The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn

Last night I saw the new Twilight movie. I feel like that's a confession, like it's something I should be embarassed about (my husband sure thinks so), but it was so entertaining. Cheesy, yes, but very entertaining. Perhaps it's because I've read all the books. You heard me. I'm a 30-something Mom of two and I read the Twilight books. There. And you know what? So have all of my other 30-something Mom friends AND the Mom of one of those friends who was with us last night! I read them, and I liked them. I think my friend's husband summed it up best after he saw it: "it was garbage, but it was good" (by the way, I'm pretty sure he would deny to the death that he went to see it, but that's here nor there). That's kind of how I felt about the books when I read them. They're cheesy, not exceptionally well written and incredibly basic, but I'll admit that there were times I sat my kids in front of Dora or Diego so I could finish one.

So, what is up with that? The books aren't great in terms of quality and certainly would not be described as a feat of literary excellence, but you know Stephenie Meyer is a bazillionaire now. What gives? Marketing people. Straight up marketing. Check into it.

If you haven't already signed up for our free Self Publishing Newsletter on our website, now would be a good time. For the next several newsletters, we're going to give you a taste of what's in our Ultimate Book Marketing Kit. In each newsletter we'll give you an excerpt straight out of The Kit itself. Listen to me when I tell you that the biggest value in The Ultimate Book Marketing is the free consulting it comes with. The Kit itself is meant to be your baseline and the place where you get all of the basics of publishing your own book. It is then up to you to customize the publishing and marketing plan so that it is best implemented for YOUR book. You do this WITH OUR HELP. The consulting time is meant to be used. We are here waiting to help you --  we want to help you.

Because, I'm sure at least a few of you would be ok with several million 30-something Moms paying $20 at the theatre for your "garbage-good" movie...

Joni