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Readers, Writers, and Marketeers: Who Killed Brienne Cross?
Breakaway Media welcomes author and today’s guest blogger J. Carson Black (This article originally posted on Readers Rule) My thriller, THE SHOP, has had a checkered career. This book got me the agent of my dreams, one of the best in the business, who could get the undivided attention of every big publisher in New [...]
Vince Zandri on the Power of a Great eBook Cover
On his blog post today, Sunday Blog in Bed: The Eye of the Reader, bestselling author Vince Zandri talks about the power of covers for successful eBooks. Giving some examples of these covers, he provides insights into the elements and aspects that go into a cover that makes and keeps the brand promise. The post [...]
Is There a “Silver Bullet” to Achieving Bestselling E-book Sales?
As bestselling author Vincent Zandri indicates below from his May 19, 2011 blog post, we will be publishing an ongoing conversation between him and J. Carson Black. As the digital publishing industry continues to evolve at breakneck speed, authors and their independent publishers like Breakaway Media will focus on best practices as these practices evolve [...]
THE SHOP ***** New Crime Thriller by J. Carson Black
The long-awaited answer to the question, “Who killed Brienne Cross?,” is finally here with the release of The Shop, by Breakaway Media author J. Carson Black, on Amazon Kindle. * * * At first glance, the shooting death of a police chief in a rundown Florida motel room looks like an assignation gone wrong. But [...]
Read J. Carson Black’s Laura Cardinal series on Kindle
Breakaway Media is proud to announce the Kindle Edition publication of the three crime fiction thriller novels in the Laura Cardinal series by J. Carson Black. “Welcome to a strong new voice in American crime fiction.” –T. Jefferson Parker, Author of Iron River
Top 15 Takeaways from Webinar – The Science of Facebook Marketing
I just finished participating in a Hubspot webinar – The Science of Facebook Marketing — lots of great tips here on how to use Facebook effectively and appropriately for marketing. Here are my top 15 takeaways from the webinar. 1. Did you see the last episode of LOST, the TV show? It was crammed full [...]
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Amazon dominates markets, yes — Amazon also makes markets for authors
On the fingersmurphy.com blog yesterday, Amazon Juicing Sales for its Own Authors, and Everyone Else too lays out the case that Amazon not only dominates markets, but also has the power and does make markets for authors. The article cites the cases of authors Barry Eisler and John Rector where Amazon repeatedly boosted sales for [...]
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Why Amazon will underprice their new tablet
In Amazon Could Sell 3 to 5 Million Tablets This Year, a recent article in eBOOK NEWSER, it was reported that a new report by Forrester Research ($500 to buy a copy), that Amazon will price their new tablet device under $300 which would likely allow them little or no profit. Yet they stand to [...]
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Kindle Boards provide valuable perspective on eBook sales growth
Author Declan Conner today reports on the explosive growth of eBook sales in the fiction category, highlighting the sales of Breakaway Media thriller author J. Carson Black. In his article,
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Readers, Writers, and Marketeers: Who Killed Brienne Cross?
Breakaway Media welcomes author and today’s guest blogger J. Carson Black (This article originally posted on Readers Rule) My thriller, THE SHOP, has had a checkered career. This book got me the agent of my dreams, one of the best in the business, who could get the undivided attention of every big publisher in New [...]
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Darkness on the Edge of Town now FREE on Amazon
Breakaway Media recently joined amazon.com’s KDP Select program with the Laura Cardinal Series of crime fiction thrillers. Until Saturday, December 31, 2011, readers can download the first book in the Series, Darkness on the Edge of Town, for free. More than 13,000 copies of the book have been downloaded by readers from Amazon since yesterday. [...]
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Vince Zandri on the Power of a Great eBook Cover
On his blog post today, Sunday Blog in Bed: The Eye of the Reader, bestselling author Vince Zandri talks about the power of covers for successful eBooks. Giving some examples of these covers, he provides insights into the elements and aspects that go into a cover that makes and keeps the brand promise. The post [...]
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Disintegration by Scott Nicholson – Summer Book Club Featured Book of the Week
Today The Summer Book Club’s Scott Nicholson discusses his novel, Disintegration. Writing is not always easy, because we are people, after all, and go through various phases in our lives at the same time we are trying to make a living. Scott knows that our writing isn’t just a product of who we are. It [...]
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Be Careful What You Wish For by Sibel Hodge, this week’s Summer Book Club featured book of the week
Sibel Hodge’s chick lit mystery is the next book to be featured in The Summer Book Club. About Sibel… Sibel Hodge is the author of romantic comedies and chick lit mysteries. In her spare time she’s Wonder Woman! Her first novel, Fourteen Days Later, was short-listed for the Harry Bowling Prize 2008 and received a [...]
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How the Cult of Personality Inspired My Thriller THE SHOP
Facebook Alert! J. Carson Black will be doing a live Facebook chat on Saturday July 16th at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time at facebook.com/summerbookclub. Please join us with your questions for J. Carson. ***** When I decided to write a new thriller, I had several ideas on the table. None of them made the final cut. [...]
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Cheryl Shireman’s LIFE IS BUT A DREAM – Summer Book Club featured book of the week
Facebook Alert! Cheryl Shireman will be doing a live Facebook chat on Saturday July 9th at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time at http://www.facebook.com/summerbookclub Please join us with your questions for Cheryl! * * * * * I BURNED MY BRA FOR THIS? ONE WOMAN’S FANTASY I’m a Baby Boomer. Which means that I remember [...]
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Killing Cupid – The Summer Book Club Interview with Mark Edwards and Louise Voss
Killing Cupid is the first book to be featured in the Summer Book Club. Mark Edwards, who co-wrote this darkly-funny stalker thriller with Louise Voss, will be on Facebook on Saturday evening to answer questions and chat. He will even answer questions about the controversial Dan Brown/Stieg Larsson subtitle scandal if you are nice. Please [...]
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