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So let's talk book promotion and persistence and finding the "right" promotional channel. I recently had this discussion about best-selling books. We've had many books go No. #1 on Amazon over the years; but there is no formula for what promotional strategy works. Some publicists might say there is a cookie-cutter formula to going no. #1, and I'm here to tell you that is a load of "boo-rap" (new word for "crap" in publishing LOL). Boo-rap comes from shady publishers trying to sell inexperienced authors on high-priced publishing packages with false promises of going no. #1 based on their supposed concept. Want to hear how those publishers can make those false promises? They usually jerry rig Amazon by doing some promotion with their system by doing an in-house promotion that boosts sales just enough to make a book fly up the rankings. Is that a real best seller? Will the sales be sustainable? Because one-day rankings don't he...

Frequently Asked Questions Q: What is The World Premiere of Me About ? A : Hollywood billionaire movie producer Grayson O’Day has a plan to rid the world of poverty through the power of imagination.   He relocates his operation from Hollywood to The Hamptons, and spends a small fortune to build a prototype movie studio.   With construction complete, O’Day needs only one thing to fulfill his vision: a test subject.   The World Premiere of Me is the story of Duncan Ferris and his unlikely journey from classic underachiever to forerunner of the final age of man: The Age of Mind.   The broad theme of the story is: God has a plan to rid the world of poverty, and that plan travels through the imagination of man.   The story is told as an allegory, wherein all the main characters represent one aspect of the theme.   These include Grayson O’Day (God), protagonist Duncan Ferris (man), antagonist Fenton Hardaway (death), and Bud “The Co...