Let’s take a look at some of the best tweets from the past week, courtesy of bloggers, marketers, authors and others. The topics include book launch strategies, book covers made with public domain images, the perfect social media posts, and more. Best of luck in your writing, publishing, and marketing efforts!

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* How to Create Perfect Posts on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+

Learn the strategies that work best on each site. Social networks have different personalities and using the right approach makes a big difference:

http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/perfect-social-media-posts_b45033

* 5 Things Top-Selling Authors Know About Book Marketing

There’s no magic strategy, but there are some things that successful authors do that are worth learning (and doing):

http://www.sellingbooks.com/5-things-top-selling-authors-know-about-book-marketing/

* Need inspiration? Try These Blogs

These 5 publishing/publicity blogs offer great information, and are ranked in order of Twitter followers:

http://www.publiseek.com/publicity/top-5-publishing-pr-publicity-blogs/

* How to Make a Book Cover with Public Domain Images

Here are some great resources to explore if you’d like to use public domain images for your book cover:

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/how-to-make-a-book-cover-with-public-domain-images_b72574

* 10 Free (or Mostly Free) Book Launch Strategies

These tried and true marketing ideas worked for other authors, so they’re worth checking out:

http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/06/10-free-or-mostly-free-book-launch-strategies/

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