Question of the Week: When you see that six-figure authors have an average of 30 books written, does that motivate you or discourage you? What do you think you would have to do to get that many books on your backlist?

Bryan and Jim absolutely brought it on an episode featuring a survey of six-figure authors and discussions about Whispersync and the new KDP Dashboard (hint: Jim doesn’t like it). After thanking their patrons Sanyare: The Rebel Apprentice, The Thing Speaks for Itself, and Dark as the Grave, the sommeliers of self-publishing took on tips about BookBub pre-order announcements, Goodreads email notifications, and keyword research. Top stories included Penguin getting into merchandise, BookFunnel getting into bundles, the new KDP Dashboard, Amazon increasing Whispersync prices, and the six-figure author survey from Written Word Media. This week’s Question of the Week: When you see that six-figure authors have an average of 30 books written, does that motivate you or discourage you? What do you think you would have to do to get that many books on your backlist?

What You’ll Learn:

How a new feature from BookBub can boost your pre-orders
Why Goodreads Giveaways could be worthwhile after all (with the help from a new feature)
How to use your customer reviews to enhance your keyword research
Why Penguin is getting into the shirt business
What we think about BookFunnel trying out bundling
Why Jim thinks the new KDP Dashboard already needs a re-do
Why Bryan thinks Whispersync is upping its prices
What attributes six-figure authors tend to have in common

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