Question of the Week: By linking to a free preview far at the end of an unlabeled multi-book collection, did the romance author we discussed do something opportunistic or simply unethical? If you saw a similar tweak that could get you more pages read from KU, would you do it if you knew Amazon was unlikely to take action? Why or why not?
Reminder: Jan. 12th is the final day to get your SMBS Summit ticket at the early bird price! Jim and Bryan kick things off with a big thanks to their featured patrons. Tips include why midlevel authors should slow down or pick up the pace, how authors get into the right business mindset, and how one author went from KU to wide. In news, one author’s Amazon rank was stripped for a third time, new and continuing trends for 2018, why Indian girls are falling behind when it comes to internet access, how scammers are stuffing books, and how one cease and desist letter helped project a book to the top of the charts. Question of the Week: By linking to a free preview far at the end of an unlabeled multi-book collection, did the romance author we discussed do something opportunistic or simply unethical? If you saw a similar tweak that could get you more pages read from KU, would you do it if you knew Amazon was unlikely to take action? Why or why not?Question of the Week: By linking to a free preview far at the end of an unlabeled multi-book collection, did the romance author we discussed do something opportunistic or simply unethical? If you saw a similar tweak that could get you more pages read from KU, would you do it if you knew Amazon was unlikely to take action? Why or why not?
What You’ll Learn:
- Why midlevel authors should slow down or pick up the pace
- How authors get into the right money and business mindset
- How one author journeyed from KU dependent to fully wide
- How one author’s rank was stripped for the third time
- What new and continuing trends will authors see in 2018
- Why Indian girls are falling behind in access to the internet
- How scammers are stuffing books and how to detect the fakes
- How one cease-and-desist letter took a book to the top of the Kindle and paperback charts
Links:
Last Chance for Early-Bird Summit Pricing
Webinar with J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon on Collaboration
The Life Actionbook: Tools and Actions for Personal Development by Steve Shockley
Somebody’s Darling by Linda Fausnet
Nightblade by Garrett Robinson
Tip #1: Optimum Velocity
Tip #2: Mind Over Money
Tip #3: Free Range
News #5: Third Time’s a Curse
News #4: Future Forecast
News #3: It’s a Man’s World (Wide Web)
News #2: Overstuffed
News #1: Wolff of White House (1)
News #1: Wolff of White House (2)
News #1: Wolff of White House (3)
Question of the Week: By linking to a free preview far at the end of an unlabeled multi-book collection, did the romance author we discussed do something opportunistic or simply unethical? If you saw a similar tweak that could get you more pages read from KU, would you do it if you knew Amazon was unlikely to take action? Why or why not?