It’s time for a new kind of “summer school.” Rob Eagar is offering an affordable, group-based coaching service called the Author Empowerment University. Here’s the details: What is the Author Empowerment University? 3 months of advanced book marketing instruction taught by Rob Eagar. Group coaching with a minimum of 5 authors and a maximum size

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Thanks to literary agent, Chip MacGregor, for passing along this great author interview with novelist, Lynn Viehl. I highly recommend that every author read Lynn’s recap of how she made the NY Times fiction best-seller list – and how little money she actually made. Her account will give you a healthy dose of reality about

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In my previous blog post, I shared the negative realities of what happened at the Christian Book Expo on March 20 – 22nd (low turnout, financial losses, lost opportunities, etc.). However, there was a positive side to the event…every WildFire Marketing client who was present experienced above-average results. Forgive me for bragging on my author

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I just returned from Dallas, TX where I witnessed one of most disappointing moments in the history of Christian publishing. The purpose of my trip was to visit several WildFire Marketing author clients at the Christian Book Expo (CBE), a first-of-its-kind consumer-oriented book fair at the Dallas Convention Center. Expected attendance was over 15,000 people.To

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