By MK Cornfield, Media Connect Publicist
As a book publicist, I am always looking for new ways to showcase our authors and books. Currently, I am working with Leon Logothetis, author of Live, Love, Explore. Leon has lived a very inspiring life. He quit his job as a broker in London on a whim and set out on a seemingly crazy and adventurous mission: to travel across the world on $5.00 a day. Continue reading
By Brian Feinblum, Chief Marketing Officer of MEDIA CONNECT
This month I am marking 18 years with MEDIA CONNECT (we rebranded from Planned Television Arts five years ago) and I’m approaching 25 years in the book publishing and publicity industry. So much has changed over the years, both in book publishing and in book marketing. But I believe the more that changes, the more that stays the same. This is certainly true when it comes to promoting a book. Continue reading
According to a 2013 article in the New York Times, roughly two-thirds of foster care children do not attend college. Having grown up in fifteen different foster homes on Chicago’s South Side, Rodney J. Walker is no stranger to these odds. However, instead of becoming a heartbreaking statistic, Walker summoned the grit to transcend his surroundings and chart an extraordinary future for himself. Continue reading
Interview with Don Ake, author of Just Make Me A Sammich.
Q: What inspired you to write this book?
A: Even though I eventually wanted to write a book, I never intended to write this one. I started Ake’s Pains blog in 2011. It gained a following and became very popular, so I decided late in 2013 to compile and organize the posts into a book. Continue reading
By David Hahn, Managing Director of MEDIA CONNECT
I started attending the annual book industry conference in 1986. Back then it was simply known as the ABA, the first one I went to held in New Orleans. Talk about a great city to experience a convention. Seeing world famous authors was just the icing on the cake when you got to enjoy the food, music and ambiance of New Orleans in the meantime! Continue reading
by Richard Cerasani, a client of Media Connect, and the author of Love Letters From Mount Rushmore. For more information, please see: https://richardcerasani.wordpress.com
Some people are familiar with the song title, “I left my heart in San Francisco.” I am stuck with the phrase, “I left my stomach in New York City.” Shortly after this unromantic phrase became my reality Continue reading
By Emily Labes, Publicist
Fortune recently posted an article boldly proclaiming that Facebook now drives more traffic to online news outlets than Google. In the second and a half it took for the page to load on my computer, I went from, “no way is that true, I’ve got to see this” to, “oh, I guess that makes sense,” to, “of course it does!”
I think a lot of us, particularly millennials, probably don’t realize that in participating in social media, we aren’t just “staying connected” to those people in our “network,” we’re staying connected to an entire digital community of trending topics Continue reading
“I remember when my father died. I was seven years old.”
The opening lines of Dr. Louise Stanger’s memoir of renewal, Falling Up, indicate just the beginning of what has turned into a life of loss and challenge – and of perseverance and accomplishment. Dr. Stanger, a prominent addiction interventionist, has had to overcome more than her fair share of troubles. Continue reading
Julie Gwinn, currently a literary agent with The Seymour Agency, has more than a decade in Christian publishing including serving as marketing manager then Fiction Publisher for B&H Publishing Group and Marketing Manager for Abingdon Press.
Q: What information do you need from an author on their initial contact with you?
A: I want to know the story idea, their bio and why their book is unique. I also need to know word count and if the project is complete. Publishers want to see a full manuscript Continue reading
By Brian Feinblum, Chief Marketing Officer, SVP
2016 has many special dates, anniversaries, and honorary moments that should be celebrated, especially when it comes to those related to books. How will you make the most of these days? Beware of them, tell others, participate in events that support them, and use them, when possible, as a marketing or publicity hook for your book when contacting the news media.
February
Library Lovers Month
February 14 – International Book Giving Day
February 23 – Printed Book Day Continue reading
TESTIMONIALS
As a first time author of my Children's book, Anzard, Media Connect has done an amazing job to promote me on a national level as if I were a best seller. Their efforts were tireless in getting me air time with radio interviewers in many states, they got me me a small army of enthusiastic 'Mommy Bloggers' to promote my book and they even got me registered in many gift guides for the holidays. It's not just the professionalism that I appreciate it's how they never give up, they stay in touch and they treat you with the utmost respect. I'm on my second Children's book and when it's done I'm calling Media Connect, and its great team, to do the marketing and promotion.
— CHRISTOPHER CONROY, Self-published author of Anzard
