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Books That Make You Wins Gold W3 Award

Books That Make You Wins Gold W3 Award Books That Make You, Designed by Black Château, Wins a 2018 W³ 2018 Gold Award for Digital Excellence New York, NY – The Books That Make You website, designed by the agency Black Château, is a 2018 Gold Award Winner in the General Website Magazine Category from

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Desiree Duffy, Black Chateau, Book PR, Publicist, Award, Publicist of the Year

Black Château Honored with Book Publicist of the Year Award

Founder Desireé Duffy Receives Accolade from the Book Publicists of Southern California   Los Angeles, CA — Black Château founder Desireé Duffy receives the Publicist of the Year Award from the Book Publicists of Southern California (BPSC). During the organization’s 23rd IRWIN Awards, Duffy was presented the accolade which was held at the iconic Sportsman’s

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Steven Joseph Author Snoodles in Space: A Wackadoodle Tale from Outer Space!

Five Books Promoted with Black Chateau

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

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Book Launch Case Study: A Mystery Writer’s First Novel

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

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You Can Lead a Horse to a Book, but You Can’t Make Him Read

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,

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