Episode 229 – Facebook Profile Posts, Pain Points, and Slow But Steady Writing

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Question of the Week: What’s the best made-up headline you can come up with about the latest terrible thing happening to the author community? (i.e. Amazon Now Requires Blood Sample to Join KDP Select)

What’s your best “sky is falling” clickbait headline for the author community? Jim and Bryan are back in action, and they’re here to announce the Author Accelerate 31 Covers promotion, which gives you a chance to get a professional cover tweak! After thanking their patrons Hypercage, The Secret Blush, and Sell More Books With Less Social Media, the dynamic duo provided tips on writing out of town, organizing your email lists, and building your brand. News stories included the launch of the Walmart/Kobo online bookstore, the biggest international stories of the week, China Literature’s recent film company purchase, one author’s slow but steady path to success, why the sky isn’t falling on Facebook, and how another author 30x’d his sales by buckling down and doing the work. This week’s Question of the Week: What’s the best made-up headline you can come up with about the latest terrible thing happening to the author community? (i.e. Amazon Now Requires Blood Sample to Join KDP Select)

What You’ll Learn:
  • Why you should make an extra effort to write even when you’re out of town on author business
  • How to organize your email lists using a spreadsheet
  • Why writing new books in your genre often isn’t enough to build a readership
  • What we hope will happen with Walmart’s new e-bookstore
  • The latest news in the international e-publishing world
  • Why China Literature bought a film company
  • How one author write 4 books over 30+ months to find big success
  • Why the sky isn’t falling, but you should still be wary of posting business things to your Facebook profile page
  • How Simon Haynes found his pain point and increased his book sales thirty times over
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Question of the Week: What’s the best made-up headline you can come up with about the latest terrible thing happening to the author community? (i.e. Amazon Now Requires Blood Sample to Join KDP Select)

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