Jim and Bryan made it one-third of the way to 100 with this week’s news-packed episode. After discussing some of Bryan’s Amazon tech support issues and sharing their code for the WriteOn service (7TLTK92H), the hosts with the most talked tips with pointers on pitching festivals, connecting with reviewers and a checklist for successful authors. The news included stories on happiness for indie authors, Amazon purchase of dot-book domains, women’s dominance of self-publishing, the Ethical Author Code, and Hachette’s deal with Amazon. Our Question of the Week: Who won the Amazon/Hachette deal and why?
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What You’ll Learn:
- What multi-author events Jim and Bryan are taking part in
- How you should go about pitching to literary festivals
- One way to make deeper connections with reviewers
- Things you should check off on your list as an indie author
- Why indies are happier than traditionally published authors
- What Amazon might do with its new dot-book domains
- The reasons women dominate self-publishing
- What it means to be an ethical authors
- The details behind Hachette’s deal with Amazon
Links:
- Portal Combat
- Write On (Code: 7TLTK92H)
- Jim’s Buck Books Promo
- Pitching Your Festival Tent
- Author Marketing Live! Virtual Event
- Reviewing Your Reviewers
- Indie Author Checklist
- Indies Are Smiling
- Amazon Books Dot Book
- Women for the Win
- Ethical Authors
- Ethical Authors #2
- Ethical Authors #3
- Hachette’s Olive Branch
- Hachette’s Olive Branch #2
- Hachette’s Olive Branch #3
- Hachette’s Olive Branch #4
Question of the Week: Who won the Amazon/Hachette deal and why?