Episode 440 – BookFunnel Previews, Finding Focus, and Trad Pub Stat Silliness

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When you’ve been able to focus on a project, what have you usually had to do to make that happen?

This week we have a great show in store for you. Leave us a review on Apple Podcast and answer the Question of the Week in the comment section. The Kickstarter Webinar with Russell & Monica is Thursday, September 15th. You can sign up at https://bryancohen.lpages.co/kickstarter-webinar/. Claire’s Reclaim Your Author Career Coaching is open. Go to https://www.ffs.media/coaching to enroll. Top Tips of the week include why you should stop kidding yourself that multitasking works, why authors should use Kickstarter, and how slow writing can lead to writing success. The 5 News stories that matter most to indies this week include Bookfunnel’s new sample feature and how it can help sell books, how Big 5 publishing’s own stats are making Big 5 publishers look bad, why showing your work can bring you business, how Spotify plans to sell your audiobooks and whether you should let them, and the new minimalist writing tool on the market. Question of the Week: When you’ve been able to focus on a project, what have you usually had to do to make that happen?

What You’ll Learn:
  • Why you should stop kidding yourself that multitasking works
  • The plain talk on why authors should use Kickstarter
  • Slow writing can lead to writing success
  • That Bookfunnel’s new sample feature can help sell books
  • How Big 5 publishing’s own stats are making Big 5 publishers look bad
  • That showing your work can bring you business
  • How Spotify plans to sell your audiobooks and whether you should let them
  • About the new minimalist writing tool on the market
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When you’ve been able to focus on a project, what have you usually had to do to make that happen?

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