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May 8, 2012
New MYN Paperbacks – Available Now!
I am super stoked to announce that TWO MYN Kindle bestsellers, THE KILLING OF OSAMA BIN LADEN and GO FORTH AND KICK SOME ASS are both now available in PAPERBACK for just $4.99 each!
I know a lot of you out there love hard copies and I’ve gotten more than a few requests to release paperback versions of both these books… and yes, more MYN paperbacks are on the way soon…
“The Killing of Osama Bin Laden: How the Mission to Hunt Down a Terrorist Mastermind was Accomplished” is a concise and detail rich telling of the historic manhunt for the world’s number one most-wanted terrorist.
“Go Forth and Kick Some Ass: Be the Hero of Your Own Life Story” is for anyone who has ever suffered from the crippling self doubt that comes from feeling like your life is stuck in a rut. Ordained minister, Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff, a.k.a. “The Rev. MYN” will take you though some simple steps how to power yourself out of that rut and get back on track.
Click below to get the paperbacks!
THE KILLING OF OSAMA BIN LADEN (paperback)
GO FORTH AND KICK SOME ASS (paperback)
RadioMYN: Hosts Wanted…
So I woke up monday morning excited beyond belief with a crazy vision of a 24/7 all-talk radio network that could stream live, but would mostly just play pre-recorded talk-related content.
And as I began to piece together what it all meant, I had an epiphany. I didn’t want to be mired down with scheduled programming. One of the things I love about internet radio (and what I find compelling about radio in general) is not knowing what’s coming up next. The randomness of what I may hear if I stay tuned.
So I set it up… an actual talk radio station… its working in private beta right now and will soon be unleashed to the public.
And it dawned on me what I want to do with RadioMYN is pick cool short-form “talk” content. 10 minutes ore less from whomever wants to send it to me, and I’d listen to each one and if I liked it, if it fit my tastes and I thought it was really interesting, I’d throw it into the “rotation.”
I just want to curate cool audio programming… and I’m asking you to create it and share it.
So maybe you have something you’re pissed about. Do a rant… Maybe you have a cool interview or a section of your podcast/show that you’ve done in the past. Maybe it’s a skit or a reading of your poetry or something you’ve written. Maybe you just want to talk about something on your mind.
I’m not interesting in playing your stand-alone promos… if you send me a segment of something and you want to throw in at the end where it came from, that’s fine.
Heaven knows I have hours and hours of content that I can and probably will share, but I want the overall station’s aesthetic to reflect something more interesting than just 24/7 of my own work.
Do you have something to say to the world? Be passionate and creative about it, record it as well as you can and send it to me as a 64Kbs mono mp3. You just may end up in the RadioMYN rotation!
If you don’t have my email address, go to the CONTACT page and send me a link to your file.
May 6, 2012
Free iPhone Wallpaper – FATAL SUNSET Cover (photo from Maui)
Here’s the FATAL SUNSET cover ready to go as a free iPhone wallpaper.
Here are three different ways to import images to your iPhone:
VIA EMAIL: One of the easiest ways to get the graphic you have selected on to your iPhone is to email it to yourself, then download it from the mail program on your phone. Tap and hold to bring up the menu, save the image to your phone.
VIA THE WEB: You can also save a photo from a website you visit with the built-in Safari browser on your iPhone. Just navigate to the web page with the image, then tap and hold on the picture you want to save. A menu will pop up, then tap the “Save Image” button.
Tap on the Photos (sunflower) icon on your iPhone and find the directory where you saved the wallpaper graphic. (If you saved a picture via email or directly from the web, it will be in your Camera Roll folder.)
SET YOUR IPHONE WALLPAPER IMAGE
View your chosen image, tap it, then click on the box with arrow icon on the bottom left of your screen. A menu will pop up — see an example at right — then click the “Use as Wallpaper” option. From there, you can move and scale the photo as desired. When you’re happy with how it looks, click the “Set” button.
Next, you will have the option to select the image to be your iPhone background for your home screen(s), the lock screen or both. (In the graphic at the top of the page, the lock screen is on the left and the home screen is on the right.) Make your choice, and your iPhone will take care of the rest.
Remember, “FATAL SUNSET: Deadly Vacations” is available for: paperback – kindle – nook – ibooks
May 4, 2012
You Don’t Need a Kindle to Read Kindle Books
YOU DON’T NEED A KINDLE TO READ KINDLE BOOKS!
You can now read any Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff Kindle Book (or anyone’s Kindle books) instantly in your browser (Chrome, Firefox and Safari only) with the Kindle Cloud Reader. Just visit: http://read.amazon.com
Or download any one of Amazon’s freeKindle apps for your smartphone, tablet, computer or laptop at http://amzn.to/91eo2U.
May 3, 2012
FATAL SUNSET: Now Available in the Apple iBookstore
Well, it took longer than I had thought, but FINALLY you can get a copy of FATAL SUNSET for iBooks at the Apple iBookstore!
Just click on the above image or this link: http://bit.ly/IKNvTu
May 2, 2012
My KFAB Interview About “The Killing of Osama Bin Laden”
So I was on KFAB a couple of weeks ago talking about FATAL SUNSET with afternoon drive time host, Crash Davis. This past monday, Crash asked me to come back onto his show live to talk about my book THE KILLING OF OSAMA BIN LADEN on the 1 year anniversary of the mission or what Crash calls, “Dead Terrorist Day!”
Of course, I said yes and it ended up being much more fun and funnier than I thought it would be. They posted it as a podcast so I grabbed the mp3. Take a listen to how I button this interview.
April 26, 2012
Tips to Rock That Live Radio Interview About Your Book
As an indie, it’s always tough to get the word out. I’ve been lucky to get a bunch of radio interviews across the country to publicize my new book, “Fatal Sunset: Deadly Vacations” and I can gladly report that it’s been helping to move some copies. I wanted to share with you a few simple tips to make sure your next radio interview about your book is as effective as possible.
1. Use a stopwatch – In those brief moments before you go on air, you’ll get a moment to ask the host or producer how many segments you’re doing and how long each one will be. If the segment you’re doing is only a few minutes long, you don’t want to be halfway through talking about something when the DJ/Host throws to the next break. At the end of the commercial break (when the music bumper begins and the DJ/Host starts talking) start your stopwatch. They’ll introduce you, intro whatever it is you’re there to talk about. This could eat up the first 30 seconds or even more so now the 8 minute segment you’re booked for is even shorter. Remember that right at the end of the segment, before the next commercial break, the DJ/Host will throw to that break, eating up even more of your precious on-air time. General rule, however long they tell you the segment is, subtract a minute for these bumps in and out of break.
Using the stopwatch will help keep you on message. Be concise. Keep an eye on your time. You’ll never have enough time to say it all so make sure you stick to the most important and marketable/interesting points. About a minute before your segment is about to end, you need to be wrapping up your spiel with a strong hook and your call to action.
2. Make a Cheat Sheet – If there are important anecdotes, tips, facts or sections about your book, make a cheat sheet of notes beforehand. Dont’ rely on memory. Anytime I’ve done a radio interview over the phone it’s been a juggling act with keeping the host’s name straight, the name of the program I’m on along with keeping an eye on the stopwatch all while I’m talking and answering questions. If I have a few important things I want to make sure I say during an interview, I’ll put them on my cheat sheet. I have a few concise sentences about the book, little marketing hooks, that I like to throw in. I don’t need to be pulling them all from memory or trying to search for a specific thing in the book while I’m talking about something else.
3. Keep a Copy of Your Book Open – The host may throw you an unexpected curveball and refer to something in the book, or while they are talking you may think of an opportunity to quote something specific from the book. A copy of your book as an electronic document is searchable and given that you may only have a few seconds to find that thing you’re looking for, every second counts.
4. Know Your Call to Action – If the host asks you where the audience can find your book make sure you’re clear and concise with the info. Your call to action should be brief and you can read it right from your cheat sheet. Don’t give too many URLs in your call to action. Everyone knows they can get books at Amazon so you have a better chance of a listener who is not by a computer remembering that instead of the name of your website. A lot of radio listeners are multitasking while listening–if you’re doing a drive-time show your audience is primarily behind the wheel. They’ll probably have enough trouble remembering your name and the name of your book.
5. Research the Station - Every radion station has a website. Take a look at it beforehand. Look at the bio of the Host you’ll be talking to. If you discover something about that station’s local area or the host that relates to something in your book, you should definitely bring it up to give you a closer tie to their audience’s community. It also helps in making sure you get the host’s name right.
Most of all…have fun, bring the energy and spread your brand!
April 22, 2012
Listen to My Interview on Travel Talk Radio about FATAL SUNSET
Come check out my appearance on TRAVEL TALK RADIO (April 22, 2012) with host Sandy Dhuyvetter as we talk about FATAL SUNSET: Deadly Vacations.
Travel Talk Radio is syndicated by Talk Star Radio Network out of Florida by satellite to Western Hemisphere radio stations and beyond.Travel Radio out of South Africa and our partners, eTN.travel, eTravelBlackboard, eGlobalMediaTravel and The Region Initiative in the Silk Road Region.
April 18, 2012
Please Pin FATAL SUNSET on Pinterest
Pinterest fans! Pin the FATAL SUNSET cover! You can really help me get the word out by pinning the cover, description and link! You can even use the “Pin it” button at the bottom of this post.
FATAL SUNSET
Simply put, FATAL SUNSET is filled with cautionary tales of vacations gone tragically wrong. There are considerations here that honestly could save your life or the life of someone you love.
