Episode 81 – Reviews, Lists, and Indie Opportunity

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Question of the Week: How do you get your book reviews? What are some ways you might use to gather more?

Bryan and Jim headed deep into autumn with their latest episode on Amazon’s Fiverr reviews lawsuit, building giant email lists, and a comparison between indie and trad pub income. After thanking their wonderful Patrons for the week, Jennifer Evans Kochalka’s Grand Theft Auto and Other Misdemeanors ( http://amzn.to/1GRIzFb ), Tara Ross’ Cubicle Jail to Laptop Lifestyle ( http://amzn.to/1ZNNHWl ), and Mark Cooper’s Merkiaari Wars Box Set ( http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FU5LSME ), the stalwarts of self-publishing news took on a trio of tips about word count, writing productivity, and getting more reviews.
The news stories included million-reader email lists, indie author advice from the CEO of Hachette, Google book scanning project, Sela Lyons’ indie success, and Amazon’s lawsuit against Fiverr book reviewers. This week’s Question of the Week: How do you get your book reviews? What are some ways you might use to gather more?
What You’ll Learn: 
  • How Bryan is handling the stresses of his Selling for Authors launch
  • Why you might not to write as much as you think to write four novels annually
  • How to build your platform and still have time to write
  • Ways you can gather more book reviews
  • Why you shouldn’t sell ads to your mailing list
  • How to interpret advice from the CEO of Hachette
  • Why Google’s book scanning project helps authors
  • How much Sela Lyons’ would’ve made if she’d gone trad pub
  • What Amazon is thinking with its Fiverr reviewer lawsuit
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Question of the Week: How do you get your book reviews? What are some ways you might use to gather more?

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