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This weekend at Bird & Beckett Bird & Beckett Books & Records [Video]

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Students frame the pros this weekend, with a cavalcade of SFSU creative arts students converging for a poetry and music revue Thursday evening and a gaggle of jazz students from SFCM celebrating the impending end of the semester Sunday afternoon.

In between, on Friday and Saturday, we present three significant jazz concerts and a book launch!

Friday at 6pm, the 230 Jones Street band celebrates the memory of  veteran pianist Si Perkoff, and at 8pm we present Seattle avant guitarist Mike Gamble’s trio with bassist Lisa Mezzacappa, herself a key figure in the Bay Area avant garde.

Saturday evening, two giants of the music, Phillip Greenlief and Scott Amendola, get in a few final duo licks as Phillip prepares to decamp with his wife for Maine this summer! Catch this one, and mark your calendar now for two nights of shows with Phillip’s long running Lost Trio on June 14 …

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The Easy and Simple Way To Sell PDFs While You Sleep!

Looking to make passive income online by just selling downloadable PDF files? Well, right now is the best time to do it. Why? Because the market is already using them, wants more of them, and searching for them online. Why should you sell PDF products online? Because you can easily create a broad range of […]

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Human-Centered Book Marketing With Dan Blank [Video]

How can you connect to readers in a way that is sustainable for you and effective at selling books? 23:25 - Interview startsHow can you choose the best platform when there are so many options? Dan Blank gives his recommendations.In the intro, TikTok ban signed into law in the USA [The Verge]; No One Buys Books [Elle Griffin]; Please stop bashing book publishing [Publishing Confidential]; The Hotsheet; Books sell, but book doesn't [Seth Godin]. Plus, my new podcast logo; Spear of Destiny finishing energy, artist's date at Salisbury Cathedral.Today's show is sponsored by my patrons! Join my community and get access to extra videos on writing craft, author business, AI and behind the scenes info, plus an extra Q&A show a month where I answer Patron questions. It's about the same as a black coffee a month! Join the community at https://www.Patreon.com/thecreativepennDan Blank helps authors develop a human-centered approach to marketing through his book, Be the Gateway: A Practical Guide to Sharing Your Creative Work and Engaging an Audience, as well as his podcast, The Creative Shift, and his coaching and consultancy services at WeGrowMedia.com.Learning how to feel good about sharing and marketingKeeping the human connection while scaling our reachDeciding what platform is best for your style of marketingDifferences between the “daily work” and launch marketingMarketing later books in a seriesAdvantages of Substack to get your newsletter discoveredBalancing social engagement with the work of writing booksYou can find Dan at https://www.WeGrowMedia.com and https://www.DanBlank.Substack.comYou can find the transcript and show notes in the podcast backlist: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/podcasts/Buy writing books directly from me: https://www.CreativePennBooks.comBuy my fiction and memoir at https://www.JFPennBooks.comJoin my community at https://www.patreon.com/thecreativepenn