Face The Book TV #29

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In this episode, IPNE board members Charlotte Pierce, Pierce Press, and business publisher Scott Channell preview the topics of 3 of our speakers for the 2022 Nov. 18-19 Authors & Publishers Conference, “Make Better Books & Sell More of Them.”

On the panel:

  • Michael La Ronn, topic “How to Be A Writing Machine”
  • Matthew Holmes, topic “Amazon Advertising for Authors/Publishers”
  • Hank Marcacci, topic “Author Keywords that Bring Results”

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