Book MarketingJuly 20, 2026
A silent book club is a group of people who meet in one room, read whatever they brought, and do not discuss it. No assigned title, no homework, no one pretending they finished. At least two Tampa Bay bookshops now…
Book MarketingJuly 20, 2026
A reader who finishes a book you wrote has just told you something. A series is the only format that responds to it.
Book MarketingJuly 20, 2026
Tarpon Springs Public Library sells used books at twenty-five cents each or five for a dollar, the cheapest in this series. It lends museum passes, runs movie days with recent releases, prints at ten cents a page, and stays open…
Book MarketingJuly 20, 2026
The Comic Book Underground opened in Largo in 2021 selling silver, bronze, and copper age comics alongside vintage toys in glass cases. The owner is a third-generation collector who also presses and cleans books.
Book MarketingJuly 19, 2026
Portkey Books is the smallest store on my list of Tampa Bay bookstores and the one running the most ambitious events. Fantasy and romantasy, ticketed author nights, and a two-day closure at the start of the week that catches people…
Artificial IntelligenceJuly 19, 2026
People are outsourcing the one thing they should never outsource, and the instruction that would fix it is one almost nobody is now in a position to follow.
Book MarketingJuly 18, 2026
One of the largest genealogy collections in the southeastern United States sits on a fourth floor in downtown Tampa, free, open to anyone, no library card required. Alongside it are an obituary index covering 1855 to 1990, twenty thousand photographs,…
Book MarketingJuly 18, 2026
Largo Public Library carries more reviews than any library or bookstore within thirty miles of Clearwater. Two floors, a cafe, a used bookstore, a quiet garden, and in May 2026 the first Romantically Ever After lit fest with Steamy Lit,…
Book MarketingJuly 18, 2026
The Barnes and Noble on US 19 is the full-size general bookstore for Clearwater, open until nine six nights a week with a Starbucks and real seating. It also gets confused with the Palm Harbor store seven miles north.
BusinessJuly 17, 2026
The thing that stops most first-time authors is not the writing or the publishing. It is fear, and it shows up as a small hesitation at the exact moment action is needed. Here is the simple practice for beating it,…
Book MarketingJuly 17, 2026
Not every book has to be sold one copy at a time. The sponsorship model funds a book through corporate donors and foundations so it can be gifted in bulk to the people who need it. Here is how the…
Book MarketingJuly 17, 2026
Self-publishing the same book first can end a traditional deal before it starts. Publishers read your Amazon sales record in seconds, and the order you publish in decides whether a traditional deal stays possible.
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