Episode 194 – Reporting Delays, Patreon Backtracks, and KU on the Rise

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Question of the Week: How do you cope with negativity and other things that don’t go well in your business? How might you change the way you react going forward in 2018?

Could changing how you react to negativity have a positive impact on your business in 2018? In the home stretch to the end of 2017, Jim and Bryan take a moment to thank their patrons: Covermint Design, Plain Talk Book Marketing, and The Efficient Writer. Tips include great advice on how to quit your 9-to-5 to write full-time, selling more books by keeping promises to readers, and how a key in making a living writing is to keep writing the next book. In publishing news, Patreon reverses it’s decision about fee structures, Amazon has released a year-end bestseller compilation list, audiobooks continue as the fastest growing segment in digital publishing, Amazon’s payouts for KU increased again, and authors are experiencing major delays in sales reporting from Amazon. Question of the week: How do you cope with negativity and other things that don’t go well in your business? How might you change the way you react going forward in 2018?
What You’ll Learn:
  • How to avoid the pitfalls of quitting your 9-5 to become an author
  • How to make sure you’re meeting and exceeding reader expectations
  • Why “writing the next book” should always be on your to-do list
  • Why Patreon decided to walk back their fee changes
  • Which books hit the top of Amazon’s 2017 Most Read chart
  • The size and growth of the audiobook industry
  • How much the Kindle Unlimited pool has increased in the last few months
  • What issues Amazon reporting (and authors) have faced in the last few weeks
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