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Julius Thompson at Georgia Author of the year Dinner


Georgia Author Of The Year Nomination!

      The second novel in the Julius Thompson Trilogy, Philly Style and Philly Profile, was published by Seaburn Publishing in July 2007.
        Julius Thompson has been nominated for the Georgia Author Of The Year Award, sponsored by the Georgia Writer's Association, for his novel Philly Style and Philly Profile. The Author of the year awards banquet will be held in June 2008 at Kennesaw State University.
      In Philly Style and Philly Profile, the reader follows Andy Michael Pilgrim from Brooklyn, New York to Philadelphia where he works as a sportswriter in the seventies watching the influence of drugs and gangs destroy young people's lives.

Pleae click on the link and visit the 44th Annual Georgia Of The Year Nomination Page!

2009.06.01

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

 Undercover Marketing!
During the next few months my goal is to aggressively market The Julius Thompson Trilogy: A Brownstone In Brooklyn, Philly Style and Philly Profile and The Ghost of Atlanta. It's a demanding process when your marketing budget is $0.00. That means the word free is the key component to selling books. The strategy I've used comes from John Kremer's book: 1001 Ways to Market your books. From Kremer's book I use a marketing strategy called: The Rule of Five. That means I will do five things everyday to market my three books. I do not have a literary agent, a publicist or a marketing budget except what I can  squeeze from my paycheck. I've used all kinds of strategies to break through the noise of other authors promoting their books, the indifference that is met by an up and coming author and the fight to break onto the shelve space of the local brick and mortar bookstores. Undercover Marketing, to me, is a stratetgy to use at any book event to market my books, and is something that keeps my hopes for succcess in the publishing world alive. Yesterday, I pounded the pavement of Decatur, Georgia giving out brochures, bookmarks, business cards and flyers at a local author event at the Decatur Public Library. It seems like I was able to make a little headway and maybe take a few more steps toward becoming a brand-name author. If you have any comments or marketing strategy ideas, please email me: jtbookevents@yahoo.com
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    Most Recent Events

    Auburn Avenue Research Library Book Fair.


    Julius Thompson recently completed teaching a Creative Writing/Publishing Class at Evening At Emory on May 15, 2008.
 
   Julius Thompson completed a radio interview, WMLB Am-1690, which is "The Voice of the Arts" in Atlanta in May 2008.


    Julius Thompson read excerpts from his novels on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007, 1:15 PM, at the Java Monkey Coffee House in Decatur, Georgia.


    Julius Thompson had a successful debut of his novel, Philly Style and Philly Profile, at a book signing at Robins Book Store on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007, 6:00 pm, at 108 S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107.

   

Julius Thompson spoke at the Bedford-Stuyvesant Creative Arts Fair at the Macon Library on Sept 15., 2007,  1:15 pm. He signed copies of his novels at the event from 11:00am to 5:00 pm, in Brooklyn, New York.

Julius Thompson moderated two author panels at the AJC Decatur Book Festival this past labor Day weekend, Aug. 28 to Aug. 30, 2008 in Decatur, Georgia.

Julius Thompson was one of the featured speakers at the "Second Annual Gwinnett County Book Festival" in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The event was held, Saturday Oct. 18, 2008 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.


Closest Upcoming Events


    Julius Thompson will be teaching Creative Writing/Publishing I, Creative Writing/Publishing II and Creative Writing/Publishing III at the Evening at Emory Writer's Studio starting January 2, 2009 to December  31, 2009.

   Julius Thompson will be part of an Author's Panel, September 4-6, 2009, at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival in Decatur, Georgia.

Please visit the 2009 AJC Decatur Book Festival Website!

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