This is all in good fun. Marissa sent me these books and I offered to make a video in exchange. Do not fret! Nobody’s in trouble!

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Previous Book Reviews:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNwcFtcX128
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cjyHuOmzD8

Books mentioned:
Bloodspell: http://www.amaliehoward.com
God’s Eye: http://www.ajscudiere.com
The Gray Zone: http://www.daphnaedwardsziman.com
Lot’s Return to Sodom: http://www.sandrabrannan.com
A Quest for Good Manners: http://www.aquestforgoodmanners.com

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http://www.yourbookisyourhook.com - I’m a successful blogger and enjoy blogging as both a radio show host and best-selling award-winning author. I became a blogger when I found Yaro Starak & Gideon Shalwick’s program, BecomeaBlogger.com. Thanks to their quick videos, simple tips and creative, innovative ideas for all types of blogs, I crafted my own blogs for my book and business. Check out my blogs at http://www.yourbookisyourhook.com/blog and http://www.boysbeforebusiness.com/blog. You can do it too! I highly recommend the BecomeABlogger.com program for every author. Learn how to become a blogger so you can expand your platform, reach your readers in a whole new way and sell more books.

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http://yourbookisyourhook.com - Join me as I talk with Saskia Shakin, the Keynote Coach, who loves helping Leaders, authors, and anyone facing an audience speak their truth and share their passion. She is out to convince you that ALL speaking is public speaking, so, in fact, we do it all the time. Learn to breakthrough your fears and performance anxiety. Discover why words aren’t the only important parts of your speech, and find out the major pitfalls that can get in the way of landing your message with your audience. Saskia is also the author of the book, More Than Words Can Say: The Making of Inspired Speakers. Find out how she got published and how she uses her book as her hook! Connect with your keynote and expand your platform for your book project by becoming an inspired speaker.

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http://yourbookisyourhook.com Mari Smith, President of the International Social Media Association and dubbed The Pied Piper of Online Media by FastCompany.com, will talk with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov about her first book, Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day, which is being released by Sybex/Wiley on May 3rd, 2010. Ms. Smith will discuss how she wrote the book and how she uses her new book as her hook. Shell also share specific tips and techniques for how authors and others can best use Facebook and other online media for marketing their books.

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http://yourbookisyourhook.com - Join me as I talk with Seth Godin, the author of the bestselling marketing books of the last decade and the writer of the most popular marketing blog in the world. He speaks to large groups on marketing, new media and what’s next. Seth is also the founder of Squidoo.com, a fast-growing recommendation website.

Seth will talk with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov about his perspectives on his own books, publishing, social media and blogging along with sharing some sobering advice for first-time authors.

Michael Madden is the founder of the award-winning Broadcasters Mentoring Group and Sportscasters Mentoring Group radio broadcasting school, a mentor-apprentice model for learning radio broadcasting. Michael discusses the benefits of an author becoming a radio show host and how to do it with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov.

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http://yourbookisyourhook.com — Rick Frishman, the founder of Planned Television Arts, the Publisher of Morgan James Publishing and the creator of Author 101 University, will appear as a guest on the Your Book Is Your Hook! Show on WomensRadio.com. Mr. Frishman will talk about the essentials authors must have before engaging and submitting their projects to publishers, literary agents and publicists. He’ll also discuss why he co-authored his new book, his 12th entitled Show Me About Book Publishing, and how he’s using it as his hook to help others write and publish theirs.
NEW YORK, NY (February 15th — February 21st, 2011): Rick Frishman, a publishing industry veteran for more than 33 years as a publicist and the founder of Planned Television Arts, as the Publisher at Morgan James Publishing, and as the creator and host of Author 101 University for the last decade, will talk with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov about the essentials authors must have before engaging and submitting their projects to publishers, literary agents and publicists.

Mr. Frishman will discuss in detail what publicists, editors, agents and publishers like him want to see online to support the book project an author is proposing. He’ll also talk about why every writer should create a book proposal and some big mistakes writers make when approaching the industry with their books.

Rick Frishman is also the co-author of 12 books including 4 national bestsellers and he will discuss his new book scheduled to come out this Spring entitled “Show Me About Book Publishing” with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov. Mr. Frishman will talk about why he has chosen to have co-authors for all of his books, what to look for in a co-author and how to create a great platform as a team.

Mr. Frishman will also talk about why he created Author 101 University more than a decade ago to help authors and writers learn how to be successful with publishing books. He’ll also share advice for writers who are writing their first books and why co-authoring might be a good option for them.

Host Jennifer S. Wilkov will discuss the benefits of staying with your career in the ever-changing publishing industry during her Education Corner segment on the show.

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If you have questions about any of these interviews or the education corner topic included in the show, please put them here in this discussion thread and I’d be happy to answer them.

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http://yourbookisyourhook.com It’s May and it’s time for Book Expo America (BEA), the largest annual U.S. book publishing industry event. Find out about the brand new DIY Conference being introduced this year at BEA. If you want to be self-published, this new DIY Conference is where you’ll want to be on May 24th. Get the tip of the month for your book project and make your plans to attend Book Expo America. Pay close attention to whats happening each day during the conference. Identify your best next step and act on it. You’ll have access to literary agents, publishers, industry publications, foreign rights and much much more.

Listen to the weekly radio show on WomensRadio featuring interviews with industry professionals and where authors and writers share how they got published and how they use their book as their hook. This month is filled with prominent literary agents, bestselling authors, the founder of Write On! For Literacy and a top expert with more than 100,000 followers on Twitter.

Meet me in New York City during Book Expo America this month where youll find me hosting an exclusive mastermind event with an all-star industry professional panel. Be 1 of 20 authors to attend and get answers for your book project. You can also catch up with me on my own book & event tour in Miami, FL.

Refer to the Your Book Is Your Hook! schedule for upcoming events and appearances this month and read the blog for more resources.

My intention is to help you write, market, publish and make money with your book. See you this month at Your Book Is Your Hook!

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http://yourbookisyourhook.com Bestselling author, motivational speaker and Paralympic ski racer, Josh Sundquist, will talk with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov about his remarkable memoir entitled Just Dont Fall and how he uses his book as his hook. Mr. Sundquist shares his unimaginable story of writing about his very personal experience of losing his leg and beating cancer as a nine year-old only to go on to become a professional Paralympic ski racer who got invited to join the 2006 US Paralympic ski team in Turino, Italy.

Sean Malarkey, a top expert on Twitter with more than 100,000 followers, shares specific Twitter tips for authors with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov. Find out why writing isnt just for the 300-page novelist and why strategically posting on Twitter is really an art form of its own.

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http://yourbookisyourhook.com Its an all kids show this week! Award-winning author and illustrator 10 year-old Natalie Tinti will talk with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov about how she wrote, illustrated and published her book, “Sewing A Friendship.” Shell also discuss how she uses her book as her hook along with encouraging advice for first-time authors of every age.

Cathleen & Dad are the father-daughter writing and illustrating team comprised of Mike McRitchie, Dad and author, and 11 year-old Cathleen McRitchie, illustrator. Together, they discuss how Mike was inspired to write their book, “Best Friends,” and why Cathleen agreed to illustrate it for her Dad when he asked. Theyll also talk about how being published together has affected their personal family relationship and everyone else in their family, school, business and the rest of their lives with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov.

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http://yourbookisyourhook.com — Joel Comm, the New York Times bestselling author of “The AdSense Code” and “Twitter Power” and a new media innovator, will talk with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov in a two-part interview.

First, Joel will candidly discuss his social media, new media and book writing careers along with good advice for authors who want to use new media technologies in conjunction with their books.

Joel will also talk about how he originally got interested in social media and he’ll share his perspective of how new media could impact the publishing industry.

In part two, Joel Comm returns to talk with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov about his new book, “KaChing: How to Run An Online Business That Pays and Pays.” Joel will begin by discussing how he got published with his first book, “The AdSense Code,” and how that has led to three New York Times bestselling books including “The AdSense Code”, “Click Here to Order” and “Twitter Power.”

Joel will then talk about why he wrote “KaChing” and why he asked Mark Victor Hansen to write the foreword for it. He’ll also reveal his organizational strategy to balance book writing with his busy schedule and what he’s learned from his own mistakes. Listeners will also get a peek at a couple of his own marketing ideas for the new book.

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