Episode 65 – Social Sharing, Failure, and Millennials

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Question of the Week: Why aren’t millennials buying ebooks? Is it a lack of time, too much technology, have young people always read less, or is it something else entirely?

Bryan and Jim are back in action with another week of the latest tips and news. After Bryan discussed the recent Stanley Cup bet he won with Pete Bauer, the devilishly handsome duo talked about the Alphasmart 3000, valuing your mistakes, and how to use Scrivener to organize your marketing. News stories focused on an update to the German adult ebook law, reading among millennials, why trad pub can’t innovate, how to truly own your books, the true cost of traditional publishing, and why social sharing could be the new author marketing craze. This week’s Question of the Week: Why aren’t millennials buying ebooks? Is it a lack of time, too much technology, have young people always read less, or is it something else entirely?
What You’ll Learn: 
  • How to write using a $19 word processor
  • Why you should value your mistakes
  • How to use Scrivener to organize your marketing
  • What German lawmakers are doing with the adult ebook restriction
  • How many millennials read ebooks in the UK
  • Why corporations are unlikely to innovate in publishing
  • How to exercise control over your self-published books
  • The true cost of traditional publishing
  • Why social sharing could be the future of book discovery
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Question of the Week: Why aren’t millennials buying ebooks? Is it a lack of time, too much technology, have young people always read less, or is it something else entirely?

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