Your Next Summer Read is Here!
Introducing a beautiful mess by Ali Berlinski
Pubslush Press’s debut title is here!
Order your copy today!
Be one of the first to own the first book to ever be published by a crowdfunding platform. Your friends will be so jealous.
Ali Berlinski bravely walks readers through a compilation of short stories starring her own family and the result is a narrative that’s partmemoir, part survival guide, and part love story. With divorced parents split between two coasts, a nanny-turned-stepmom, finding love, losing it, and beginning all over again, Berlinski navigates the mayhem of her life with a sense of humor that will have you laughing and wanting more.
Don’t forget, for every book sold, a children’s book is donated to a child in need. You get anawesome summer read and you’ll feel goodabout it. Win-win.
#mymess
Pubslush Marketplace Seeks Freelance Writing Professionals
So, you’re an author and you’ve just successfully completed your Pubslush campaign. Congratulations! You’ve raised the money you will need to publish your book. Now what…?
Thanks to our partnership with MaestroMarket, Pubslush has developed a one-stop marketplace for our authors. Once an author has completed their Pubslush campaign, they will need the resources and a team of publishing professionals to successfully publish their book. Sounds like a lot more work, right?
Not anymore! Our marketplace will be a place for authors and editors, proofreaders, literary agents, book designers, illustrators, and other industry professionals to connect. We will be accepting bids from freelancers with all different backgrounds and levels of experience so that our marketplace will be diverse and offer something for every budget.
So, whether you’re just starting out or you’re a veteran to the industry, the Pubslush marketplace will help you land jobs, expand your clientele and build your resume. We are currently seeking freelancers interested in promoting themselves on our platform. If you’re interested, please email us at hello@pubslush.com and we’ll be happy to answer any questions and get you started.
Source: maestromarket.com
Author Education Series #10a
Marketing Yourself: Social Media Marketing and Creating an Online Presence
By Scott James, http://redhatproject.com
How To Market Yourself
Writing and publishing a book is a challenging and rewarding way to spend your time. I love it- it’s what I do. I also love working with authors who are on the path to publishing and worry about things like how to promote themselves, sell books, and get a crowd at their next reading.
Here is what I tell them, and what I tell you: No one can buy your book, come to your event, or talk about what you’re doing until they hear about it.
That’s where it starts, and using social media will help you make it happen.
What is social media?
In my mind, social media is any media that lets you interact with other people- that’s what makes it social. For example, Facebook is social media because you can have a conversation, while TV is not because it’s just the screen talking to you. I’m going to focus on the most popular networks in this article: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Email.
Why use social media for marketing?
Pubslush is Featured on Tech Crunch!
Check out the video interview of our founder, Jesse Potash, about the Pubslush relaunch!
A Reading in NYC
On Tuesday, June 5, the Pubslush team enjoyed a wonderful evening with one of our top authors, Ali Berlinski. She’s visiting NYC all the way from Spain and as though traveling that far from home isn’t enough to arrange, she also planned and hosted a reading from her book, A beautiful Mess, at The Creek and The Cave in Long Island City. Oh, and did I mention her reading was accompanied by a puppet show? Yeah, pretty darn awesome. In case you missed it, you can view her reading here.
Ali is one of our top authors and is well on her way to publication. To be a part of her success and for the opportunity to be listed as an original Discoverer of her book, visit her page on Pubslush. You can read an excerpt from her book, view her homemade video explaining why she wrote A beautiful Mess, and support her dreams of being published.
Stuff We Love: Bublish
Bublish is a social book discovery platform that is revolutionizing the way writers share their stories and readers find books and authors they’ll love. We’re out to recreate the bookstore browsing experience online. As Bublish evolves, it will combine today’s best ideas in social media, discovery and commerce — the visual interest of Pinterest, the highly shareable content of Twitter, the successful social commerce of Fab.com, and the back-end intelligence of Pandora.
How it works:
Bublish is simple for writers and readers to use. An author creates a profile with a bio on Bublish, uploads their eBook to their dashboard (where only they have access to it), and provides a synopsis, genre and keywords for their book. The author can then highlight excerpts from their book, add author insights (the story behind the story), and share book bubbles across multiple social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. When readers encounter a book bubble socially, they can explore not only the excerpt and author insight, but also view the synopsis and bio as well as follow links to view the author’s web site and even purchase the book right from the bubble. After viewing a few book bubbles on Twitter and Facebook, readers are asked if they’d like to sign up for Bublish to view the entire “bubble stream,” which consists of all the book bubbles created by authors on the platform. As members of Bublish, readers can create a profile to focus their bubble stream on specific genres, authors and topics of interest. Bublish is free for both writers and readers. Authors can manage up to three books from their free Bublish account.
What is the goal of the site?
Bublish is designed to help writers and readers in several ways. For writers, Bublish makes book promotion much easier and more effective. It takes only seconds to create a book bubble and turn excerpts into fresh, engaging content that can be easily shared across multiple social networks. The author insight included in each bubble enriches the excerpt, telling the story behind the story. Book bubbles also help authors create conversations about their work without feeling like salespeople, allowing them to engage readers and find their audience. There are no gimmicks here to make a quick sale. Bublish enables authors to develop long-term relationships with their readers by talking authentically about their stories. And because each book bubbles is tied to the genre and keywords the author inputs when he or she uploaded the book. As Bublish evolves as a platform, the technology will be able to match writers with the types of readers who are actually inclined to explore, share and buy their work.
For readers, Bublish is equally useful. First, it brings the joy of book browsing online. Book bubbles offer the quiet but powerful book-meets-reader experience that traditionally happens in bookstores. When readers sign up for an account, they let Bublish know which genres and topics are of interest to them, allowing Bublish to curate their bubble stream while still sampling book bubbles by new writers and books. Book bubbles give readers a great introduction to a writer’s voice and story. There’s so much to explore about an author’s work in a book bubble. In the future, readers will be able to save book bubbles they like and engage in social experiences with authors and other readers.
Who is the audience?
Our audience consists of authors, readers, publishers, publicists, agents, and anyone else interested in great social storytelling.
What changes or adaptations can be expected in the future?
As we continue to enrich the Bublish experience of social book discovery, we’ll be adding many new community features and offering authors and readers additional ways to connect around book content and shared interests. Bublish is a place that celebrates books. Bubbles will remain the heart of the platform, but what writers and readers will be able to do with book bubbles will become more and more interesting. Additionally, the back end intelligence of Bublish will continue to evolve, allowing us to provide rich social metrics to authors, readers and publishers. We aspire to create an rich social ecosystem that connects writers and readers and allows them to engage in great social storytelling experiences.
Who created the idea for the site and why?
Bublish was created by Kathy Meis and Charles Wyke-Smith, both writers and book lovers who understand the demands on authors’ and readers’ time. In creating Bublish, and book bubbles, they hope to bring discovery solutions to both groups and ensure a future where great books can find their audience in a crowded online marketplace.
If you could tell our community only ONE thing about Bublish, what would it be?
Once writers have bublished out a few book bubbles, they start to understand the powerful role social storytelling can play in book discovery. Try it out! It’s free. It’s effective. It’s fun. www.bublish.com
F. Scott Fitzgerald just wrote a book and he needs your help to see it in print!
New York Startup: PubSlush Crowdfunding Book Publishing For Good
“Writers and authors take heed we found an awesome startup in New York called Pubslush. Not only do they have an uber cool name but what they do is fantastic. We actually get amped up when we find a startup that has a unique idea that doesn’t fall under one of the normal categories like SoLoMo or discovery.”
-Why thank you, Nibletz! Check out developmental director Amanda Barbara’s interview with Nibletz.
Introducing Pubslush’s Summer Interns!
We’re so excited to welcome our summer 2012 interns! These girls are hard at work promoting our authors, organizing events, helping to debut our first issue of The Pubscriber, and creating a brand new College Campus Ambassador Program. We have amazing things going on here this summer, so look out for what’s coming next!
Meet these wonderful women:
Genny Little; Manhattan, NY
Position: Community Engagement
School: Eugene Lang College at The New School, Literary Studies Major
Summer Reading: I am currently reading Patti Smith’s Just Kids.
Fun Fact: I have a dog named Edgar Allan Poe.
What I’m Most Excited About This Summer: I’m most excited about spending the whole summer in the city! Even though I’ve lived here my whole life, I usually go away for the summer and don’t get to enjoy New York.
Cassandra Zouzias; Cold Spring, NY
Position: Community Engagement
School: Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA
Summer Reading: I just finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon. It was phenomenal.
Fun Fact: I ruptured my spleen when I was 13 years old.
What I’m Most Excited About This Summer: I am looking forward to spending some time of the beach at the end of the summer. And I’m very excited about my internship with Pubslush, of course!
Julia Hansen; Cambridge, MA
Position: PR/Events
School: Dickinson College, English Major
Summer Reading: Right now I’m reading High Fidelity by Nick Hornby, Look at Me by Jennifer Egan, and Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (probably the third time I’ve read it!).
Fun Fact: I cannot fall asleep without socks on.
What I’m Most Excited About This Summer: To be living in New York City!
Caroline Bales; Locust Valley, NY
Position: PR/Events
School: University of Southern California, Public Relations Major, Marketing Minor
Fun Fact: I love sailing and hope to go out on the water a lot this summer!
Summer Reading: This summer I’m reading J.D. Salinger’s short stories, Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut and Once Upon a Secret by Mimi Alford.
What I’m Most Excited About This Summer: I am most excited about possibly going to Paris this summer!
Sara Mendelson; Memphis, TN
Position: Social Media
School: Wesleyan University, American Studies Major
Summer Reading: I’m finishing up Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, and getting ready to start Wally Lamb’s I Know This Much Is True.
Fun Fact: I could eat strawberries for every meal.
What I’m Most Excited About This Summer: Beaches, Bands, and Books!
Raina Kennedy; Cheltenham, PA
Position: Social Media
School: Middlebury College, International Studies/Anthropology Major
Summer Reading: I am currently reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I just finished 50 Shades of Grey, but I would not recommend it to anyone, and I only read it because people won’t stop talking about it.
Fun Fact: I am left-handed.
What I’m Most Excited About This Summer: This summer I am most excited about having free time to do things like read books or learn a new skill.
Aarti Patel; New York, NY
Position: Web Design
School: NYU-Poly, Computer Science Major
Summer Reading: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Fun Fact: I’m a DIY enthusiast!
What I’m Most Excited About This Summer: Gaining new experiences and having free time!
Crowdfunding Educators features He Never Liked Cake by Jana Leyde . We are SO excited! (via He Never Liked Cake by Jana Leyde featured on Pubslush | crowdfundingeducatorscrowdfundingeducators)
Source: crowdfundingeducators.org
PETS WITH BOOKS
PETS WITH BOOKS is back!
PETS WITH BOOKS
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Introducing PETS WITH BOOKS
