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Steve Piersanti commented on Ann Matranga's blog post The BK Annual Meeting - The Kids are Alright!"Thanks, Ann! You have contributed a great deal to BK as well, as a manuscript reviewer, customer, shareholder, and community member. We are blessed by your involvement and support.
all the best,
Steve"
"At least we know what we're up against. No sense in denying what's going on. For all this, books remain important, and that's why we're still in this business."
Steve Piersanti's blog post was featuredUpdated version of "The 10 Awful Truths about Book Publishing"
I have just returned from the BK Authors Marketing Workshop in Alexandria, Virgina, which was a marvelous event in helping authors to become more proficient in using social media, publicity, public speaking, special sales, and other media to market their books and their business. I was one of about 20 presenters at the Workshop, and, in preparation for my presentation, I updated my famous "10 Awful Truths about Book Publishing" document, which served as background for my advice to authors.Here,…See More
Steve Piersanti replied to David Marshall's discussion Why a "Moment of Silence" Before BK Staff Meetings? in the group Ask Jeeves"Jeevan has captured quite well the background of the practice of starting formal BK meetings with a moment of silence. During the first several months after BK was founded in 1992, at my request we began some company meetings with a prayer, but some…"
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Steve Piersanti posted a blog postUpdated version of "The 10 Awful Truths about Book Publishing"
I have just returned from the BK Authors Marketing Workshop in Alexandria, Virgina, which was a marvelous event in helping authors to become more proficient in using social media, publicity, public speaking, special sales, and other media to market their books and their business. I was one of about 20 presenters at the Workshop, and, in preparation for my presentation, I updated my famous "10 Awful Truths about Book Publishing" document, which served as background for my advice to authors.Here,…See More
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Updated version of "The 10 Awful Truths about Book Publishing"
I have just returned from the BK Authors Marketing Workshop in Alexandria, Virgina, which was a marvelous event in helping authors to become more proficient in using social media, publicity, public speaking, special sales, and other media to market their books and their business. I was one of about 20 presenters at the Workshop, and, in preparation for my presentation, I updated my famous "10 Awful Truths about Book Publishing" document, which served as background for my advice to… Continue
Posted on June 21, 2010 at 12:58pm — 1 Comment
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- At 12:03am on June 15, 2010,
Jeevan Sivasubramaniam said… - Steve -- being part of the community means you have to write something and participate. You know that I will not let up on you over this!
- At 1:10pm on June 11, 2010,
Amy Lenzo said… - Steve,
It's so delightful to see you join your family here...Your vision has led to the co-creation of something really special, you know. I'm so glad to be part of it in some small way.
Warmly, Amy
- At 3:24pm on June 10, 2010,
Bonnie Kaufman said… - Steve,
Welcome to BK Community -- the site, of course, as you've been a central figure in 'the community' for years now. So glad to see that you've signed up. Have a great time, and don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. Enjoy!
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