This will be one of my shortest, and probably most crazy blogs ever. I have a good one about "aliens" all teed up for the next one, but bear with me. As some of you know, I have been "flogging" my new book now since the February 1st release date. To be honest, I've practically…
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Marketing a Book is Hard!
The Essay in the New York Times Book Review of May 1st comes to mind, since Tony Perrottet wrote a great commentary on “Building the Brand.” I commented on my quest to do just that in the recent June newsletter, so Perrottet’s remarks were preaching to a one-man choir. As he wrote, paraphrased a bit, writing…
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The Long Road Promoting a Book
Well now, it's been a whole six weeks since Contact Sport, A Story of Champions, Airwaves, and a One-Day Race Around the World was released. There was a significant burst of activity worldwide from the super-prime core audience, namely radiosport enthusiasts, in spite of the fact that physical copies of the hard-cover book took over…
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Scientific American Review
"Contact Sport" was recommended/reviewed in the February issue of Scientific American. On page 72, the "Recommended" page, written by Clara Moskowitz, includes four books. "Contact Sport" is in there right along with books on the last volcano, the rise and fall of the Super Collider project in Northeast Texas, and a book describing how "habitat…
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