book parties for the food. If there is food, it's fun for it to be thematically linked.  I just attended a great...
  • This was an enjoyable and informative read! Thanks for taking the time to write it. As to your "What do you do?" question, at cocktail parties, I say, "I'm a revolutionary." Whatever conversation follows is sure to be interesting...
  • Brooke ~ thank you so much for putting this post together!  The timing for me could not be better. I have learned so much from my involvement here at SheWrites since I...
  • Hi all--I'm the lucky person who will be hosting our new monthly Twitter Launch Parties. I love all your great ideas for what to call them! Whatever name gets chosen,...
  • It's one thing to have designated ad space in publications that traditionally have it, but to add products into a story to make extra money seems low. It drives me cra...
  • An agent holding the book for years unsold shouldn't happen. First, make sure your agreement with the agency is limited to one year, renewable by agreement of both par...
  • It says something about human nature that if a book is a best seller (in the news getting attention and making money) family, friends and guilty parties will get more upset and perhaps sue. Their egos and reputation are at stake and they feel a duty to defend themselves.
  • Beware: Do not buy a single ISBN through any third party. Buy only through Bowker. If you see an offer for a single ISBN that is less than $125 and is sold from a thir...
  • Susan - "you do have to work Twitter as you would a party" - oh no, I'm terrible at working parties. I just stay with the people I already know, occasionally joining i...
  • I'm publishing my great-aunt's diaries from the Roaring Twenties (I've Got Some Lovin' to DO: The Diaries of a Roaring Twenties Teen, 1925-1926), due out in September...