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Living the Good Life: Stewart Creates an Empire
“All the things I love is what my business is all about,” says Stewart. After the success of Entertaining, she continued to pursue her passions through different avenues. Stewart branched out into videotapes, dinner-music CDs, television specials and continued to author books relating to cooking, baking, entertaining, holidays and house restorations. With appearances on television shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Stewart was making both her face and her brand instantly recognizable.

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Entrepreneurs should realize one important thing about reading good books by smart people: When you read the words of a good author, you are thinking his thoughts!
Ten Questions with Jeffrey Pfeffer
Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. He is the author or co-author of twelve books.Dr. Pfeffer received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University and his Ph.D. from Stanford.
Book Marketing Books Every Author Must Read
As a book marketing guy and book publicist it’s imperative for me to keep up with all of the great books and magazine articles being published on the topic of book marketing. I’ve read dozens and dozens of books on book marketing and usually have found a morsel or two of useful information in each one. Here’s a list of my favorites. By the way, I’ve personally met or have spoken to each author and can attest to the veracity of the material they present and their credentials to discuss these topics.

It’s All About PR
You learn that, in the book world, PR is everything. When you walk into a bookstore, you are walking into a treasure house of 140,000 books. Online at amazon.com, there are 2.5 million books. Somewhere in your mind, dimly, you knew that, but nothing drives it home so much as walking into a bookstore and seeing rack upon rack of beautiful books and then you go find your section and see all the racks of beautiful self-help books and then...
Books, Licensing and Franchising
Recently, while visiting a book store, I came across the Self Help Section, there were books with almost every possible book, How to win friends and influence people, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur, Guide to Investing, Unleash the Power Within and even one on how to author a book, Guerilla Marketing for Freshers and many many more similar titles. Since, there was an entire section dedicated for Self Help Books, It does seem that this is one of the popular categories. Several of these books are New York Times Bestsellers and so on.

Inner Healing with Fibromyalgia
The Author experienced fibromyalgia for 12 years and changes her mind-set for healing. It was an inner healing first by forgiving and loving herself and doing the same for others. Then attacking the problem one on one for inner healing. She writes about this in her books, "In Due Season," and "Poise for the Runway of Your Life." The author was able to step into her dreams and destiny without any symptoms of this disease and began to write books and model at age 51! Her story is on her website.
The ABCs and 123s of Self-Promotion For Independent and Self-Published Authors Part 1
Now that ebook readers such as the Kindle and Nook and their PC applications have made ebooks (short for electronic books) more popular than the traditional hardcover/paperback novel...almost anyone who ever dreamed of being a published author can make their dream come true. Sounds great, doesn't it? Unfortunately the luxury of becoming a self and/or independently published author also comes with a caveat...you, and you alone, are responsible for promoting your book! Don't be discouraged, however. It is actually easier than it sounds--once you have learned a few of the tricks of the trade.... So that's what I'm here to teach you, easy tricks for promoting your own book--and the good thing is, they'll work whether your book is traditionally, self and/or independently published.
You Read it, You Like it, What Are You Doing About It?
As you can imagine, as an author, I have people recommending books to me all the time (or, just as commonly, asking me, "Have you read?". Most of them are business books; the "flavor of the week" phenomenon is alive and well. I seldom read them, to be honest. If I read every business book someone recommended to me, I wouldn't have time to make a living. However, I recently made an exception.
How Amanda Hocking REALLY Did It- An Inspiration for All Authors
Amanda Hocking is an incredibly talented author. She has achieved great success in her career, largely due to marketing her novels so effectively. Amanda began writing e-books and now has a multimillion dollar book deal. Her talent for both writing and knowing how to market her books has enabled her to become a wildly successful author. Amanda Hocking has helped pave the way for authors to follow in her footsteps without the traditional ‘gatekeepers’ of publishing being involved.
Here, There & Everywhere Flying with Santa
I am so proud of my friends from all over the world who let me know that I will always have a home in their hearts! Blessings, Barbara Garro, author of From Jesus to Heaven with Love: A Parable Pilgrimage with new books coming out as early as 2012--stay tuned!
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