book launch 2.0

[kathystemke1]

Great fun! As a fellow author, I feel your pain. I've done my own blog tour-all my friend authors attended that?!? Done a couple of library reads-kids enjoyed it but no one bought the book. I guess I need to do a funny video to get noticed too. Any ideas?

[captaincricket]

lol. perfect. especially love the accordion in the background. thanks for the laugh.... in the middle of planning my own launch process. (ug, and i thought finishing the book was the bid deal!)

[senurireka]

Your total marriage solution partner **rockmycity.info**

[LindsayBuroker]

Dang, I haven't looked into 2nd Life for book marketing yet. :D

[KathleenBeales]

Loooove this! As a new author... so much fun. Hit close to home and I am sooooo glad I am smarter than a 5th grader :-) and this guy. I am smiling ... work on your smile.

[KathleenBeales]

Loooove this! As a new author... so much fun. Hit close to home and I am sooooo glad I am smarter than a 5th grader :-) and this guy.

[SheliaVanessae]

There is Trying to Asian brides "busizz4me.info"

[shanebriant]

Hey...just been there. 8 week self-funded tour of the US. No one wanted to spoil my fun by telling me I should spend the 16 grand on a holiday in the South of France on a yacht. Or Barbados. Love this video. New Woody Allen speak. Wunderbar,

[tanyaegangibson]

Can't stop laughing. And crying. So great! Going to post it on my Facebook page close to my book's paperback release in July to ward off well-meaning questions like, "When is Oprah going to read it?"

[THFS001]

FANTASTIC! 

[EricaManfred]

You are a star on the ASJA forums. Does that count?

[bluethundering]

This was incredibly good fun to watch. Congrats on the MobyLives nod -- well deserved!

[scifiwritir]

:snicker: Congratulations on the book trailer win.

[scarlett192]

"i thought you needed something with a face"

HILARIOUS!!!!

[33sail]

So love it!! Boy we can all relate in one way or other..procastination!!! lazy!!! :)

[auntytech]

Love it...!!

[cynthiabarnett]

Whew, what a relief. Why bother to write my next book if all I have to do is write 140-character bits and film lil' You Tube clips?

Thank you for this -- you nailed it.

[sonquita1999]

OMG! That is SO hilarious! Only someone going through this would get it and I GET IT! Thanks! (As much as I do "right," there is always more to do in the book promotion department.)

Sonia Miller

"The Attraction Distraction"

[SimonW11]

the guy with the tshirt :^))

[klaudiagaja]

Great video! :)

[tarnopol]

Excellent!

[aye0kay]

LOL! You need to do more of these.

[davidharov]

why is it jumping all the time???

what an awfull editting!

One just can't watch it!!!

go away. so pity!

[ganiwu]

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[KirkhamsEbooks]

Youtube? Well, there's the dream lol

Rick

[bellameezer]

OMG this is my life. Who's been filming my life? "What am I doing? ...yes...that IS the question." Hilarious, and painfully, horribly, frighteningly true, and so damn funny I could weep. Thank you!

[SteveAndIdiAmin]

So I get it: Authors get to be clueless assholes AND they also get to blame the publisher when the public decides that they'd rather not buy books written by clueless assholes.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[evilworldofhiglet]

This is brilliant! So...did you do one about *how* to get your book published in the first place....?

This is a great video! Thankyou!

[JeddyRyan]

As a newly published author, I know your pain. LOL. Too funny!

[litekepr]

I have this conversation with authors every day. It can be daunting, but its great that the internet is giving us so many options. THis is really great and I'm going to link to it on my virtual tour blog :)

Nikki Leigh

[Bolweevils]

perfect!

[victoriavox]

this is great!

[joequirk]

So painfully true! My paperback comes out next month, and people say, "You should send it to Steven Colbert. You should tell your publisher to enclose a condom with each copy. How much do you get for each book sale? Half?" Well, better get back to filming my crap-ass youtube video. Thanks for the laugh.

[EmmySushanaCulley]

Great video - Im currently trying to market my latest book 'A Heavy Chest of Dreams'

Found this video very funny as I truly understand haha

How do you promote a book!?

Well Ive set myself up a website, and a youtube account with some promotional videos on

So Im hoping that works =)

Please could you help out by just watching some of my videos? I really need the help - Subscribe and I'll be uploading many more videos very soon

Good luck with your book

Emmy Culley xx

[DaniellaNicoleK]

I'm a writer - I feel your pain! lol. This video is just too funny. Thank you!

[cleasi]

This is so true -- from the Oprah question down to "I'm going to write a hit song and get it on Guitar Hero IV." I love this.

[MoiraReid]

Yeah, I just have the one friend...yeah, the guy in the t-shirt! LMAO

[brwniydgirl]

LOVED this. And now every other author is thinking, why didn't I think of that?

[christiesilvers]

That is freakin' hilarious and I think all writers need to see it!  Love it!

[emmalfal]

"Is that the one that looks like 'delicious' but it has the dots? Oh, it IS 'delicious.' Well, then..."

Beautiful. Like looking in the mirror.

[myfacevids]

What am I Doing.. thats the question LOL.. damn man that was Hilarious!!!

[dkprinzing]

this is painfully funny. all those idiot publishers out there should watch this and feel ashamed for the way they cut authors loose and let us have to be our own publicists, too!

[flossietea]

Genius. Just genius.

[ShelfLifeTV]

That's AWESOME. Any book publicist and/or author knows the truth behind this vid. Thanks for sharing ;)

[mindprinter]

Absolutely a scream. And unbelievably true. Loved it.

[foreverforgiving]

oh god is great, this is funny.

[PumpUpPR]

This is hilarious and so true!

[joanlprice]

As a book author (working hard to promote my books), I found this hilarious!

[philipgardiner]

Absolutely so TRUE!

Well done

Phil G

"an awfor"

[tinatessina]

Very funny! If I thought anyone could sell a book to a publisher without a platform....

[maddogbooks]

haha, love this video!

[CFaith1]

Thank you for the laugh out loud!

[authorlisalogan]

If you hit that nail on the head any harder you'll flip it inside out, man!

[HeatherBrewer]

It's like you live in my head.

[bodhrannf]

This is bloody brilliant!

[WritingRoads]

Dennis! You are hysterical...

[CindyGreenAuthor]

Too Funny! As an author myself, I feel your pain. :)

[emlocke12]

dennis cass, i think you're cute

[SusanRoAne]

OMG, this is hysterical! And sooooo (sadly) true. As an author of two decades,I have become the mingling and book marketing maven and it's NEVERENDING.I've had a website for 13 years, two avatars (thinner, taller, younger), a blog, database, my space, facebook, etc. WElcome to Book 2.0... bordering on 3.0! Enough already! And this video captured it all... BRILLIANTLY.

[embeedub]

Ahahahah. Thank you for living my life!

[jessicaburkhart87]

So. Funny. :)

[redbrickreverie]

"Select All."  Hilarious. :-)

[melcarroll]

Hilarious and ironic, thanks!

[CharlotteVa]

Awesome. Frighteningly true. "I laughed, I cried, I came to terms..."

[MoonRoom2]

I'm a book publicist. I love you.

[campocat]

So this is what it is all reduced to.

Funny - Hilarious - Brilliant...

This author can relate but I have

another words for the situation

were in. Did I need to see this?

Not really.

[videogameheart]

this is awesome.

[vlogbrothers]

Oh my God this is brilliant. -John Green (an author who is now arguably more famous as a vlogger)

[namlhots]

John is the Lonelygirl15 of YouTube Writer-Vloggers.

[ophelia1016]

@vlogbrothers WOW! This is the first time I have ever recognized a username in the comment section! The internet seems infinitely more intimate right now-- this is a really weird existential moment. Ha-- indulge me! I am a nerdfighter :)

[beaufortbooks]

All authors need to see this video.

[ehbluemle]

What a riot! Brilliantly done. : ) Thanks for the laugh.

[danuitti]

More authors have to see this. - Dan Uitti, CT Authors & Publishers Association

[misserinmarie]

Oh man, that was so great. Hilarious.

[banterist]

My publisher just sent me the link to this brilliant video - but I can't help thinking her time would have been better spent promoting my book.

[lowlights]

Hard to believe this self-starter got a book written.

I think rather than go to the trouble of thinking of and then writing a book myself, I'll simply steal the identity of an emerging author like Brian Sack. That way - no muss, no downtime. Plus - he has great hair.

[sOoblondexx14]

Wish I could see this vid. but it won't open for me. my sad.

[COLLETTETHOMAS]

Between promoting online, updating my websites, conducting a writing workshop, coordinating a writing contest my writing productivity has approached zero. Maybe I'll go write a song and try it out on Guitar Hero at my son's house.

Thanks for putting it all into perspective.

[COLLETTETHOMAS]

Between promoting online, updating my websites, conducting a writing workshop, coordinating a contest for RWA my writing productivity has approached to nil. This makes me rethink the whole process....oh well my son has Hero Guitar...maybe I'll go write a song and try it out.

[onethoughtatatime]

Love it! :) Good Luck!

[writerlaedee]

LOL! It's funny because, unfortunately, it's so true!

[mapelba]

Funny. Terrifying.

[skutir]

Good stuff, and dead on.

[trustypony]

Oh, Dennis. Your ARE awesome. Love it.

[SeventhEve]

Who were you talking to, Jonathan Coulton?

[tjparsell]

This is fucking Hilarious! And sadly, so true.

Why on earth - do any of us write?????

[rosie276]

Ayyy! Too funny. They ALWAYS ask about Oprah.

[georgygirl53]

Oh spirit show me no more..Every writer's life, isn't it? Very very funny.

[Ericka12345]

Ouch! (Points well taken.) I laughed and cringed all the way through. Good job.

[amygkoss]

FABULOUS!!!!

[VictoriaDahl]

This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen! I've emailed it to all my writer friends and posted it to my blog. Thank you!

[penrynsdreams]

Awesome

[Habvideos]

This video makes me laugh...and cringe...and start a To-Do list. I'm just starting to think about all that stuff.

[miketighe]

Brilliant video, its totally about the medium, not the message.. totally...

[ldicken]

OMG! I love it. The sad, sad life of an author!

[MarsHock]

This is the best video on YouTube.

I believe your Book is allowed a FaceBook because it may not have a Face, but it does have a Book. As long as you are either a Face or a Book, you are allowed on FaceBook.

[leafhound17]

hey dennis, you've gone viral1

great clip..

j

[sls375]

Ahh, speaks to all the poor authors out there.

[cass2541]

Thanks, Brad. I took the irony out and put the URL in.

Cheers.

[trulyhestia]

So funny. Loved it!

[BradOFarrell]

Putting up a YouTube video doesn't really help if the link to your site isn't clickable! You have to put the full URL ("HyperText Transfer Protocol (colon slash slash) World Wide Web dot domain name") for the link to work, you can't cut off the first part... I mean, I can't type the actual characters in a comment, because it'll mark it as spam, put, putting Horse Taco Taco Penguin in front of the World Wide Web part makes it linkeable.

Also!

...Irony?

[MarriLeigh]

OMG how funny!!!

[waverlyflams]

that about sums it up.

[dandles]

That was so bloody funny. I think it's my new favorite video on youtube.