For everyone interested in starting a record label-to market new talent or to release and promote their own music-there has never been a better time to do it
Music can be released, distributed, and promoted for a fraction of traditional costs. Veteran author and music-business consultant Daylle Deanna Schwartz (who started and ran her own label) has rewritten and expanded her classic, "Start & Run Your Own Record Label," to reflect industry changes and new opportunities for marketing music in today's climate.
"Start & Run Your Own Record Label" is a comprehensive guidebook to building a record label, packed with how-to information about market trends and revenue streams for music releases. In addition to updated information on physical distribution, generating publicity, marketing, and promotion, it also has new information about key issues including:
-Balancing on and offline promotion and marketing
-Making the most of online resources (social-networking sites, blogs, ringtones, videos, radio, and more)
-Using digital distribution profitably
-Licensing your recordings for use in the media
-Marketing music overseas
Ms. Schwartz has compiled new interviews with top industry professionals and independent labels-including recording artist CJ Baran (Push Play), Jed Carlson (founder, ReverbNation), Daniel Glass (founder, Glassnote Entertainment), blogger Perez Hilton, Scott Lapatine (founder, Stereogum), recording artist Ingrid Michaelson, Jeff Price (founder, Tunecore), MP3 bloggers, music-magazine editors, publicists, and others-for the most up-to-date, authoritative, and practical compendium available.

Gay Men Can Be a Girl's Best Friend!

""You deserve to be treated like a queen--or at least be complimented by one. Keep a gay man on hand for self-esteem emergencies.""
--Randy, one of the 33 gay guys featured in "Straight Talk with Gay Guys"

You're about to get the inside scoop on men! And who better to tell you everything" you need and want to know about the opposite sex than gay guys?

"Straight Talk with Gay Guys," written by a relationship expert and author of the megahit "All Men Are Jerks Until Proven Otherwise," gives you the real deal on how and why men think and act as they do. Featuring constructive advice from experts on masculine behavior--33 smart, hilarious, observant, and caring gay men who are corporate executives, journalists, musicians, hairstylists, and a variety of other professions--this empowering guide offers the most insightful relationship advice you've ever had. Learn to set boundaries for inappropriate behavior and stop jerks in their tracks Hone skills for avoiding sexual mishaps and being manipulated into bed Learn how to translate "manspeak" Discover what women do that drives men away Quit searching for Mr. Right and start having more fun dating Identify and avoid the "now you see him-now you don't" guy Close the book on Prince Charming and the Cinderella fairy-tale ending

"Straight Talk with Gay Guys" is a fun and eye-opening discussion that will help you improve your self-esteem, heat up the bedroom, and take control of your own behavior with men to get more of what you want.

"How to Please a Woman In & Out of Bed" is the perfect book for any man who wants to turn up the heat in his relationship. It tells you what women really want from their men--and shows you how to please a woman without sacrificing one bit of your masculinity. By learning three key elements--compassion, communication, and "technique"--you'll learn to get everything you ever wanted out of a woman--both in and out of bed--without arguing, manipulating, or begging. Men from all walks of life have turned to author Daylle Deanna Schwartz's relationship workshops because she tells it like it is--revealing what really works with women and what doesn't--without complicated theories or endless analysis. This book is packed with the real-life examples and practical, easy-to-apply advice that will help you understand women better--and get everything you want from your relationships.

Following in the footsteps of "New York Times "bestseller "The Tapping Solution "by Nick Ortner, this book from renowned Tapping expert Margaret Lynch teaches us how to use Tapping (Emotional Freedom Techniques) to clear the blocks to achieving greater wealth.
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), also known as Tapping, have become a popular tool for realizing personal goals. For many of us, increasing our wealth is one of our greatest ambitions, but also an area where we feel the most stuck because we have limiting fears and beliefs that sabotage our success. EFT uses the fingertips to tap on acupuncture points while emotionally tuning in to negative attitudes and past experiences, thereby clearing the inner blocks to attracting and managing wealth.
Tapping Into Wealth includes QR codes that link to video demonstrations of Tapping techniques. Discover how Tapping can help you release your old views of money and open the door to more wealth than you ever imagined.

Plug your music career into the lucrative new income streams of the digital marketplace
Record deals are so twentieth century. Today, music licensing is the fastest route to widespread exposure and a steady income. Creators of films, television shows, commercials, video games, ringtones, podcasts and other digital-age media hunger for music perfectly suited to their projects--providing endless, lucrative opportunities for savvy musicians. Whether you're an unknown composer, an up-and-coming songwriter, an independent-label performer, or a big label star, there's a place for you in this fast-growing field--as long as you learn to master the game.
How does music licensing work? Where are the most abundant and rewarding opportunities? Find the answers in this authoritative, up-to-the-moment overview of one of the most effective ways to market your talent. It's all here:
The key players in the music licensing business and the best ways to make contacts and bring your music to their attentionTypes of licensing agreements and how to understand themAn inside look at the licensing selection process and how to get a jump on music requestsNegotiating payment and protecting your music in the open marketplace, including international venuesGetting music licensed for television shows, films, commercials, digital media, and less obvious markets like colleges and universities, theater companies, corporate training videos, and restaurantsFirsthand advice from top music executives, marketers, music supervisors, lawyers, talent managers, and filmmakers