I have been adding some of my books to Kindle and have just this week gotten book covers uploaded and approved!  I am considering adding my books to the Barnes & Noble Nook store and wonder if any of you have done this?  I am off to find the Nook specifications and see if it might be worth my while to also offer my books for Nook.

Any feedback on Nook is appreciated!

My book Starting a Collection Agency FAQ’s is now available for purchase for your Kindle!

I just completed another book to Kindle specifications and uploaded it for approval.  I just have to get the cover re-sized to upload that and as soon as it is approved it will be live and for sale!  This book is called Starting a Collection Agency FAQ’s.

I compiled many of the questions I receive every day about starting a collection agency and put them all together in this great book.

My friend Stephanie Chandler was recently interviewed by Rain Today on how publishing a book can grow your business.  Stephanie is worth listening to – so take a minute to listen to her podcast for information that will certainly help you with your book project.

Happy new year!  What are your marketing goals for your books this year?

My goals are to sell more books and I plan to do that by offering more webinars this year, by pitching to radio and television and finishing a workbook to go along with The Guide to Getting Paid, weed out bad paying customers, collect on past due balances and avoid bad debt.  I also plan to add more books to sell on Kindle and work on promoting them.

Right now I am working on updating my mailing list of people who have bought my books and attended my webinars.  I want to set up a couple of direct mail campaigns this year.

Thank you Holly for displaying Mosquito Marketing for Authors at the Authors for Authors Book Fair!

In 2010 I decided to keep track of how my customers heard about me and my books as much as I could.  When folks order my books from my bookstore there is a field in the order form where they can put how they heard about me.  These are the results:

This is very helpful information for me so now I know where to focus my efforts, what is working and what is not and what avenues I need to take to be more successful in 2011.  I will be interested to see how the list differs each year.

The Guide to Getting Paid Virtual Book Tour 2011 schedule is live!  Check it out to see where I will be stopping on my tour and learn more about getting paid.

I wanted to post this announcement here about my books Virtual Book Tour because you can use this information to help you when you create your own tour.   Check out the schedule to see how I filled the spots and described each one, with links back to the hosts sites.

My book The Guide to Getting Paid is being released on May 2, and I am very busy working on promotion.  Later this weekend I am hoping to publish my Virtual Book Tour schedule.  Right now I was excited to find reviews posted about The Guide online!

Yesterday I spent some time at Plymouth State University talking with professors, showing them my book and handing out some postcards about my book.  I am excited about the opportunities this might bring.

Looking forward to hearing what people think about The Guide and taking my Virtual Book Tour which is coming right up!

Be sure to check out my updates about The Guide to Getting Paid 2011 Virtual Book Tour at the tour headquarters.

Beginning on May 1, 2011, you will be able to find me and The Guide to Getting Paid on a number of excellent blogs for scheduled appearances.

Reader comments are welcomed and encouraged at each tour stop.

I am extremely grateful to all of the generous bloggers, radio hosts, business writers and owners who are welcoming The Guide to Getting Paid and me into their virtual offices.