Author Archive for Glenn McCreedy
Glenn McCreedy has more than 14 years experience in marketing and communications, and integrated marketing and sales of corporate sponsorships. He has developed, directed, and managed corporate partners programs and sponsorships for the University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center and Office of External Relations, Pima Community College, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, the Southwestern Fair Commission at the Pima County Fairgrounds, and Bisbee Cycling Productions, Inc. Glenn has consulted for the Educational Enrichment Foundation, Sierra Vista International Air Show Corporation, Sierra Vista Convention and Visitors Bureau, Drylands Institute, and the Arizona International Film Festival. His list of corporate sponsors includes Arizona Lottery, Coca-Cola, Bud Light, Qwest, Wells Fargo, O’Rielly Chevrolet, U.S. Army, KVOA-TV4, Citadel Broadcasting, Raytheon Missile Systems, and Desert Diamond Casino. He has created and implemented sponsorship consumer sales overlays and value-added promotions that consistently met the goals of corporate sponsors and increased their investment in sponsorable properties.
Big Kindle Boogie! 10 Free Kindle Fires, 75 Free eBooks!
Five bestselling authors. 10 Free Kindle Fires. 75 Free Kindle Thrillers. Now. It’s time to boogie. Here’s the deal: Bestselling thriller writers J.A. Konrath, Blake Crouch, J. Carson Black, Lee Goldberg, and Scott Nicholson are happy to have you as readers and friends. So happy that we want to give you 10 Kindle Fires and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]