Sometimes what you've been looking for has been hovering just under your nose. Or shows up just when you need it. While searching tirelessly for connections between my vague assumptions and real occurrences I returned to the Lulu Book Review to get a link I to another site. There I found their most recent post more helpful then the link (which I actually forgot about).

Marketing Tip Madness! features 50 marketing tips self-publishing authors. Some we've encountered, some more off the wall.

Example: #15 getting a book signing on location if your book is regional. #14 if its about animals, a pet store.

Some we've seen in the traditional publishing world... bookmarks (Anyone remember Harry Potter craze? They were all over the bookmarks).

Submitting your book to Tag My Book on Amazon (my March 22nd post).

Social Networks: Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, YahooGroups.

And my favourite. Printing your ISBN on a tshirt! (Suggested use of Cafepress...remember that being a possible site for research).

In short, it's good to see that though my search for academic support in terms of journals and the like are not as successful as I would like, there is evidence out there. (i.e. I'm not crazy. It's a good feeling.)

More to come.
The search continues.

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