Happy Easter, The Greek Orthodox Way

Apr 1, 2018 | Fun Historical Facts

Happy Easter, everyone! Orthodox Easter is next week, mind you, but I thought it made more sense for me to post this today. I know that, for most of you, Easter is about bunnies dropping chocolate eggs all over gardens (not to be confused with another, less sanitary...

Authors, Please Don’t Act Like Scammers

Mar 29, 2018 | Marketing, Publishing

I thought of this post when I heard of a problem plaguing one of the groups I belong to. People are using its Twitter hashtag without actually being members of said group. This both confuses readers and dilutes the group’s rather successful brand. Even worse,...

All About the #RRBC Sponsors Blog Hop

Mar 27, 2018 | Blog hops tours & reblogs

You may remember the Rave Reviews Book Club, a club devoted to promoting, reviewing and generally supporting authors, from some of my previous posts. Today, I’m hosting the first ever ALL ABOUT THE SPONSORS BLOG HOP. All About the #RRBC Sponsors Blog Hop These...

What I Really Think Of Amazon Marketing Service (AMS)

Mar 23, 2018 | Marketing

I was recently invited to participate in a survey by Amazon Marketing Services (AMS). I was writing up the part where it said, “do you have any suggestions to make?” when it occurred to me that my suggestions would also be useful as a summary of my...

Fearless Smile Sneak Preview

Mar 19, 2018 | My Publications

You may remember how Patakis, Greece’s largest publisher, has acquired the rights to my next three children’s’ books. These are to be called Fearless Smile, Cat Island, and Whatever Lola Wants. Fearless Smile is now scheduled to be published in Greek...

How to Use Amazon Categories to Increase your Rankings (Update)

Mar 17, 2018 | Marketing

Back in 2016, I had written a post with information on How to Use Amazon Categories to Increase your Rankings. It included an estimate of how many copies a book needs to sell to reach a certain rank on Amazon US. This has now been updated as follows: The rest of the...