Episode 132 – KDP Print, Prime Reading, and Submission Fees

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Question of the Week: Will you stick with CreateSpace or test out KDP Print and why? Also, who would you like to be SMBS President?

After sharing the results of the first ever SMBS Presidential Election, Jim and Bryan took on the latest in book marketing news. Tips included solidifying your successful author mindset, the importance of focus during your writing time, and which type of marketing works best. Following their honoring of recent patrons Ethan Jones (and his book The Secret Blush http://bit.ly/secblush ), Chris Syme (and her book SMART Social Media For Authors http://amzn.to/1JLTwYI ), and Geoff North (and his book Thawed: CRYERS http://http://bit.ly/thawcry ), they touched on news stories related to Ellora’s Cave, publishing submission fees, Amazon Prime Reading, KDP page read errors, and KDP Print paperbacks. This week’s Question of the Week is: Will you stick with CreateSpace or test out KDP Print and why? Also, who would you like to be SMBS President?
What You’ll Learn:
  • How writers can achieve a successful author mindset
  • How the power of focus helped one author achieve his goals
  • Why you should remember to consider reader concerns when marketing
  • What Ellora’s Cave wants in exchange for returning authors’ rights
  • What authors think caused last month’s KDP page read errors
  • Why one publishing company is charging submission fees
  • What new free service Amazon Prime members can enjoy
  • How authors can use KDP Print to create paperbacks
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Question of the Week: Will you stick with CreateSpace or test out KDP Print and why? Also, who would you like to be SMBS President?

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