Drop Everything and Read Day is coming up on April 12th! Get ready to celebrate!

D-E-A-R Day, which stands for Drop Everything and Read, is a national celebration of reading designed to remind families to make reading a priority in their lives.

It's celebrated every year on April 12th, which is the birthday of Beverly Clearly, the author of the Ramona books. A main feature of the Ramona books was the DEAR Time, a reading practice where everybody would drop everything and read for a while.

I'm giving you advance notice to celebrate Drop Everything and Read Day on April 12th by inviting your followers, your email subscribers, and your social network to celebrate the day with you and drop everything and read your book.

Or if you don't want them to read your book, then have them read my book 1001 Ways to Market Your Books.

Either way that's fine with me: Your book, or mine!

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I encourage you to think about telling more stories — to entice people to read your books, to interact with you on social media, or to become an advocate for you.

The more stories you tell, the more listeners will become involved in what you have to teach and what you have to share.

All good stories are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished listening to one, you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places, and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a storyteller. — Ernest Hemingway, novelist

And if you are a storyteller, then you really are somebody that people will pay attention to, that people will listen to.

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Folks say that the best stories of the South are written in recipes; you hear it so much it begins to sound like just something to say. But I have seldom listened to my people speak of the past without talking, sooner or later, about chicken. We honor people with it. — Rick Bragg, humorist and storyteller

Almost every great culture tells incredible numbers of stories through the foods that they serve, the foods that they eat, the foods that they cook, and the recipes they create.

Think about that in terms of how you go about marketing your books, your services, your other products. Learn to tell a story. Create a great recipe.

And the recipe doesn't have to be about food. It can be about how to get something done. Just start to share some of the best stories you can possibly share.

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Today, I want to share something from Dan Nikas, who's the founder of GearBunch. He said,

My journey from Detective Sergeant to founding GearBunch, an e-commerce brand that hit nearly $5 million in its first year, has taught me the importance of authentic storytelling.

When you tell a story, tell it authentically. Tell a real story and tell it from your heart. Tell it from what you actually have experienced, what you hear, what you see, what you are! So become an authentic storyteller.

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Welcome to another Book Authority video minute. Today I want to feature a quote by Issa Rae, an actress, director, producer, and all-around wonderful person.

Storytelling is forever.

Make no mistake, but sometimes the stories get detached from the storytellers.

The best stories do.

Doesn't that make sense? Don't we often detach a story from who the storyteller was?

And really, as a storyteller, it really doesn't matter because what is important is the story. Get ready to tell your own story over and over again.

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Start writing your own story today. Don’t wait! Take control of your life and set the direction you want to take.

Do the same with your writing. Take control today. Don’t let AI be your voice. Use your own voice. Your voice is what leads to better writing, more powerful writing, writing that moves people, writing that sells.

I wanted to take the time to introduce you to a new series I'm doing of Instagram videos (which I will also share on other social media websites).

In this new series I will talk about why you should write a book. Note: there are many good reasons to do so. And I will also talk about how you should go about marketing your books.

So, I’m going to be doing short videos, one or two minutes long, every day. That’s my goal, as part of my new Instagram marketing plan!

This is the first episode of that series where I just wanted to introduce you to the concept of this Book Authority Video Series.

If you comment on this video post, I will send you a copy of my new book: Write a Bestseller in 30 Days or Less: 111 Books You Can Write Fast — With Examples!

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In an hour-and-a-half Meetn session, John Kremer answered questions from book authors on his birthday (76 years old as of January 16, 2025).

Here are a few of the show notes from that session:

Meetn.com

Meetn.com is a less-expensive alternative to Zoom, with more capabilities. Rick Raddatz is the founder and CEO of this service.

Stream Simultaneously to Multiple Social Media Platforms — Meetn grants you the ability to live stream to many social media platforms at the same time with its unique one-click Start-Streaming button.

Video Share with One-Click Simplicity — Meetn provides the capability to upload and share your videos, PowerPoint presentations, or testimonials…faster, better and easier.

Title Events Before You Start Recordings — Meetn allows you to name your virtual webinars with one click so you’ll never lose a recording again.

Persuade Your Participants to Buy Faster — Meetn's CTA function gives multiple options that make it a more comfortable alternative to monetize webinars and live events without forcing you to type hyperlinks inside the chat.

Custom Web Page Popper — This monetization tool makes it easy to pop-up web pages during your presentation so none of your participants leave your Meetn room and get distracted from your Call-To-Action.

Custom Exit Page — This monetization tool makes it seamless for your early abandoners to experience and take advantage of your re-engagement message that historically leads to 15-25% more automated profits.

Custom Featured Button — Imagine creating any call-to-action button and display it on your Meetn toolbar for your participants. It could be a Donation button, an Application button, or any other button of your choice.

Custom Call-to-Action Pop-up — Meetn allows you to create any custom pop-ups with your own headlines, subheadlines, photos, pop-up backgrounds, and call-to-actions with a single clickable button inside your presentation.

You don’t get the above features with Zoom.

Clip Champ

Clip Champ is the Microsoft Office program that allows you to create videos, including videos featuring AI narration that is very human like. You have this program if you subscribe to Microsoft Office.

Check out these two videos I created for novels using Clip Champ:

Thrall Conspiracy: Genesis by John Sorflaten — https://tellmeastory.substack.com/p/thrall-conspiracy-genesis-by-john

Life by Chance by John Graves — https://tellmeastory.substack.com/p/life-by-chance-by-john-graves

Book Publicity Opportunities for Book Authors Via Email Newsletters

Book Industry Online Newsletters: https://bookmarketingbestsellers.com/pitch-your-book-story-to-book-industry-publications

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