Jim and Bryan are back with news about 2016 author data, audiobook monopolies, Microsoft’s new ebook store, and more! After thanking their patrons Pirates vs. Dragons, A Curse Upon the Saints, and Peaks of Passion, the talented twosome took on tips related to LinkedIn, the pulp mindset, and using Vellum on a PC. News stories included Kobo’s progress with Overdrive, Macmillan’s play with Pronoun, the new Microsoft ebook store, a big potential change in audiobooks going forward, and Data Guy’s 2017 Digital Book World presentation. This week’s Question of the Week: If you were publishing an audiobook on Audible today, given the potential of change in the next 7 years, would you go exclusive for higher royalties, or non-exclusive to take advantage of the potential new channels?

What You’ll Learn:

• How nonfiction authors can use LinkedIn to promote their books
• What is preventing authors from being as prolific as pulp writers
• What easy workaround PC owners can use to access Vellum
• How Kobo plans to get more indies and small presses into libraries
• What new changes authors who publish through Pronoun can expect
• What new online retailer readers can soon turn to for ebooks
• How an agreement between Audible and Amazon will affect the audiobook market
• Why Data Guy says comparing print vs. digital book sales is the wrong question

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Question of the Week: If you were publishing an audiobook on Audible today, given the potential of change in the next 7 years, would you go exclusive for higher royalties, or non-exclusive to take advantage of the potential new channels?