How Many People Do You Influence?

 

Authors are seeking cost-efficient shortcuts to getting book sales, and one of their go-to ideas is to get an influencer to discuss their book. The only problem there is that you often have to pay such a person, should he or she agree to work with you. The other challenge is selecting the right influencer and finding a way to reach them.  

How do you know: 

* If their connection numbers are legit? Maybe these numbers were purchased or are fake.

Even if their numbers are legit, how current and active are they? People who followed them two years ago may not really follow anymore but they never disengaged from the connection. 

* If such numbers will yield enough sales of your book to justify their fee? One can have a lot of followers but how many will buy your book?   

* If they are a good brand match for you? Are their followers similar to the demographics of your readers?  

* What you want them to do for you? Determine how to best utilize the influencer. Will they share something that you created? Will they post multiple times on multiple platforms?  

Maybe what you need to do is build your own brand up and look to see how many people you can influence. Perhaps you are really capable of being the influencer that you hope to find and whom you feel will rescue you.  

Feed a hungry man a fish for the day, and you satiate his empty belly once. Teach him how to fish once, and he can feed himself forever. That is a paraphrase of a famous quote, but you get the sentiment. It is applicable to book marketing.  

If you invest in an influencer, it is a one-time event, but if you become the influencer, you can be in charge of your destiny. Before you look to someone else to make you a known entity, try to become one yourself.  

How?  

Do what these influencers did or do — create content that evokes a reaction. Say crazy stuff, do funny things, and be interesting. So many influencers got lucky because one of their posts or videos went viral. Then they feed of that and seek to appear to be an authority or expert, but really, they are just people who got lucky.  

Yes, some patterns emerge. The young and good-looking rule the Net. Being in beautiful places helps too. But at some point, you need good content that gives people a reason to pay attention and to keep returning. Are you motivational? Funny? Smart? What can you offer others by way of advice, entertainment, information, or inspiration?  

It is not easy, otherwise every writer would do it, but it is also not impossible and many more than you think can become influential. It requires nothing more than initiative, a smart phone, and an idea. You don’t have to buy anything, go anywhere, or hire anyone. No permission is needed and there are no requirements attached to this.   

Write, film, orate, photograph, or draw your way to fame. It is a blank canvas. How will you color it in? 

No boundaries. No limits. Only those that you put upon yourself.  You can start right now. 

You should.

 

“The relationships we have with these books can be complicated. For one thing, we don't read them out of choice. They are imposed upon us by a range of forces beyond our control, by the decisions that teachers and exam boards make on our behalf. They might not be books we'd have chosen to read independently; they might not even be books we like. We can't just curl up with these books and enjoy them: we have to answer questions on them, make notes and write essays, revise them for exams. They make other demands of us, as well. We encounter them at a crucial stage in our development, when our identities are being formed and the world is starting to seem more complex and various than it did before. They can spark arguments and frustration.

 

“They might be loathed from the bottom of our hearts, thrown in exasperation across our teenage bedrooms, but they might equally, at times, hold our hands and help us to feel less alone. On occasion, they might lead us to look at life in a completely different way.”

— Reading Lessons: The Books We Read at School, the Conversations They Spark and Why They Matter by Carol Atherton

Marketing Help?

Brian Feinblum can be reached at brianfeinblum@gmail.com  He is available to help authors like you to promote your story, sell your book, and grow your brand. He has over 30 years of experience in successfully helping thousands of authors in all genres. Let him be your advocate, teacher, and motivator! 

 

About Brian Feinblum

This award-winning blog has generated over 8,200,000 page views. With nearly 5,700+ posts over the past 15 years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2026, 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.”  Copyright 2026.

 

For the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director of publicity at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler.

 

His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully) and (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/10-things-my-dog-taught-me-about-marketing-books). He was recently interviewed by the IBPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0BhO9m8jbs

 

He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, three times at BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association, Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, five times at Morgan James Publishing Red Carpet, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the 2024 IBPA Book Awards.

 

His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.

 

Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog.

 

You can connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum/ or https://www.facebook.com/brian.feinblum

 

 

 

Interview With Travel Book Author Barry Hoffner

 

Readers' Choice Book Awards Bronze Winner, Adult Nonfiction
BookFest 2026 First-Place Award Winner, Self-Discovery & Travel Journals
2026 Nonfiction Book Awards Silver Winner
2026 Finalist for Author of the Year, International Impact Book Awards
2026 Indie Reader Discovery Award Winner, Best Travel Book
2026 Gold Winner, Independent Publisher Book Awards, Travel—Essay
2026 Winner, International Book Awards, Autobiography/Memoir

1. What inspired you to write this book?

I was inspired by a devastating loss. My wife, Jackie, died in a tragic accident in Africa in 2017, just as we were entering a new stage of life together. After months of intense grief and loneliness, I began traveling again. At first, travel was a way to escape a home filled with memories, but gradually it became a form of healing.

The turning point came during my trip to Afghanistan, a year after the Taliban takeover. Instead of fear, I felt curiosity and an unexpected connection with the people I met. I realized I wasn’t simply searching for countries, I was searching for human stories. That was when I knew I needed to write this book.

2. What exactly is it about and who is it written for?

Belonging to the World is a memoir about my quest to travel to every country on Earth and the emotional journey that accompanied it, from grief and disconnection to renewed purpose and belonging.

But it isn’t simply a travel book or a checklist of countries. It is about the people I met, especially in places such as Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Sudan, countries most of us know primarily through headlines about war and danger. Those encounters challenged my assumptions and expanded my understanding of humanity.

The book is for travelers, certainly, but also for anyone facing loss, transition, loneliness, or the need to begin again. You don’t have to travel to every country, or even very far, to recognize yourself in that search.

3. What do you hope readers will get out of reading your book?

I hope readers come away believing that renewed purpose is possible after loss. Grief may permanently change us, but it does not have to be the end of our story.

I also hope the book encourages readers to look beyond headlines and approach unfamiliar people and places with curiosity rather than fear. There is real danger and suffering in the world, but there is also profound beauty in listening to people, respecting their dignity, and trying to understand lives different from our own.

Most of all, I hope readers feel inspired to take their own first step, whether that means traveling, reconnecting with others, or simply becoming more open to the world. The world can change us if we let it.

4. How did you decide on your book’s title and cover design?

The title came from the central realization of my journey. After losing Jackie, I felt disconnected from the life and future I had known. Through travel, and especially through the connections I formed with people around the globe, I gradually developed a sense of belonging to something much larger than myself. I came to feel that I belonged not only to one home or community, but to the world.

The cover reflects that emotional journey. The open landscape, distant horizon, and warm light suggest both travel and renewal. It captures the idea of emerging from darkness, looking outward, and discovering that another beginning may still be waiting.

5. What advice or words of wisdom do you have for fellow writers other than run!?

Don’t wait until you know exactly what the story means before you begin writing it. Sometimes writing is how you discover the meaning.

Be honest, especially when the truth is uncomfortable, but remember that a memoir should offer the reader more than a record of what happened to you. Ask what your experience might illuminate for someone else.

I would also say: stay curious. Listen carefully to other people, question your own assumptions, and be willing to revise—not only your sentences, but your understanding of the story. And accept that writing something meaningful requires vulnerability, persistence, and a great deal of patience.

6. What trends in the book world do you see and where do you think publishing is heading?

Readers now discover and experience books in many different ways, through print, e-books, audiobooks, podcasts, interviews, and online communities. Audiobooks are an especially significant area of growth.

At the same time, I believe readers still want something timeless: authentic stories that help them understand lives beyond their own. As our world becomes more divided and much of our information is reduced to alarming headlines or brief social-media posts, books offer the space to slow down, listen, and develop empathy.

Publishing formats will continue to evolve, but our need for compelling human stories will remain.

7. Were there experiences in your personal life or career that came in handy when writing this book?

Nearly every part of my life contributed to it. I grew up in a traditional Iraqi-Jewish family in Southern California, and my mother was born in Baghdad, so the Middle East always held a particular pull for me. My first backpacking trip to Europe at 18 awakened a curiosity about the wider world that never left me.

My career at J.P. Morgan took me around the globe and helped develop my adaptability, resilience, and comfort in unfamiliar environments. My humanitarian work through Caravan to Class also taught me the importance of listening to people and understanding their lives on their own terms.

Most importantly, loving and losing Jackie gave the book its emotional foundation. The Bourse Jackie scholarship program, which supports women in West Africa, also connects the book’s story to her legacy.

8. How would you describe your writing style? Which writers or books is your writing similar to?

I would describe my style as reflective, candid, and people-centered. The book combines travel narrative with memoir, history, culture, and personal reflection. I try to bring readers into the immediacy of a place while also exploring what each encounter taught me about grief, connection, and our shared humanity.

Rather than presenting myself as a heroic adventurer, I try to remain curious and honest about my assumptions, including the occasions when the people I met forced me to reconsider them. The book belongs to the tradition of reflective travel memoirs in which the external journey becomes an internal one. Ultimately, though, I hope the voice feels distinctly my own.

9. What challenges did you overcome in writing this book?

The greatest challenge was returning to the most painful period of my life. Writing about Jackie meant revisiting the phone call that changed everything, the shock that followed, and the loneliness of trying to imagine a future without her.

There was also the challenge of shaping an enormous journey, 72 new countries, more than 600,000 miles, and hundreds of encounters, into a coherent story. I had to look beyond the statistics and decide what the journey was actually about.

Finally, I wanted to avoid turning the people I met into background characters in my adventure. Their stories deserved care, dignity, and context. The challenge was to tell my own story while honoring theirs.

10. If people can buy or read one book this week or month, why should it be yours?

I would never claim that one book is right for everyone, but I believe Belonging to the World offers something urgently needed: a hopeful, firsthand view of our shared humanity.

It takes readers beyond the headlines and into encounters with people whose warmth, dignity, humor, and generosity are often missing from the stories told about their countries. It is also an honest account of grief and the possibility of finding renewed purpose at any stage of life.

And the book has an impact beyond its pages: 100 percent of the proceeds support scholarships for women in West Africa through the Bourse Jackie program, created in my wife’s name. So reading it becomes part of a continuing story of connection and opportunity.

About The Author: After a 15-year career in investment banking that took him around the world, Barry transitioned into a second career farming grapes and olives. His Silverwood Ranch olive oil has earned multiple gold medals, and his wine grapes have been bottled into Francis Ford Coppola’s Archimedes wine. Today, Barry is the founder of Caravan to Class, a nonprofit he launched in 2010 to advance girls’ education in West Africa through the Bourse Jackie program, named in honor of his late wife. His book, Belonging to the World (Girl Friday Books), chronicles his journey to every country in the world following Jackie’s tragic passing in Africa in late 2017. Barry is passionate about the world and has visited 192 of 193 countries, earning distinction of Most Purposeful Traveler 2025 (NomadMania Annual Traveler Awards). For more information, please see  www.belongingtotheworld.com or www.caravantoclass.org

 

Marketing Help?

Brian Feinblum can be reached at brianfeinblum@gmail.com  He is available to help authors like you to promote your story, sell your book, and grow your brand. He has over 30 years of experience in successfully helping thousands of authors in all genres. Let him be your advocate, teacher, and motivator! 

 

About Brian Feinblum

This award-winning blog has generated over 8,200,000 page views. With nearly 5,700+ posts over the past 15 years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2026, 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.”  Copyright 2026.

 

For the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director of publicity at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler.

 

His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully) and (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/10-things-my-dog-taught-me-about-marketing-books). He was recently interviewed by the IBPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0BhO9m8jbs

 

He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, three times at BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association, Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, five times at Morgan James Publishing Red Carpet, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the 2024 IBPA Book Awards.

 

His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.

 

Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog.

 

You can connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum/ or https://www.facebook.com/brian.feinblum

 

 

 

How Do Authors Get Strangers To Help Them?

 

There are far more strangers in the world than in our circle of family-friends-acquaintances. There are over eight billion people in the world — and close to 350 million in America. Chances are, you know a few dozen to a few thousand at best.  The biggest pool of potential help to market your book can come from those you don’t know, never met, or never even heard of.

So how do you meet strangers?  

Join groups on line. Become members of real- life organizations. Get introduced to the connections of your connections. Tall to people in any circumstance — when on a line, next to someone at an event, a passerby. Just make a mindful effort to speak to others. Find something in common with the stranger.  

Shared values? Familiar past? A rooting interest? Maybe you come from the same hometown or live in the same area. Perhaps you have the same hobby, are a fan of a specific team or sport, belong to the same house of worship, share someone in common, or volunteer at the same place?

What will endear a stranger to help you market your book?

Be open, friendly, and kind. Introduce yourself. Get to know them. Offer them something.   

You can then…  

* Ask for help. Some people will help you simply because you asked.

* Beg for help. Some can feel guilted into assisting you. 

* Trade something for help. Give them some favor or thing that they perceive to be of value.

* Pay them to assist you.

* Reward them if they provide results in their efforts to help you. 

Nearly everyone that is in your life was once a stranger to you. Now is the time to meet more strangers and convert them into friends, resources, and allies. The more people that you know — and that they know — will yield success for your book.

Marketing Help?

Brian Feinblum can be reached at brianfeinblum@gmail.com  He is available to help authors like you to promote your story, sell your book, and grow your brand. He has over 30 years of experience in successfully helping thousands of authors in all genres. Let him be your advocate, teacher, and motivator! 

 

About Brian Feinblum

This award-winning blog has generated over 8,200,000 page views. With nearly 5,700+ posts over the past 15 years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2026, 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.”  Copyright 2026.

 

For the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director of publicity at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler.

 

His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully) and (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/10-things-my-dog-taught-me-about-marketing-books). He was recently interviewed by the IBPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0BhO9m8jbs

 

He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, three times at BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association, Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, five times at Morgan James Publishing Red Carpet, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the 2024 IBPA Book Awards.

 

His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.

 

Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog.

 

You can connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum/ or https://www.facebook.com/brian.feinblum

 

 

 

Once Illiterate, This Author’s Book Encourages Reading

 

 

Can you imagine being an adult and unable to read this blog post?

 

Being illiterate is a huge disadvantage for anyone. It impacts every part of your life. Society loses out, too, when citizens fail to be as informed and productive as they should be. But we know there are tens of millions of individuals in the United States of America, a powerful and wealthy nation, who are unable to read.

 

Now, imagine being one of these people who can’t read and then finding the drive and opportunity to become not only a reader, but the author of a book. Oliver James has done just that.

 

Okay, you must have lots of questions.

 

How could someone slip through the cracks and graduate high school – without ever failing a grade – and left unable to read his worthless diploma?

 

How does a poor black kid, raised by a single mom, learn to read despite his OCD, ADHD, dyslexia, and PTSD? How does the ex-convict finally learn to read by the age of 30 when he spent an entire life without this skill that most of us take for granted?

 

Oliver not only learned to read, he became a voracious reader. On one year, he consumed 100 books. Featured on Today, NPR, ABC News, and in Newsweek and the LA Times, his story was turned into a book, A Memoir of Learning (and Loving to Read on Tik Tok). The 2023 recipient of the Barbara bush National Literary Award, Oliver has penned a raw, honest, and inspiring book that details his journey from being read to, to being a writer who reads to others.

 

“You’re never too old, too far behind, or too uneducated to travel to the kingdom of knowledge,” he writes. So true. He adds: “For me, reading is all about feeling engaged in life and not just looking at it from the outside in.”

 

Studies show that we need to get to every young child early in their development, to help them learn how to read and to show them how to appreciate reading books. Oliver’s book features a full-page call-to-action to join and support www.joinraisingreaders.com. I implore you to click on that site.

 

Here are some selected excerpts from Oliver’s book:

 

“When you don't know how to read, your world is small. You might not realize it. You might even think it's comfortable the way it is. Until you run into the walls, which becomes more and more frequent. Because when your world is small, your opportunities are small. Your dreams are small—not because you don't have the capacity to dream big, but because you don't have the tools to stretch beyond what's in front of you. But once you start reading-really reading—you see what's possible. You see proof that people like you have made it out, have made something of themselves, have fought and won. You see the steps, the pathways, the patterns.”

 

“READING IS A DRUG. It's mind-altering, escapist, and fun. It stimulates the brain, therapeutically, and hits you with emotional highs and lows. It can fuck you up, it can heal you, it can excite you and, yes, it can bore you. It can save your life. It can give you so many new ideas that you can't stop talking to your friends about everything you learned, how it stretched your imagination. As I read books that were recommended to me, I honestly felt like I was tripping. I was suddenly somersaulting through time and space into worlds and minds different from my own. And how was it that there was this crazy magic that no matter how different my life was from the characters' lives in the books I read, I could see myself in their stories? The more I learned, the less I knew. But the more I seemed to

understand.”

 

“Reading those hundred books made me realize that every part of life needs maintenance. My emotions needed to be exercised. My ability to handle stress needed to be worked on. My perspective on relationships, on time, on purpose—it all needed training. I wasn't only out of shape in my reading. I was out of shape in life. And every book I picked up was another workout, another step too long. toward strengthening the parts of me that had been neglected and then there was the biggest lesson of all: time. The more I read, the more I understood that time is finite. That every moment we spend avoiding growth, and avoiding hard things, is a moment we don't get.”

 

“It's never too late to change your story, to rewrite the narrative that has been placed on you, to step into the life you deserve. No matter where you are, or what you've been through, you are not stuck. You are not defined by your past. You are not limited by what you thought was possible. You can always grow, always learn, always move forward. And if nothing else, I hope this book proves that. I hope it shows that learning to read at thirty-four years old isn't a failure—it's a victory. That struggling is the proof that you haven't given up. That asking for help, taking your time, doing things your own way—none of that makes you any less worthy. It only makes you human. This isn't the end of my story. It's just the beginning. And if you're reading this, wherever you are in your own journey, I hope you know that the story is never over. We're the authors. And there is always another chapter waiting to be written\.”

Marketing Help?

Brian Feinblum can be reached at brianfeinblum@gmail.com  He is available to help authors like you to promote your story, sell your book, and grow your brand. He has over 30 years of experience in successfully helping thousands of authors in all genres. Let him be your advocate, teacher, and motivator! 

 

About Brian Feinblum

This award-winning blog has generated over 8,200,000 page views. With nearly 5,700+ posts over the past 15 years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2026, 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.”  Copyright 2026.

 

For the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director of publicity at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler.

 

His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully) and (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/10-things-my-dog-taught-me-about-marketing-books). He was recently interviewed by the IBPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0BhO9m8jbs

 

He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, three times at BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association, Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, five times at Morgan James Publishing Red Carpet, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the 2024 IBPA Book Awards.

 

His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.

 

Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog.

 

You can connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum/ or https://www.facebook.com/brian.feinblum