Episode 217 – Disappearing Reviews, RNA Indies, and Reddit with Leo Petracci

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Question of the Week: Were your books impacted by last week’s purge of Amazon reviews? What will you do to ensure you continue to get more legitimate reviews in the future?

Are you taking steps to get more legitimate reviews on Amazon? Jim is back from fishing and he and Bryan both have great sales this week there’s the Happy Book Reviews summer deal from the Author Marketing Club. And it is the LAST day on Bryan’s book descriptions sale. The guys offer up a big thank you to this week’s Patrons – The Awakening, Carnal, and Twisting Fate. Also, Leo Petracci joins the fellas for their first lab segment in ages! There are three Hot Tips in this week’s show including when to relaunch a lagging series, how authors can rebuild their creativity by unlearning what they know, and what makes a successful cross-promotion. This week the five stories that made the news are why indie romance authors are finally getting a say in the UK, what prompted Amazon to crack down on serial returners, which tale of eBook woes and wins holds true, how to get out of Audible Romance, and who gets to review and who has limitations. Question of the Week: Were your books impacted by last week’s purge of Amazon reviews? What will you do to ensure you continue to get more legitimate reviews in the future?
What You’ll Learn:
  • How a superhero author hit #49 in the Kindle Store without a BookBub Featured Deal
  • Why authors should or should not relaunch their books
  • Why authors should unlearn what they’ve learned
  • How authors can benefit from collaboration with other authors
  • Why romance writers in the UK have reason to celebrate
  • How Amazon is banning customers who return too many products
  • How ebooks are both dying and thriving
  • Why romance authors are leaving Audible Romance
  • What to do about Amazon dis-allowing reviews of books
Links:
The Happy Book Reviews/AMC Summer Blowout Spectacular

Last DAY for Bryan’s Old Blurb Prices (Use Code MayDay at Checkout)

Leo Petracci’s Website

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