Bryan and Jim reunited in this week’s Sell More Books Show. After discussing last week’s episode (which featured author Hugh Howey), the dynamic duo talked reading, Ted Saves the World’s recent launch, critique groups, email lists and the storytelling app Episode. While Amazon’s Readers Unite campaign was the top story, we also talked same-day book delivery services, Big 5 e-profits, subscription services and selling direct. This week’s Question of the Week: What’s the #1 thing you’ve done to market your books in the last 30 days?
What You’ll Learn:
- How much successful authors read on a monthly basis
- Some of the stats from Bryan’s Ted Saves the World launch
- One way to keep the freeloaders separate from true fans
- The importance of a critique group
- How to use an app to make an animated, interactive mobile story
- What Amazon and Barnes & Noble are doing to sell paperbacks
- Why Big 5 publishers like to keep ebook profits on the down low
- Which book subscription service is the best
- How and why to incorporate selling direct
- What Jim thinks about Amazon’s recent Readers Unite email
- Why Bryan thinks the fundamentals are so important
Links:
- Two Lists or Not Two Lists
- Critiques with Salt
- Animate Your Stories
- Same Day Book Delivery
- Same Day Book Delivery #2
- HarperCollins’ E-Profits
- Subscription Showdown
- A New Direct-tion
- Readers Unite
- Jim’s Book
Question of the Week:
What’s the #1 thing you’ve done to market your books in the last 30 days?