NEWS FLASH: Jay Schein author of Stolen Innocence: Days of Destiny II Hits the Airwaves & TV

From the author that brought you Days of Destiny...Now, book II is out and gaining momentum fast. Strategic Book Publishing announces the official local and regional radio and television appearances. Mark your calendars and tune in!



July 23, PBS program of Douglas County Colorado
Interview - 45 minutes - Book Two - Stolen Innocence
Host: James LaRue


August Book Signing - Date TBA
Castle Pines North Center - Invitation (about 70 persons who purchased Book One)

Anderson News - Distributor for King Soopers Stores
Arrangements now being negotiated for total stores distribution.


Barnes And Noble Book Signing September 13 in Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs, CO 80909 - Phone: 719-637-8282



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Some results are already pouring in on Book II:

Florida, Coral Springs - Calvary Chapel
Speaker - Writing that honors God - Subject was writing without profanity, vulgarity and blatant sex scenes. Sold out of books after the services.

Ft. Lauderdale - REACH FM Radio - Guest - Invited back again for a second show the following week. Ken Kerrigan, Host

About the Series: Days of Destiny, the trilogy, is a story of unparalleled excitement and adventure. It is a fast-paced, nail-biting story of international terrorism and how a Florida family is thrust into a web of deceit that changes their lives forever. If you have read the first book in this trilogy, you are eagerly awaiting this sequel. If you have not, the Prologue will present a synopsis of the first story and this edition will stand on its own- providing you with unceasing action and intrigue from the first page to the last.

The second book: Stolen Innocence: Days of Destiny II - David thought that his life would now return to normal, having left Israel a national hero for having prevented the delivery of one of the largest illegal arms and munitions plots in the history of the Middle East. He returns to the United States and his hometown of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida a national hero of Israel; a costly recognition as his father's life was the price paid at the Wailing Wall shootout between the terrorists and the Israeli guards. David’s heroism is even recognized by the President of the United States. After the excitement and notoriety finally quiets, David looks forward to the continuation of a normal life. However, the terrorists' long reach of revenge will change David's world forever - only this time, it is David who will become the avenger.
Recognized and reviewed as one of the best action/adventure stories of these times, this fast-paced, page-turning drama will capture your heart and your imagination and is surely destined for the big screen. If you have not read Days of Destiny I, you may want to do so after this sequel captures your heart.



For information on Jay Schein and the Days of Destiny Trilogy, go to: http://www.daysofdestinybooks.com/ and please visit his Author Display Video on Strategic Publishing's You Tube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnji-odmkK8






To request a full interactive EPK and for Media Inqueries, Appearances, National and International press and tour scheduling Contact:

Miranda Spigener, Director of Book Marketing/Publicist
Strategic Book Marketing - pr1@strategicbookmarketing.com
832-452-6068 Direct
773-482-6068 PR Office Fax - 1-800-808-6190 Corporate Office

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Breaking News: Don Sutton, Author of Understanding Meth: The Epidemic

HOT OFF THE WIRES:

Strategic Book Publishing is pleased to announce endorsement and recent orders of his book Understanding Meth: The Epidemic by Kaiser Permanente!

Don Sutton is also scheduled on the Perceptive Marketing Hour with Tony Kay on Artist First Radio. Please tune in Monday, 7 pm CST, 10/20/2008.

For more information on the book: http://www.understandingmeth.com/ and for details on Don's non-profit organization please visit: http://www.saynotometh.com/.

For Media Inquries, Appearances, Bookings or if you would like to make a tax-deductable donation to his cause for his Cross-Country Road Tour Contact:


Miranda Spigener
Director of Book Marketing/PR Manager
Strategic Book Marketing
pr1@strategicbookmarketing.com
832-452-6068 Direct - 773-482-6068 PR Office Fax - 1-800-808-6190 Corporate Office

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Lila Hopkins - Coming to Artist First Radio!

Strategic Book Marketing is to proud to announce Lila Hopkins to be interviewed on the Perceptive Marketing Hour Show with Tony Kay on the Artist First Radio Network at 7 pm CST, Sept. 29, 2008.

The Master Craftsman is a heartwarming tale of father/son relationships and incredible gifts of love.

This is the story of the frustrations, munderstandings and conflict between fathers and sons and the story of redemtion. It is the story of forgiveness and love and of the women who sustained their men. It is the novel of a man who has a life-threatening situation who has a chance for life if he is man enough to accept it.
It is a book that is well researched. The author has gone to great lengths to learn about the medical aspects she presents in the story and the crafts that she writes about.

Lila Hopkins grew up in New Mexico but for the past 11 years has lived in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. Weave Me A Song grew out of her love for the mountains and her admiration of the people she has met in Avery County.

Hopkins grew up in the home of a Baptist pastor and married a Baptist minister while she was still a college student at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. After graduation, she taught school in northern California while her husband continued his theological studies in Berkley, California. The Hopkins moved to North Carolina in 1960 for Rev. Hopkins to intern at the Department of Pastoral Care at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. In 1961, he became chaplain at McCain Hospital, where he served for 29 years.Lila taught school in Moore County for 13 years and the experience was the basis of her two award winning juvenile books, Eating Crow and Talking Turkey (1988 and 1990) Both books won the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award. The Hopkins have three sons and one daughter and seven grandchildren.Weave Me A Song is her first adult novel. Strike A Golden Chord is her second from High Country Publishers. Mrs. Hopkins, a watercolorist, whose paintings are featured in the Graylight Gallery in Newland, painted the dust jackets and illustrated both novels. She is also the author of The Master Craftsman: Heartwarming Novel of Father-Son Relationships and the Incredible Gifts of Love.

For Media Inquries, Bookings and Appearances contact:

Miranda Spigener, Director of Book Marketing/PR Manager
Strategic Book Marketing
pr1@strategicbookmarketing.com
832-452-6068 Direct - 773-482-6068 PR Office Fax
1-800-808-6190 Corporate Office

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5 Vital Components to Your Lasting Writing Career

You've heard the old axiom: “Don't build your house on the sand.” Well, the same holds true for your writing career. Ask yourself, as a writer or author, are you putting up a temporary tent or building an institution? If you’re just beginning to write, embark on building your success strategy early - smart and from the start! After all, there is no such thing as a lucky break in the field of publishing. Authors who make progress, make progress! In other words, thriving authors take devoted action, understanding the importance of having a strong foundation.

There are five vital components to include in your author infrastructure:

Talent – Notice that talent is only one of the five components. In other words, to get ahead, you need talent, but you can’t ride on it. The great thing about talent is that it can be developed, no matter what your Aunt Sue told you about your lack of ability. If you can take constructive feedback and use it to improve your work, then you have a much higher chance at finding success and acclaim. Nobody at the top started out as a star. They let themselves be coached, trained and molded until they got great. They had the patience to stay in pursuit of their dream as it slowly grew – and the ability to fail and to get back up and do better.

Enthusiasm – Having Passion (with a capital P) for your topic or genre is tantamount to attracting agents, publishers and readers. If you light up while talking about your project, that energy will translate to others’ confidence in you. If certain days get you down, or if dudes make you doubt, get in the habit of reaffirming your star quality. Know you are capable of your biggest dreams and show the world through the way you carry yourself every day. When I was worn out and wondering if I’d ever finish my book, I got in a bubble bath and read Bird by Bird – Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott. I laughed so hard at how similarly odd the thoughts and musings of writers are. That gave me the kick I needed to stay confident.

Flexibility – A lot of books on the bestseller list started out with a very different outline or storyline. Great books (and great writers) are built by being aware of the trends and interests of the target culture. Now, nobody is going to understand fully the genius behind your idea at first, so of course you have to have a healthy amount of sticking to your guns on your tale or topic matter. But if you can find a few things you can be flexible on, especially if you are getting advice from an expert, it will likely save you time and take you to new levels.

Niche – The cement to your foundation is definitively your niche, which we’ll cover in more depth in a future blog. Your niche is what is different about you – or what unique service or specialization you will deliver to your audience. Some authors have the ability to separate themselves from their personal perspective long enough to write with a specific audience in mind. This is a developed talent. With practice or training, all writers can release themselves from their own view to connect with what the reader will be feeling and thinking when they read the novel or non-fiction book. Identifying your niche and identifying with your target audience are steps that too many authors skip. But remember that this is what you’ll use to snag media interviews and a profusion of other promotional opportunities.

Creative Thinking – This final component is going to help you make connections, figure out how you are going to do this financially, and basically problem solve. Successful authors, like all people who reach their goals are programmed (or have programmed themselves) to take misfortunes and turn them into fortunes. Ultimately, your success is going to be determined by the way you think, so think about how you can make it work!

In summary, if you build your writing career on creative problem-solving, and employ talent, flexibility, excitement and focus, your name will surely be known by your target audience for years to come.

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Max Blue to be featured on Artist First Radio

Strategic Book Publishing announces that Max Blue author of Cold Front Passing Hokkaido will be booked on Artist First Radio Network on September 8, 2008 (date subject to change).

Mr. Blue will also be gracing the presence of iVillage, NBC's social media network in a blog tour. Please email me at pr1@strategicbookmarketing.com for details and dates.

This book appeals to all ages both men and women and is a great history lesson on the Korean War and the 1950's Cold War from an insider.

The book is available through links below at Amazon, Barnes and Noble online, Target Stores and direct from Strategic.

Orders can be made through Amazon at:

http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Front-Passing-Hokkaido-Blue/dp/1934925071/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214331533&sr=8-1

Barnes and Noble:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=cold+front+passing+hokkaido

Target Stores:

http://www.target.com/dp/1934925071/sr=1-1/qid=1214331752/ref=sr_1_1/601-0032331-8534521?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Acold%20front%20passing%20hokkaido&page=1

Information and orders can be made straight from Strategic at: http://www.strategicbookpublishing.com/ColdFrontPassingHokkaido.html

For Media inquires and bookings contact:

Miranda Spigener
Director of Book Marketing/PR Manager
Strategic Book Marketing
pr1@strategicbookmarketing.com
832-452-6068 Direct
773-482-6068 PR Office Fax
1-800-808-6190 Corporate Office

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Leora Sipp - Success on Road Tour

Our Eloquent Books author Leora Sipp is wrapping up her road tour which has been a great success in sales and extending her readership of Emma and Sara Learn About Harvest Time.

Monday, June 23rd - Leora's appearance at the Crescent Moon Coffeehouse in Lincoln, NE was a huge success in attendance and sales; applause could be heard from down the street as one patron reported! Her next stop is Quarterlane, ID and then its off to Spokane, WA and finally Portland on July 5th where it will be a joint signing with our Strategic Book Publishing author Don Sutton.

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From Publishing to Sales - One Author's Experience

You have a great education, but your training wasn't in creative writing! Still, you're feeling a strong push that won't leave you alone. Something tells you to begin forming your story in every spare moment you can find. Writing your book awakens something hibernating in you. The idea of being an author is exciting and confusing, but you're willing to learn.

Authors like you are born every day. I'd like to introduce myself by sharing my own Publishing to Sales story....maybe you can relate.

I was one of those spontaneous authors. I wrote Help Is On Its Way because I had to. I had no training in composition or marketing. But still, I wrote. I wrote from many places over a nearly two year period.

I learned how to write a query letter, and sent a few out to a agents that were listed through online networks as being interested in the subject matter of my memoir. (More details on this in future blogs.) Out of about 15 queries, I received one inquiry from a small publisher called Kunati. I mailed in my manuscript.

I wondered, if Kunati had taken 8 months just to respond to my query, how long would it take them to review and publish my manuscript, if (and that is a big if) they liked my full work?

While I waited on Kunati, I continued to edit and refine my work, feeling like the story needed more improvement. I paid two award-winning editors to review the story for its public appeal. It took me another few months to incorporate their suggestions. By the time I finished my revisions, I still had not heard from Kunati. That's when friend invited me to a local author's meetup where Lulu.com reps just happened to be present. During that meeting, I got to talk to Lulu authors, and decided to publish with Lulu.

It took many weeks to get all the print mistakes and cover art corrected. Once I did, I switched to publish with Booksurge, an Amazon.com company so that I could choose a more shelf-friendly book size and be listed on Amazon easily. It was very inexpensive to sign with Booksurge because I did all the typesetting and page numbering myself and downloaded the book as a print-ready PDF.

After the book was listed on Amazon, I worked to make a name for myself - to develop a website and brand that readers could identify with. I wrote articles, developed professional partnerships, and built a website community until my name became synonymous with the topic of childhood sensitivity and personal empowerment.

I will expound on forming partnerships, writing articles, etc. in future blogs. If you have specific questions about these free forms of marketing, please ask them in the comment section of this blog.

After 14 months, I had the fortune to be asked to speak and write on the topics of empowerment and childhood sensitivity.

This coincided with the re-release of a third edition of the memoir that included more revisions to the story and photos, based on professional feedback and experience I'd gained from the year I'd spent marketing and studying successful authors in the field.

In April of 2008 I ran a one-day Amazon.com promotion. This was a good way to form lasting partnerships with professionals in the field associated with my brand.

All along the way I studied the industry from successful authors. I now enjoy helping other authors find success much more easily and even more profitably than I did!

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The Making of an Author

Thank you for pursuing your passion to write. The world is full of writers. And now, just about any writer can become an author. After all, this is the best time in history to pursue publishing and learn to become an online marketing genius. We as authors or budding authors have so many options for publishing and marketing our books without breaking the bank or spinning our wheels. Writing has never been a more profitable endeavor. If you are ready to earn income as an author, subscribe to this blog for up to the minute information, tools and tips that will help you build your personal dream.

I'm Jenna Forrest. My dream was to become a published author of a book that would help me understand my past while helping other people understand children with special sensitivities. In 2007 I published the first edition of Help Is On Its Way -- a book that helped launch me as an expert in an emerging field of psychology within just 14 months!

No matter what your background, you can have similar quick success. I am going to show you how to build your personal publishing dream (and do it much more easily than I did) through this blog.


If you don't know much about Strategic Book Marketing, stay tuned closely. I've been so impressed by how quickly this company has responded to authors’ changing needs that I asked to represent them. Through the last two years, I have taken the trainings offered by book marketing geniuses like Jack Canfield, Sandy Forster and Annie Jennings PR. I have paid attention to how Strategic Book Marketing has built a questionnaire that enables them to direct you to the most effective course to take toward your specific goals. They offer a menu of educational and promotional services, including a wealth of strategies that have helped me achieve book sales and author credibility fast and with the little expense.

Strategic Book Marketing is so serious about meeting the needs of its clients, that the company is offering tips and tools through this blog that you can tune into to help you understand the current trends in effective book promotion. The market is changing. And you are here with us on the cutting edge - learning the ropes from a team of seasoned industry professionals who know how to get results - fast.

Are you ready? Let's get to work. My next blog entry will summarize my entire self-publishing experience so that you have a picture of the progression I experienced as a brand new writer with no marketing background. Then we'll begin to un-peel the layers of the specifics of the process.

To your dreams, to your success!
Jenna

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Eloquent Books author Frank Martin DiMeglio goes live on Wordpress and iVillage!

Eloquent Books announces that author Frank Martin DiMeglio is now live on iVillage and Wordpress!

Click here to join his group and subscribe to his blogs:
http://connect.ivillage.com/humanbeingbook?v=1
http://humanbeingbook.wordpress.com

Miranda Spigener
Director of Book Marketing/PR Manager
Strategic Book Marketing
pr1@strategicbookmarketing.com

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Manuscript Review

Once you have submitted your manuscript to Strategic Books, it will be sent to the Manuscript Review Department. Here an editor will go over your manuscript and evaluate what changes need to be made (if any).

In this phase, your work will be scrutinized for things such as: typographical errors, spelling and grammatical errors, punctuation errors, and syntax errors. The editor will set out a list of errors in these categories that need to be corrected, and will advise you if you need an edit by a professional editor, or if he/she feels you can make the corrections yourself.

Examples of punctuation errors:

"I'm home", she called out "is anybody here"? Plopping down on the stool in front of the counter she reached for the cookie jar, it was full of her favorite chocolate chip cookies!!!!

• comma goes inside quotation marks
• question mark goes inside quotation marks
• comma goes after "out"
• comma goes after "counter"
• use semicolon, instead of comma after "jar"
• use only one exclamation mark

Examples of grammatical errors:

She thought it was to good to be true. But it was all happening so quick.

• too
• However
• quickly
  

Examples of syntax errors:

When it wouldn't fit through the doorway because it was too big, she had tried to even turn it sideways.

• It was too big and would not fit through the doorway, even after trying to turn it sideways.

A check will be done on the title of your book, to find out if that title is currently in use, and the author's name will be checked for other authors by the same name.

Example: There is another author by the same name, how may we distinguish you?
(middle initial, title, pen name, etc.)

Example: There is another book with the same title. Have you researched other titles, or would you prefer to add a subtitle?

To prepare the Production Department for receiving your manuscript, the Manuscript Review editor will look at formatting issues such as:

• When submitting your manuscript, please ensure that all chapters are in one Word document.
• The first page of your manuscript should be the title page. This should contain the title of your book, your name, your by line, and word count.
• Do not use hard returns as this creates a nightmare in the production department. (hard returns are created when you press 'enter' after each line)
• Pictures, sketches, diagrams, graphs, charts and photos should be emailed in a separate folder
• Headers and footers should not be manually typed at the top of each page, but inserted from the tool bar, from tools, insert, header and footers
• All font should be in Times New Roman, 12 pt.
• Margins should be 1" on all four sides

While this may sound overwhelming to the first-time author, do not fear as there is nothing that cannot be corrected on our end. However, we do ask that you do your best in these areas, and then leave the rest up to us.

Sometimes authors have written about, or included somewhere in their book, real people; photographs; sketches; medical or legal advice; or other issues that we feel need an evaluation by our legal team. The Manuscript Review editor will note this. If you should see the box checked "Legal Review Needed," this is nothing to worry about, it is simply standard procedure.

When this phase has been completed, you will receive a Manuscript Review Report, so that you are always kept up to date with where your manuscript is in the overall process of turning it into the finished product.

At Strategic Books, we want your book to be as error free as possible, and the Manuscript Review process is just one of our valuable aids that help insure this. Our goal is to be as proud of your book as you are!

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