The pair of publishing podcasters have a new nickname (and you’ll have to listen to find out)! After praising their patrons Kathy Coatney (Dad’s Girls http://www.kathycoatney.com/dads-girls/ ) and Tara Ross (Cubicle Jail to Laptop Lifestyle http://amzn.to/1ZNNHWl ), they took on a trio of tips about Netline, genre fiction, and building your dream team of employees. News stories focused on Ilona Andrew’s self-published novella, British literary festivals, category coups, Flipkart’s bow, the rise of audio, and taking risks vs. gambling. This week’s Question of the Week: Do you think Amazon should do something about books taking over categories they don’t belong in? Or should indies just take advantage of the category situation?

• Jim and Bryan’s new nicknames!
• How to use NoiseTrade and Netline to get more subscribers
• Where Russell Blake thinks indies have an advantage
• How to build up your dream team of employees
• Which trad pub urban fantasy author is trying self-publishing
• Why British literary festivals are getting called out
• What’s making it so difficult to search for books on Amazon
• The big news coming out of India for Flipkart
• Why audio is changing the book industry is such a big way
• Whether or not publishing for profit is a black and white affair

• Kathy Coatney’s Dad’s Girls
• Tara Ross’ Cubicle Jail to Laptop Lifestyle
• Beyond the Noise
• Genre Entendre
• Your Dream Team
• Dipping the Toes
• Festivus for the Rest of Us 
• Sexy Bastards
• Taking the Pot (1)
• Taking the Pot (2)
• Audio Ascends (1)
• Audio Ascends (2)
• The Risks We Take

Question of the Week: Do you think Amazon should do something about books taking over categories they don’t belong in? Or should indies just take advantage of the category situation?