This week we have a great show for you! Join the Sell More Books Show Afterparty group on Facebook and be sure to leave us a review on Apple Podcast! Top Tips of the week include how to make your newsletter easier and more effective at the same time, what crazy way an author got some attention for his book, and how to take a summer road trip and keep up your writing. The 5 News stories that matter most to indies this week include how to get to know your reader to sell more books, how a 30 year old author makes $97k with books about money for young women, what's so special about Chuck Tingle's Big 5 book contract, where to find a great opportunity for anyone who loves books and bare feet, and how textbook publishers want to use NFTs to charge students for used ebooks. Question of the week: How have you gathered information or otherwise found creative inspiration from your roadtrips?
Episode 450 - Tech Solutions, Big Tech Woes, and the Christmas Crunch
Episode 449 - Publishing Jargon, App Fees, and a New Ad Platform (w/Amy Teegan)
Episode 448 - Modern Dictation, Email Boosting, and App Store Fees
Episode 447 - ShopTok, Recession Planning, and Collaborators with Benefits
Episode 446 - Bestseller Lists, Print Power, and Amazon Author Pages
Episode 445 - Writing Commandments, Account Glitches, and AI Copyrights
Episode 444 - NFT Comeback, Free Data, and Amazon Attribution
Episode 443 Beta Bruises, Unreliable Narrators, and Changing Covers
Episode 442 - Non-Fiction Niche, French Shipping, and Amazon Returns
Episode 441 - Author Pressure, 1-Star Experiences, and Small Books
Episode 440 - BookFunnel Previews, Finding Focus, and Trad Pub Stat Silliness
Episode 439 - Writing Joy, Gen Z, and Tools of the Trade (with Mark from Stark)
Episode 438 - Author Habits, Myths, and Big Decisions
Episode 437- Damage Control, Fair Use, and Anticipating Objections
Episode 436 - AI Art, Kate Bush, & The History of Blurbs (with Phoebe Ravencraft)
Episode 434 - Acquisitions, Adapting, and Decision Fatigue
Episode 433 - Taking Stock and Measuring Progress
Episode 432 - Missing Data, Influence, and Less is More
Episode 431- All About Platforms, Apparently
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