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“Promoting Your Book” Links

Some Author Blogs You May Want to Check Out:

Malcom Gladwell, The Tipping Point

Gary David Goldberg, Sit Ubu Sit: How I Went From Brooklyn to Hollywood with the Same Woman, the Same Dog a Lot Less Hair

Keith Ferrazi, Never Eat Alone

Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns

David Meerman Scott, The New Rules and Marketing and PR


Blogging

Book Publicist Stacy J. Miller talks about why blogs are a great idea for authors

Typepad – A terrific, cheap blogging tool

Wordpress – Another great tool for starting a blog

Amy Gahran of Contentious.com offers great advice on commenting


Social Bookmarking

Digg – A great social bookmarking tool.  And it’s fun to say, “I digg that.”

Erica Sadin offers advice on getting started with Digg

Submitting your own content to Digg – It’s also quite fine to say, “I digg myself.”


Facebook

Facebook, main site – start here to set up a profile and start connecting.

Getting Started with Facebook Guide

Facebook Pages - Establishing a presence for your book (or you as an author) on Facebook


Microblogging

Twitter

Newbie’s Guide to Twitter

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