by Elisabeth Grant-Gibson - A couple of weeks ago, I made the pilgrimage to Jefferson, Texas, for the annual Girlfriend Weekend that Kathy Patrick and her Pulpwood Queens host. It was my first time.

Here are some interesting tidbits found around the web. Hope you like..
Looks like Harlequin is getting into the eBook game with an new imprint called Nocturne Bites. Shorter, fast-paced vampire stuff. Should be a nice fit for that format. Check out Vanessa Giunta’s blog for more info…
Have you heard of BookWise yet? It’s a Network [...]

 
Making your advertising complement what you’re already doing.
So you’ve made your ad. You’ve made sure it’s showing only to the right people in the right countries. You’ve already played with the Keyword Tool on AdWords once to see variations on the keywords you started out with and get rid of some you clearly [...]

In January I asked some of our writers what their best business moves were for 2007.
George from Fairs Fair Books mentioned improving methods and procedures. With that comment came a recommendation to read The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. I took him up on it and was very happy with his recommendation. This book got [...]

A first post by a new writer here at The Bookshop Blog. Scott Davis runs an Amazon Store as well as an eBay Store. Check out his sites..
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What Doesn’t Kill You Only Makes You Stronger
As an online bookseller on Amazon, I’d grown used to perusing the local thrift shops at my leisure; my [...]

Please, no more cheap Book Mailers
What are your odds of being content with the packaging of a book that you’ve ordered online?
My odds of being pleased after opening a package seem to running around fifty percent. Can you imagine that? About half the books I order either show up with bumped corners or worse. Many [...]