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BME 2011 Issues Table of Contents: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January 06, 2011 Issue #237 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue -- Note From The Editor -- 6 Ways to Promote Your E-book -- Amazon Know-How -- Secrets of Media Kits -- Become a Quotable Source -- Back Cover Blurb Basics -- Get Better Google Search Results -- Connecting to Conferences -- Ramp Up Your Facebook Fanpage -- Online Word Helper -- Why Goodreads Matters -- Join The Publishing Insiders in 2011 -- Red Hot Internet Publicity BootCamp Jan. 29, 2011 -- How to Write the Perfect Query -- Ten Top Twitter Tips -- How to Format Your E-book -- Boost Your Facebook Page Engagement -- Headlines that Pop -- Reader Tip! -- WHO ARE WE -------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January 20, 2011 Issue #238 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue -- Note from The Editor -- Buy an AME Program and Win a Kindle! -- Feature Article: 50 Things to Tweet About -- Build Traffic with Facebook and Twitter -- See What's New at AME's Book Marketing Channel on YouTube! -- Book Bits and Bites -- Everyone Wants Easy Buttons -- Learn How to Start a Blog -- How to Share Web Content -- Become a Better Blog Commenter -- Penny in the News! -- Hear What The Publishing Insiders Have to Say -- Reader Tip: Self Promote at Successimo -- How Popular is Your Topic? -- Easy Screen Capture -- National Indie Excellence Awards Seeks Submissions -- Twitter Tip: Keep Pace With VIPs -- Twitter Tip - Try Twellow -- Reader Tip! -- WHO ARE WE -------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ February 03, 2011 Issue #239 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue -- Note From The Editor -- Buy an AME Program and Win a Kindle! -- Feature Article: Smart Self-Publishing: How to Get Published Without Getting Scammed -- Using Twitter to Market Your Book -- Check Out AME's Book Marketing Channel on YouTube! -- Book Bits and Bites -- How to Backup Facebook to the Cloud -- Kindle Publishing for Blogs -- Press Releases Still Matter -- Mobile Market -- Penny in the News! -- Hear What The Publishing Insiders Have to Say -- Website Woes? -- Get Personal -- Searching With Success -- National Indie Excellence Awards Seeks Submissions -- Twitter Tip: 52 Fantastic Twitter Follows for Self-Publishers -- Twitter Tip - Retweet Mojo -- Reader Tip! -- WHO ARE WE -------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ February 17, 2011 Issue #240 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue -- Note From The Editor -- Get a Free LibraryThing Book Giveaway Promotion With Any VAT Purchase -- Feature Article: Fans, Friends, and Followers: How to Build a Solid Author Platform that Sells More Books! -- Ready to Get Your Book the Attention it Deserves? -- AME's Book Marketing Channel on YouTube! -- Book Bits and Bites -- If You've Been Self-Published, Mention It In Your Query Letter -- Is Your Website Tablet Friendly? -- What's Holding Back Your Blog? -- Set up Facebook Page Alerts -- Penny in the News! -- Hear What The Publishing Insiders Have to Say -- AME Resources for You -- Learning to Use LinkedIn -- Is Your Name Available? -- Submissions Needed for National Indie Excellence Awards -- Twitter Tip - Get the Most Out of Twitter -- Twitter Tip - How Bloggers Can Use Twitter -- Reader Tip! -- WHO ARE WE -------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 03, 2011 Issue #241 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue -- Note From The Editor -- Get a Free LibraryThing Book Giveaway Promotion With Any VAT Purchase -- Feature Article: Fans, Friends, and Followers: How to Build a Solid Author Platform that Sells More Books! -- Ready to Get Your Book the Attention it Deserves? -- AME Resources for You - At No Cost! -- Book Bits and Bites -- An Agent Just Requested My Manuscript! Now What? -- Webinar: Finding A Publisher -- Promote Your Books on LinkedIn -- Face to Face Still Matters -- Penny in the News! -- Hear What The Publishing Insiders Have to Say -- Fire Up Your Business (Make More Money) -- 10 Tips for Effective Book Covers -- How to Build a Blog Following -- Submissions Needed for National Indie Excellence Awards -- Twitter Tip - Integrate LinkedIn and Twitter -- Twitter Tip - Move Your Facebook Fans to Action -- Reader Tip! -- WHO ARE WE -------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 17, 2011 Issue #242 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue -- Note From The Editor -- Get $100 off Social Bookmarking! -- Feature Article: Seven Secrets of Creating Effective Email Campaigns -- Blog More Effectively -- Marketing Tools From AME - At No Cost! -- Book Bits and Bites -- Is My Platform Big Enough to Land an Agent? -- March 22 Webinar: Finding A Publisher -- Is Your Contact Info Clearly Visible? -- Don't-Miss Marketing Sites -- Penny in the News! -- Hear What The Publishing Insiders Have to Say -- The Write Companion Opens for Business -- Ideas to Help You Blog Regularly -- Graphic Design Know-How -- Submissions Needed for National Indie Excellence Awards -- Twitter Tip - Who's Reading Your Tweets? -- Twitter Tip -The New Facebook Pages -- Reader Tip! -- WHO ARE WE -------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 31, 2011 Issue #243 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue -- Note From The Editor -- eBook Conversion and Distribution -- Feature Article: Ten Reasons Why You Should be Blogging -- Social Media: There's No Such Thing as Starting Too Early -- Publishing Know-How From AME - At No Cost! -- Book Bits and Bites -- How NOT to Write A Query Letter: Comparing Your Book to a Mega Bestseller -- Selling Your Book on Kindle -- 6 Modern Ways to Create and Share a Press Release -- How to Be the Perfect Guest Blogger -- Penny in the News! -- Hear What The Publishing Insiders Have to Say -- Elements of a Successful Book Proposal -- Top 5 Marketing Mistakes Authors Make -- "Self-publishing is great, but it's not easy." -- Submissions Needed for National Indie Excellence Awards -- Twitter Tip - Q&A: Using Twitter to Market Your Book -- Twitter Tip - Strategic Tweeting for Authors -- Reader Tip! -- WHO ARE WE -------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 14, 2011 Issue #244 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue -- Note From The Editor -- NEW AME Program - Virtual Buzz Tour MINI -- Feature Article: How to Write and Publish the (almost) Perfect Book -- Daily Tips for Marketing Your Book -- Book Marketing Tips From AME - At No Cost! -- Book Bits and Bites -- You Know Your Query Letter Sucks When - You Don't Personalize Your Query Letter -- Generate Buzz for Your Book With the Viral Book Sweepstakes -- Cooking up the Perfect Blog -- Book Reviews - An Alternate Route -- Penny in the News! -- Hear What The Publishing Insiders Have to Say -- The Nuts and Bolts of Blog Commenting -- Brainstorming Non-Bookstore Sales -- Don't Commit Publicide -- Podcast Know-How -- Twitter Tip - Keep Your Twitter Peeps Happy -- Twitter Tip - Avoid the Twitter Time Warp -- Reader Tip! -- WHO ARE WE -------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 28, 2011 Issue #245 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue -- Note From The Editor -- NEW AME Bonus! -- Feature Article: Craft an Exceptional Elevator Pitch -- Grab Attention With Video -- Book Marketing Resources From AME - At No Cost! -- Book Bits and Bites -- You Know Your Query Letter Sucks When - You Don't Grab Them in the First Sentence -- Generate Buzz for Your Book With the Viral Book Sweepstakes -- Better Blogging -- Writers Conference Know-How -- Penny in the News! -- Hear What The Publishing Insiders Have to Say -- Win The Amazing Book Marketing Package -- 27 Things To Do for Your Book -- Self-Publishers Online Conference May 10-12 -- Reader Tip: Double Duty Tweets -- Twitter Tip - Top Twitter Hashtags -- Twitter Tip - Twitter Topics -- Reader Tip! -- WHO ARE WE -------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 12, 2011 Issue #246 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue -- Note From The Editor -- New AME Bonus for May! -- Feature Article: Understanding How the Traditional Publishing Model Works -- How to Connect With Experts -- Book Marketing Resources From AME -- Book Bits and Bites -- You Know Your Query Letter Sucks When - You Haven't Begun with a Bang -- Build Buzz for Your Book With the Viral Book Sweepstakes -- Make Your Headlines and Titles Count -- Top 10 Blogs for Authors -- Penny in the News! -- Hear What The Publishing Insiders Have to Say -- Top Tips for Non-traditional Book Promotion -- Attract Readers to Your Blog -- Write a Killer Author Bio -- Reader Tip: Make a Quality Book Trailer Like the Pros -- Twitter Tip - Build Your Twitter Tribe -- Twitter Tip - Use Twitter and Facebook for PR -- Reader Tip! -- WHO ARE WE -------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 26, 2011 Issue #247 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue -- Note From The Editor -- Book Subtitles Matter -- Feature Article: