What's Around the Town Books Been Up to?

Around the Town Books is a blog I always meant to get back to but never had time for with all my other writing and publishing initiatives.

My primary blog is Robert Stanek's Books & Things. This blog is where I do most of my actual blogging and it's a popular destination for readers and writers alike with many, many posts and about 100,000 visits.

The other blog I maintain is Read Indies Blog. This blog is also a popular destination for readers and writers alike, including deep insights into publishing and promotion. With over 200,000 visits, it's even more popular than my primary blog. Some few of the posts here are contributed, most are written by me.

Some of the top posts at Read Indies:

Book Promotion Sites Ranked & Rated Part 1: AwesomeGang, FussyLibrarian, Ereader News Today, EbookSoda, ReadCheaply, BookBub

With millions of published books out there from authors, there’s no shortage of book promotion sites looking to cash in. Some of these are...

A Tribute to William Robert Stanek, an American Author Who Should Be on Everyone’s Must Read List

My name is Jennifer Blake. This guest post is in honor of William Robert Stanek, an author recently named "an American author who should be on everyone's must read list . . . "

Authors Who Trash Competitors

My first book was published by Macmillan in 1995. That bestselling book—Electronic Publishing Unleashed—and it’s bestselling follow up . . .

Finding Success as a Writer and Becoming a Bestselling Author

I'm Robert Stanek and today I'm writing about finding success as a writer and becoming a bestseller.  In 1995, I attended a writer’s conference . . .

Book Promotion Sites Ranked & Rated: More Thoughts & Tips for Getting into BookBub from BookBub, Plus 20 Questions & Answers with BookBub

So many have pinged me about Book Promotion Sites Ranked & Rated and asked questions that I added more to the article originally and . . .

More on Social Media Promotion Services: BuckBooks (NO!) and BKnights (Maybe!)

BuckBooks, operated by ArchAngelInk (AKA ArchAngelEST, Matt Stone, Rob Archangel, Buck Flogging, et al), is a promotion service that . . .

A Lifetime of Books – 30 Years of Robert Stanek Books

My name is Emily Asimov. When I heard of Robert Stanek’s lifetime achievement nomination, I jumped at the chance to write a tribute. Robert Stanek . . .

Authors “Writing” Their Own Reviews

I’ve been silent on the topic of authors “writing” their own reviews for far too long. Partly because I’ve been tracking the activities of . . .

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That Stanek guy! The audacity! The nerve! The pomposity! How dare he sell Millions of books!

Robert Stanek, That Guy

Heard about that Robert Stanek guy. Heard he spends his days writing books. Heard he illustrates sometimes. Heard he helps others when he can. Heard he reads to his children. Heard he served in the military. Heard he wrote a book about it. Heard he’s written like 150 others too. Heard millions have read them. Some nerve, that guy. He’s got big brass ones, that guy. The audacity! The nerve! The pomposity! How dare he! Who does he think he is?!

Menace to society, that guy. Heard his bug stories teach children. Heard there’s books about numbers and letters. Heard there’s books about counting and spelling. Heard children love them. Heard children write to Buster. That guy, hate him. That guy better watch out. Better keep looking over his shoulder. Better not write any more books. Better not get any more readers.

Such wasted potential, that guy. Heard his books are in 50 countries. Heard there’s translated editions. Heard his books are in audio. Heard his books are in libraries. Heard his books are in schools. Some nerve, that guy. He’s got big brass ones, that guy. The audacity! The nerve! The pomposity! How dare he! Who does he think he is?!