Episode 298 – Global Reviews, Kobo’s Tin Anniversary, and the Year 2039

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Do you think paper books will be dead by the year 2039? Why or why not?

What does the year 2039 look like for the publishing world? Episode 300 is so close! Bryan’s new hint for the new cohost is that she is obsessed with ghost adventures. Two more weeks with Jim! Be on the lookout Bryan has a new Amazon Ad Challenge coming up in January. This week’s Happy Books Review Winner is Guillaume Sauvé. Thank you to our featured Patrons: Get it Done, How to Pick Up Women with a Drunk Space Ninja, and Leah’s Choice. The Top Tips of the week include what your last minute gift can be, how you can revisit this years 20books event, and Smashwords’ new feature. An honorable mention goes to why the Big 5 may be changing. The 5 News stories that matter most to indies this week include how podcasts are going to change, why 2039 may be the year with no books, how libraries are bringing the people back, why your upticks may actually be old, and How Kobo is changing and growing. Question of the Week: Do you think paper books will be dead by the year 2039? Why or why not?

What You’ll Learn:
  • Some great gifts for the writers in your life
  • To learn from 20Books Vegas, but at home
  • How Smashwords helps you sell books before your books are for sale
  • The Big 5 could become the Big 4
  • How Alexa can enable your podcast
  • That books are dead in the future
  • Libraries are inviting readers back
  • Why you suddenly might have more reviews
  • Kobo is 10. Our kids grow up so fast…
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Do you think paper books will be dead by the year 2039? Why or why not?

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