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Wait list at library is reason to be happy
Amazon produces a sales ranking that some authors enjoy following. Not me. It’s too discouraging. This morning, Aug. 15, for example, my new book, Condemned for Love in Old Virginia, ranked No. 792,776 on the Amazon site. The rankings were better in their African American History category (No. 1,095) and True Crime category (No. 8,408).
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On the hunt for a good title
I did a Google search on the title of my new book and learned two surprising things: There’s another book on the market with a similar title, and Amazon may be the online sales giant, but it has more competition than I realized. The folks at History Press came up with the title for my
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Reflections of a first-time author-Part 2
Andi Russell, who does the Books page at the Free Lance-Star, where I used to work, invited me to participate in a new feature called the Local Author Spotlight. The Spotlight asks 17 questions of the writer. Here’s a preview of two of my answers: What I learned from the writing/publishing process: I was surprised
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Launch date will be Sept. 12
The notice I received last week reminded me of the “save-the-date” card that I got for my colleague’s wedding. This time, however, it was an email from one of the sales managers at History Press. It said: “I am very pleased to inform you that we have scheduled the publication of The Last Lynching in Northern
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Jim Hall 