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Book Publicity Tweets: Magazine Editors

By John Kremer on Sunday, October 30th, 2011 | No Comments

Here are a few magazines where Magagenie.com recently updated or added their contact information and editors. Bon Appetit Magazine – editors and columnists – http://magagenie.com/bon-appetit-magazine ESPN the Magazine – sports editors and columnists – http://magagenie.com/espn-the-magazine Executive Travel Magazine – editors and contributing editors – http://magagenie.com/executive-travel-magazine Forbes Magazine – editors and columnists – http://magagenie.com/forbes-magazine IDEA Fitness [...]

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Book Publicity: How to Write a Pitch Letter

By John Kremer on Monday, October 24th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Book Publicity Question: Thanks for all you do. Please tell me, how do I write a pitch letter to the media and or book reviewers? John’s Book Publicity Answer: That’s a pretty big question, but in a blog post I can only give you a short answer. Here are seven key points in writing a [...]

Book Publicity Tips: 14 Ways to Get Into Magazines

By John Kremer on Saturday, October 22nd, 2011 | 1 Comment

Here are a few PR tips I shared a number of years ago in a newsletter. Most of these tips still apply. 1. Here are a few of the many ways that you can get publicity via magazines: book reviews articles where you are featured as an expert interviews sidebars book excerpts statistics, surveys, polls [...]

Making the News by Making Donations

By John Kremer on Thursday, October 13th, 2011 | No Comments

Here is a recent example of a publisher getting national publicity by making a donation. Chelsea Green donated 1,500 copies of its various titles to the Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City for use in their education centers. As Chelsea Green noted in their press release announcing the donation: Chelsea Green holds a [...]