Do you know how to work a book fair and get exposure for your book and your author profile? As an author, how do you take advantage of book fairs and conventions? Do you walk the show, meeting industry contacts? Do you sign your book and greet fans? Should you look for media opportunities? Do you need
The partnership includes collaboration with the West Coast Writer’s Conferences and kicks off with the Saturday Keynote Presentation at Genre LA Creative Writing Conference. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Los Angeles, CA – The Greater Los Angeles Writer’s Society (GLAWS), the organizer of the West Coast Writer’s Conferences (WC2), teams up with Black Château in 2018. Tony
A two-hour workshop to help authors plan their book’s launch. Authors often struggle with the nuances of planning a book launch. If you wonder what the best strategy is, you are not alone. Indie authors and those who are with traditional or hybrid publishers all have questions about best practices. It can be confusing and
Author Signings, New Books, and the Highly-Anticipated Kings and Crosses Kickstarter Campaign Featured at LA Comic-Con FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Los Angeles, CA — Black Château proudly participates in Stan Lee’s Comic-Con, which is officially known as LA Comic-Con, at the LA Convention Center, October 27 through 29, 2017. Attendees can visit Black Château at booth
To celebrate the season and bring the community together, The Pipe & Thimble Bookstore hosts this unique event, sponsored in part by Black Château. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Los Angeles, CA – The new bookstore that’s turning heads in Southern California for warmly embracing local, indie, and small press authors and books, as well as for
Black Château, the Horror Writer’s Association and George R. R. Martin at StokerCon 2017 Black Château participated in StokerCon 2017 as a proud sponsor. The annual conference for writers, publishers, and the literary world focuses on horror, sci-fi, fantasy and other types of genre and literary fiction. Presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA), the
The Beach Bound Book Bash gave people the chance to stock up on their summer reading list. The event, held in Sherman Oaks, California, brought together a diverse array of authors. Each did a reading for the crowd. Authors also signed books and donated signed items to a raffle with the proceeds donated to the
The Snoodles Book Series They have been watching my back for five books. They have become my family and that is how I feel I have been treated. Got much press/media because of their help! Steven Joseph, author of The Last Surviving Dinosaur: The TyrantoCrankaTsuris, the Snoodles children’s book series, as well as A Grownup
Authors work hard to write, publish, promote, and champion their books. We know because we work with authors every day through Black Château, Books That Make You, and The BookFest. We also know how important it is for authors to recognize legitimate opportunities when they arrive in their inbox. That is why we created Curated
Turning a Brilliant Manuscript into a Marketable Author Brand When molecular geneticist Sara Winokur came to Black Château, she had a compelling manuscript and ambitious goals for her debut mystery novel. What she did not yet have was the author platform that captured her unique brand, a book cover, logo, or public awareness needed to
Is That Email Really from Black Château, The BookFest, or Books That Make You? How to verify suspicious emails, avoid scammers, and make sure you are communicating with our official brands and people. By Desireé Duffy, Founder of Black Château, Books That Make You, and The BookFest Adventure® I can’t tell you how much it pains me that scammers are impersonating
As a marketer, I can build targeted audiences and draw interested readers to books through advertising, branding, and public relations strategies. But my power ends where yours as the author begins. No matter what, I cannot make a reader buy your book. It’s like the old saying, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink,” only in our case,
