Episode 295 – The First Time, Pros for Trad Pub, and Back Matter Mastery

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What do you remember about the first time… you sold more books than you expected?

Your first big success, what do you remember? Episode 300 is so close! Bryan is back home in Pennsylvania with family for Thanksgiving. Jim has five episodes left, but the Sell More Books Show will continue. Jim explains how to catch a turkey! Bryan is having a Black Friday Sale! Tickets are still available for Self-Publishing Live 2020. This week’s Happy Books Review Winner is Thomas J. Sullivant. Thank you to our featured Patrons: Nolan Walker And The Superiors Squad, Sales Success Stories, and How to Self-Publish A Children’s Book. The Top Tips of the week include how to publish your book in audio, what you need to do on reading days, and how reviews may be cheaper. The 5 News stories that matter most to indies this week include what the most recent YA scandal is, how amazon is updating again, how to increase you read-through, what the pros of traditional publishing are, and what novelist Rob Billiau is doing right. Question of the Week: What do you remember about the first time… you sold more books than you expected?

What You’ll Learn:
  • The best ways to produce your audiobook
  • To nail your next book reading
  • How Kobo can help get your book reviewed
  • There’s been yet another YA scandal
  • That the Amazon algorithm is always changing
  • How your book’s back matter can lead to more sales of your other books
  • The Pros for traditional publishing
  • How a LitRPG author launched his book
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What do you remember about the first time… you sold more books than you expected?

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