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Get Dan’s New Kindle Book Free on Saturday

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

I just got this and immediately went to Amazon and download it to my iPad. Dan always has a lot of worthwhile information. This is good today only.

BOOKS:
Tips, Stories, & Advice on Writing, Publishing, & Promoting.

Valuable tips, inspiring stories and fabulous advice on book research, writing, publishing, and promoting.
Essential guidance for fiction, non fiction, ebooks and printed books.
You can get the Kindle edition FREE.

Download the book free for one day:
Saturday, May 5, from midnight to midnight, Pacific time.
Log on to the Amazon page for this book and you will note that your price on Saturday is $0.00

Any time Saturday, log on to
Free Kindle Book
or Copy>Paste
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007VXL7M4

AND, please forward this announcement to your colleagues who have a book inside them.
Free offer good for one day only – Saturday

DESCRIPTION (Back Cover)

Reference/Writing
Self-development/Inspiration

Here is a Gift for the Writer Within
or The Writer in Your Life

Scores of successful, published authors reveal the inside secrets to their achievement.

You will discover:
• 38 Tips on how to write
• 11 Tips on why you should write
• 4 Tips on why your writing project should be a book
• 21 Tips on what to write
• 7 Tips on doing research
• 9 Tips for building your book
• 3 Tips on Copyright
• 10 Tips for finding the right agent or publisher
• 6 Tips on book promotion
• And much, much more.

“We recommend this book to all who submit their stories to Chicken Soup for the Writer’s Soul.”
—Bud Gardner, Chicken Soup series co-author.

“Dan Poynter is the top coach for writing, publishing and, most important, promoting.”
—John Tullius, Director, Maui Writers Conference.

“Dan Poynter has generously guided thousands to authorship. Their books make this a better world.”
—Dr. Robert Müller,
Past Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations.

Dan Poynter has turned thousands of professionals and writers into authors; his shelves are overflowing with their books. He is the author of more than 125 books and hundreds of other information products. The media come to Dan because he is the leading authority on how to write, publish, and promote books.

The demand for books is increasing but the market is changing.
These tips from successful authors will show you how to get your work into print.

ISBN ebook Edition: 978-1-56860-155-7

BTW, I am testing KDP Select Freebie Day on Saturday, May 5.
You can help me gain experience, figures, and even some money, by downloading the free book on books.
The above is the pitch I am testing

GET YOUR FREE COPY ON SATURDAY (only)
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Maralyn D. Hill

Maralyn D. Hill, President

International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association

The Epicurean Explorer
Books By Hills Success With Writing Where & What in the World
Member: Society of Professional Journalists

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Finalist in the Writing and Publishing category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, “$uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book,”

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Best-Selling Author Patricia Schultz Gains Global Sponsor with Trafalgar

Saturday, February 25th, 2012

Patricia Schultz

Here is an author and travel company who thinks outside the box to promote a book and author. Patricia also spoke at the Chicago Travel & Adventure Show.  I commend both the author and Trafalgar.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


 Author sponsored by Trafalgar on 20 city media tour for ‘1,000 Places to See Before You Die’

Contest in effect through March 31, 2012

Anaheim Winter 2012 – Trafalgar (www.trafalgar.com) is pleased to announce an exciting new global sponsorship with Patricia Schultz, best-selling author of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die®. Trafalgar will proudly sponsor Patricia as she embarks on a 20-city media tour throughout the US for the eagerly anticipated second edition of her book, which now includes 200 new entries and color photography.

“When we approached Patricia about developing a global sponsorship, we knew it would be the perfect collaboration since our numerous travel destinations are highlighted in her seminal book,” says Gavin Tollman, CEO of Trafalgar. “As the ultimate travel insider, Patricia wonderfully complements Trafalgar, the global insider of guided vacations.”

The media tour, which began on January 9th in Seattle and finishes March 18th in Washington, D.C., includes book signings, appearances and radio spots, all of which are sponsored by Trafalgar. Over the following months, Trafalgar will also be taking the sponsorship global, as they host special events in the US, Canada and the UK, with Patricia as the guest of honor.

“Trafalgar has long embraced and celebrated the importance and excitement of travel,” says Patricia. “They are enthusiastic experts in helping make many of my dream destinations become a reality.”

Fans of Patricia can enter online (www.workman.com/1000placesevents/) for a chance to win a Trafalgar At Leisure guided vacations for two, heading to Madrid, Seville and Barcelona. The trip, designed by Trafalgar takes guests on a journey throughout Spain, stopping at the nation’s most vibrant cities. A leisurely itinerary filled with flamenco dancing, a special Be My Guest dining experience at an Andalusian hacienda and plenty of time for individual exploration, the 9-day Madrid, Seville and Barcelona trip gives guests the opportunity to cross a few items off of Patricia’s list.

For more information and reservations, see your Travel Agent or call (866) 544-4434 or visit www.trafalgar.com. Brochures can be ordered online at www.trafalgar.com

–ENDS—


About Patricia Schultz: Patricia Schultz is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. A veteran travel journalist with 25 years of experience, she has written for guides such as Frommer’s and Berlitz and periodicals including The Wall Street Journal and Everyday With Rachael Ray. She also executive-produced a Travel Channel television show based on 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. Her home base is New York City.

About Trafalgar: Trafalgar is the world’s leading guided vacation company offering exceptional quality and value itineraries to a range of exciting destinations. With some 65 years of experience and unrivaled local expertise, Trafalgar provides an authentic insider’s view to create truly unique travel experiences in Europe, Britain and Eastern Mediterranean, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, China, Mexico, Central and South America, USA and Canada.


2007 to 2011: Winner, Best International Tour Operator, Travel Weekly Readers’ Choice Awards

2010, 2011:  Winner, Best Tour Operator, Europe, TravelAge West WAVE Awards

2010, 2011: Winner, Travel Weekly Gold Magellan Awards

Media Contact:

Marie Anne MacRae

Director, Public Relations

TRAFALGAR

T 416-915-7016

E: marieanne.macrae@trafalgar.com

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The Epicurean Explorer

President, International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association

Editor-at-Large, CityRoom

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POT FARM Book Release!

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Hi Everybody,
This is Matthew Frank.  Thank you once again for your interest in my work in the past (specifically BAROLO).  My new book, POT FARM, just came out, and I am hoping the book may be of interest to you and your readers, in regards discussion/Q&A/guest-blogging, review, or general reading interest. Here’s a bit about the book:
My new nonfiction book, POT FARM (The University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books), is now available on the press website and on Amazon.  (I’ll paste the links below).  The book is a behind-the-scenes exploration of a Northern California medical marijuana farm, based on my experience as a seasonal employee.  A portion of the book deals with the food culture on such farms.  Poets & Writers Magazine recently chose the book as a New and Notable selection. Thanks so much!
Here are the links:
Here’s some advance praise for the book:
Pot Farm is the curious and compelling tale of a hazy season spent harvesting medical marijuana. The cast of characters rivals those found in the finest comic fiction, except these folks are real, and really peculiar. Pot Farm is smart, sly, revelatory, often laugh-out-loud funny, and entirely legal.”—Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic and Desire
“Sex, politics, intrigue, crime, adventure, life and death—it’s all here, in a strangely compelling hybrid of action flick meets postmodern philosophical meditation meets Cheech and Chong. This compulsively readable exposé from a self-proclaimed ‘unreliable narrator’ has it all, including a cast of outcast characters who simply jump off the page.”—Gina Frangello, author of Slut Lullabies
“Frank takes the reader into the fields, where a pair of good clippers can make or break a man, and describes the intricate methods used to cut and dry the product to ensure good quality. . . . Investigative research coupled with personal reflections on a controversial arena of American farm production.”—Kirkus Reviews
Additionally, my book BAROLO has gone into its second printing in paperback, and will include links to Italian Piemontese recipes.  That edition is available here:
Here’s a brief bio:
I am the author of “Barolo” (The University of Nebraska Press), “Pot Farm” (The University of Nebraska Press), “Warranty in Zulu” (Barrow Street Press), “The Morrow Plots” (forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press/Dzanc Books), “Sagittarius Agitprop” (Black Lawrence Press/Dzanc Books), and the chapbooks “Four Hours to Mpumalanga” (Pudding House Publications), and “Aardvark” (West Town Press).  Recent work appears in The New Republic, The Huffington Post, Field, Epoch, AGNI, The Iowa Review, Seneca Review, Crazyhorse, Indiana Review, North American Review, Pleiades, Crab Orchard Review, The Best Food Writing, The Best Travel Writing, Creative Nonfiction, Prairie Schooner, Hotel Amerika, Gastronomica, and others. I was born and raised in Illinois, and currently teach Creative Writing in the MFA Program at Northern Michigan University, where I am the Nonfiction Editor of Passages North.
Thanks so much for your support!  I hope all is well with you!
All the best,
Matt

Matthew Gavin Frank
www.matthewgfrank.com
CityRoom, JustLuxe, The Epoch Times, Big Blend, Spa Review Magazine, Global Writes

Finalist in the Writing and Publishing category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, ”$uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book,”

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