Vid Lit – the newest marketing tool for authors

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Hey authors, before you sign that book deal, make sure to ask your publisher if their marketing plan includes doing a book video. Also called Vid Lit, it should be no surprise that with YouTube being the freshest site out there, book videos are catching on.

“Vid Lit.” Can you say it without squirming? Me either. But guess what–you new authors out there should probably look into it. (Via The Written Road).

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