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Expanding the World of Your Novel

February 7, 2012 by Nathan Bransford 20 Comments

NB: Many writers wonder what to do with their extra material and how to make their work live on beyond the pages of a novel. And on that subject, I’m thrilled to have this guest post from Matthew Pearl, the New York Times bestselling author of THE DANTE CLUB, THE POE SHADOW and THE LAST […]

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Jacob Wonderbar: The Book Trailer!

April 12, 2011 by Nathan Bransford 84 Comments

JACOB WONDERBAR AND THE COSMIC SPACE KAPOW… the book trailer! Order JACOB WONDERBAR today! Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-a-Million Borders Indiebound Powell’s Huge, massive thanks to the incredible Brent Peterson for his direction, and who is open for business in case you’d like to utilize his talents: www.page2screen.net Illustrations by Christopher S. Jennings and music […]

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This Week in Publishing 3/12/10

March 12, 2010 by Nathan Bransford 31 Comments

This! Week! Publishing! Here comes the iPad! Yes, the iPad is ready for pre-order and Apple has given a deeper look into the iBook experience. And for those who had hoped that iBooks would be incorporated directly into iTunes like movies and TV shows were, or at least that it would come pre-installed: doesn’t look […]

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Guest Blog Week: How to Make a Book Trailer

January 18, 2010 by Nathan Bransford 99 Comments

Myrlin A. Hermes is the author of THE LUNATIC, THE LOVER, AND THE POET, which will be published on January 26th by HarperCollins Book trailers are all the rage these days, but it can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars to have one professionally made—an expense your publisher will probably be reluctant to shoulder […]

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The Myth of “Just An Author”

August 11, 2009 by Nathan Bransford 122 Comments

As you may have heard, Thomas Pynchon’s new novel INHERENT VICE was published last week, which is newsworthy for many reasons, but my favorite tidbit is that the notoriously publicity-shy Pynchon actually lent his voice to his book trailer and provided a playlist of songs for Amazon. It is indeed 2009. But other than these […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing Tagged With: Book Trailers, Cormac McCarthy, How to Promote a Book, J.D. Salinger, Life of a Writer, Oprah, publishing industry, Staying Sane While Writing, The Shack, Twilight

This Week in Publishing 5/8/09

May 8, 2009 by Nathan Bransford 95 Comments

This week! Publishing! Busy day! Time is money, and I’m time poor. Here is this week in publishing, brevity style. Bigger Kindle! Marc Fitten: 100 Indie Bookstores in a single tour! Also among Marc’s abilities: leaping tall buildings in several bounds, being an extremely cool guy, and keeping me up until 3 in the morning […]

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