Going On A Virtual Book Tour
from the the-internet-in-action dept
It's no surprise that less well known authors are turning to the internet to help promote their books, but some are getting especially creative. Wired News has the story about authors taking part in "virtual book tours". Instead of traveling around the country to visit bookstores, they're hanging out on different well-known blogs. Each day, a different blog, where they'll do an interview or completely take over posting. It's a lot less stressful than a typical book tour, but could reach a much larger audience (depending on the blog involved). Seems like a great idea. Maybe we should do that for some books about the tech world.
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Doesn't like tech, I guess
Too bad they don't like tech.
O'Reilly should definitely be doing this..
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