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How to sell a hundred thousand copies of your book with very little effort

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We all want to sell our books, don’t we? Lots of copies of our books, right? And the web is packed with people offering advice in spades as to how to flog better and more, isn’t it? But does any of it work? Short answer is—no.

How many hundred tweets a day do you scroll past begging you to read somebody’s book? How many of them with quotes from people you’ve never heard of extolling the awesomeness of a book that could be about anything at all? Then there are the superlatives. Perfect beach read—says who? Best police thriller I have ever read—who are you when you’re washed? So funny I cracked a rib laughing—can we see the x-rays? Really, does anyone read this kind of stuff and go out and buy the book? There’s the Amazon Cart thingy that maybe works for people who are on automatic pilot, like…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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