‘Marketing with Mandy’ Archives
Marking with Mandy: The Art of Cover Art-Faces »
Sometimes, an author wonders why it is they're getting a cover without a full face on it. The answer is simple--marketing. Studies and market research have shown that buyers prefer the change to envision their own face for the hero. They like a bit of mystery to it. A reason to pick up the book. Take a look at some of your favorite covers. Do they [...]
Marketing with Mandy: Creating Vector Images is Easy »
I'm often asked if its hard to make a vector image. The answer is simple, if you have photoshop, no. Vectors are pretty easy to create and can be a lot of fun--allowing you to be as creative as you want to be. I was all set to write out a long picture filled demo for you but then I found one online is perfect so I'll share it with you [...]
RomCom2010 & Samhain Publishing Promo Contest »
I'm taking a minute to share what I think ended up being awesome promo for RomCom 2010 and Samhain Publishing. I can't wait to get my hands on hard copies of these. Tina Trevaskis (Director of Marketing and Sales for Samhain) is sending me some. YAY Tina! She, Karen and I put our heads together and this was the result. One is of the Badge [...]
Inside Jokes & Dark Nights with Author Patti »
Sometimes I wonder if other writers include inside jokes in their books? Is it just me? Some of them are inside enough that only the people involved would know them. For example, in one book, I referred to "sloths" because another writer and I had a challenge going to see if we could both work the word into our stories. :-) Other jokes, [...]
Marketing with Mandy: Free Alts to Photoshop w/all the »
This is a GREAT write up about the alternatives to photoshop. Check it out.
Banner Dance! »
I always get excited when I hear about someone finding my Marketing with Mandy Series helpful. In fact, I squee and dance around! Its true. A link back alerted me that the video I did for making a banner ad is still helping people. Always an awesome feeling. You all know how I'm all about helping spread the word about fellow authors so I'm going [...]
FREE E-Book– 12 Days of Christmas »
That's right, as a special Christmas thank you to our readers, we're giving away The Twelve Days of Christmas for FREE (collection of short romantic stories) Twelve Days of Christmas By Kay Gregory Diana Bold Kate Austin Leanne Karella Michelle M. Pillow Mandy M. Roth Sheryl Hoyt Shonna Brannon [...]
Sharing! »
Hey everyone, look what Sasha White has done. She's been following along with the Photoshop tips and tricks that I put up at random here on my blog. She's being very modest because all I did to lend a hand was suggest adding a layer. If you've done any artwork, covers, banners, pictures, anything after having watched my vids or read my tips and [...]
Magnificent Eight Blog Tour WINNERS »
Winners! $20.00 Amazon Gift Certificate -- Annmarie (annmariea34) (please email me mandy @ mandyroth.com to claim your prize) Since there were so many entries, I decided to pick some more winners-- the following people have won their choice of a PDF download from my backlist titles--anything not appearing on the front page of my [...]
The Magnificent Eight Blog Tour »
Is coming to take you away... Sorry, couldn't resist myself. The name of the game is the peppermint twist... okay, really, I'll stop now and get on with the regularly scheduled programming. All this week, I'm blog touring with some pretty fan-f-ing-tastic authors! We're asking each others questions and want all of you to play along. We ask a [...]
