Show #15
We wanted to try something a little different this week. As you know, we interview a lot of people for the show – from self published authors to international heroes of indie publishing.
We run a pretty tight editing ship, and an interview that may appear to be under 5 minutes is usually the [...]

The IndieBookMan Show returns this week with a look at Guerrilla Marketing.
Join us as we look at setting aside the traditional marketing strategies of ad buys and focus groups, and instead harness the blood, sweat and tears of good old-fashioned, do-it-yourself guerrilla marketing. Get attention for you book, and get it for free with [...]

This week, we take a trip to the Amazon. Well, to Amazon.com, anyway. The book-selling giant, not the South American jungle.
Join us as we explore the ins-and-outs of using Amazon. Is it good for indie publishing, or is Jeff Bezos and his gang greedily enriching themselves on the backs of writers and [...]

The Enoch Pratt Free Library system in Baltimore is awesome. I am really glad to see them making a move that will support indie publishing in the area.
If you are a Baltimore-based author, I highly encourage you to get in touch with them (contact info below) and sign up to read as a part [...]

Our friends down at ReaderViews are offering a pretty great deal on video trailers for books. We’ve covered video trailers — and how important they can be — before here at the IndieBookMan and here is a great affordable opportunity to get in on the action. A good trailer can cost many hundreds [...]

Are you a publisher? You know you’re suppose to be using the heck out of facebook, right? Not sure how? Need some inspiration?
The GalleyCat blog has done us a huge favor. They have listed what they consider to be the “Best Publisher Pages on Facebook.”
Stop over there and take [...]

Thanks for tuning in tonight at http://umbrellaradio.org!
Tonight we are talking to a panel of musicians… picking their brains to see what we can learn from the indie music world and apply it to selling books.
With is tonight:
sahffi is a Peabody trained musician who, several months ago left her day-job to pursue music full-time. She has [...]

Sorry for such late notice this time around! Due to a series of unfortunate events, it was almost the last minute before I was able to get this weeks show together!
We are going in an unusual direction this week. None of my three guests have written or published a book. They don’t [...]

Show number 6, titled The Hustle, is now up in podastical format! You can listen below, or download/subscribe at itunes at http://bit.ly/ibm_podcast

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My new friend Deborah Emin, of Sullivan Street Press and inventor of the Itinerant Book Shows has been taking books on the road, and finding success in selling them in unusual places.
And now, she wants to cut you in on the action!
Deborah is looking to work with local “Bookies” to set up book shows all [...]