Ybarra and Leon New Media Class Part 2

In a recent teleconference media specialist Rey Ybarra and Linda Leon discuss how to effectively combine new media and traditional media to gett the best level of success for your book promotions. Rey has an extensive background in marketing and new media. Linda has an extensive background in traditional media and author support services. This is a six part series.

"Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good"

Samuel Johnson

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