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Author of the international bestsellers The Postmistress of Paris, The Last Train to London, and 6 other novels

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September 8, 2016 By Meg Waite Clayton

#1ThTh – Find Where Your Readers Gather on Social Media

I decided when I was traveling to add what I hope will be a regular feature here on 1st Books, which I'm calling 1 Thing Thursday (#1ThTh). The idea: share each …

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May 11, 2016 By Meg Waite Clayton

Low-Price Promotion and the Value of Books

  Harper Books, which published my latest novel, has had it deeply discounted for Mother's Day. I greatly appreciate this for my particular book, as it …

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February 11, 2016 By Meg Waite Clayton

The Loveliest Way to Connect with Readers

Twice in the last week I've done what I used to do a lot, but don't much get to do these days due to a blessedly full writing and personal life: I visited book …

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April 29, 2015 By Meg Waite Clayton

19 Twitter Tips for Authors + Others

What makes people follow, favorite, click, and retweet? This post updates one I did two years ago--a generation or more in social media right?--with info I …

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April 25, 2013 By Meg Waite Clayton

Five Facebook Tips for Authors and Others (or "Being Generous Always Feels Better than Being Jealous")

Having only recently learned to size my Timeline photos 403x403 square only to find that no longer works with the new face of Facebook timeline--or at least not …

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March 30, 2013 By Meg Waite Clayton

Perils of Social Media Interface Software for Twitter and Facebook

I've been using social media interfacing software for some time to organize my twitter engagement because it allows me to, for example, schedule a tweet about a …

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March 10, 2013 By Meg Waite Clayton

11 Twitter Tips for Authors + Others

What makes people follow, favorite, click, and retweet? And does that have anything to do with who buys what books? Today, I came across a Stanford study, Who …

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February 3, 2013 By Meg Waite Clayton

How to Cut a Digital Heart out of Your Book Jacket

This little heart I was so proud of Friday garnered a lot of requests for how it's done. It's very simple: In Word, open a blank document and in the insert …

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January 20, 2013 By Meg Waite Clayton

A Facebook Tip for Writers and Others With Fan Pages

An easy to-do for anyone with a personal facebook page and a fan page: List as your place of work on your regular page the URL for your fan page. The link will …

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October 26, 2012 By Meg Waite Clayton

On Reviews

I'm in that wonderful place for a writer: between reviews. But I came across a piece in Publisher's Weekly today listing 13 remarkably bad reviews for classic …

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