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When Is My Book Tour?

Things have changed dramatically in the last couple of years in the publishing industry. This is not news, or you probably wouldn't be reading this blog. As part of our continuing efforts to be...

Changes to Barnes and Noble’s PubIt! – Yikes or Likes?

Well – the book blogosphere is all fired up about some new changes announced today. PubIt! (Barnes and Noble’s Nook platform) is becoming Nook Press. It is a little unclear on which features from...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: I Wrote a Book

Author writes press release and needlessly distributes it globally The glorious press release! Bastion of a legacy system of promotion that was (nearly) entirely dependent on the print media. Yet,...

Amazon’s Latest Mistake – How to Avoid It

A lot of noise has been made about a recent author/Amazon incident, surrounding Jamie McGuire and her title Beautiful Disaster, including this article in Forbes. If you aren’t familiar with it, the...

About the Author

Katherine is the Chief Marketing Officer and co-founder of Booktrope Publishing. Prior to Booktrope, her background was primarily in technology and online marketing in both Seattle and California, working at companies such as NetApp, ADIC and Siemens. Her life-long love of books, and a desire to bring a new type of focus to marketing them, had her join forces with some other bookish folks to create Booktrope. She is the co-author of How to Market a Book and has served on the University of Washington’s Digital Publishing Certificate Program advisory board. She has presented at many bookish events such as the Pacific Northwest Writers Association conference and the Northwest Bookfest. She has also worked as an actress, and a corporate trainer. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater from the University of Southern California. Katherine currently lives in Fall City, WA with her canine and human family members.