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Kirsten Marion

Ask the Publisher: Anatomy of a Publishing Contract

Happy Monday, everyone. I was recently asked, “What goes into a publishing agreement and how negotiable up front are they by the author?”...

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Ask The Publisher: How Do You Choose Your Children's Books

Hello, everyone and happy March! I recently had the pleasure of speaking to a writer’s group. As usual there were lots of questions, but...

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Ask the Publisher: How to Write A Nonfiction Book Proposal

Common Deer Press doesn’t publish nonfiction…yet. But I get enough questions about it that it has sparked another blog series. Let’s...

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Ask the Publisher: Tips for Throwing a Memorable Launch Party

Way back on August 27th, I promised you that I would write a post with tips for a memorable launch party. I also promised you a summary...

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Ask the Publisher: Crowdfunding for Authors? Why Not?

Every once in a while, a fresh option for book marketing comes across my desk and I was most intrigued with the concept of crowdfunding...

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Ask the Publisher: How to Successfully Launch a Book – Part 4

Welcome back to our final installment of How to Successfully Launch a Book! We are now down to R-Day and… It’s a Party! It’s time to...

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Ask the Publisher: How to Successfully Launch a Book — Part 3

Hello again, and welcome back to this series on How to Successfully Launch a Book. With only two months to R-Day we are getting down to...

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Ask the Publisher: How to Successfully Launch a Book — Part 2

Happy Monday, everyone and welcome back to our four-part series, How to Successfully Launch a Book. We are now in the mid-stretch and...

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Ask the Publisher: How to Successfully Launch a Book — Part 1

Hello, everyone! Here at Common Deer Press, we are already deep in our pre-launch promotions for our three December releases. So, how to...

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Ask the Publisher: More on Branding

Happy Monday, everyone! And, we’re rolling with another Ask the Publisher. A few weeks ago, I wrote about building your author brand....