Long before a writer pens the last word in a story and launches into the Proof-Plus, that writer is considering promotions.

Promotions, marketing, that’s the same thing.

So much of marketing depends on spare cash and good fortune in eyes discovering it. The chief marketing tool, however, is something the writer can totally control.

Let’s look at the Loss Leader, also known as the Reader Magnet.

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