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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 [...]
2 Keys to Broadcast Media Careers for Students
Recently I had the chance to sit down over a cup of coffee with Henry Rubin at his neighborhood haunt, Raging Sage in Tucson Arizona, to talk about professional pathways and education for students who want to pursue a career in broadcast television and media production, two keys to success. In a career spanning more [...]
Innovations in Higher Education Corporate Sponsorship Programs, Part 1
In last month’s 36th Annual Symposium on Racing & Gaming, presented by the University of Arizona’s Race Track Industry Program in Tucson, Arizona, Thought Leader and author Dale Dauten, facilitated the session “The Gifted Boss: To Think Like a Hero and Work Like an Artist”. I had the pleasure of meeting Dale after the presentation [...]
WordPress for Microsites and Landing Pages – part 1
Ironically, one of the beauties of using WordPress to create microsites and landing pages is that WordPress is essentially a blogging platform. An open-source content management system application, WordPress offers a simple, uncomplicated interface to create and maintain functional and aesthetically-pleasing Web sites quickly and easily. WordPress has come a long way from the days [...]
New Roads for Publishing Under Construction
In the digital future, what role will traditional book publishers play and what radical changes in culture and technology will drive them to make radical changes of their own? Can they evolve from their current mode of linear content creation and delivery chain to a more circular, networked Web-based one? Folks, it’s the Wild West, [...]