Episode 106 – Algorithms, Gamification, and Facebook Live

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Question of the Week: Do you think the Amazon sales algorithm is game-able? Why or why not?

It’s springtime in the self-publishing world, and Jim and Bryan are blooming with tips and news to help you grow your author career. After thanking their latest patron David King (and his book Hitler Out of Time http://www.hitleroutoftime.com/amazon ), the lilac-fresh friends dug up some tips on audiobooks, going wide, and iBooks. News stories included Hugh Howey’s latest option, the gamification of the ebook industry, a trad pub auction, how publishers should adapt, Facebook Live, and the newest approximately of the Amazon algorithm. This week’s Question of the Week: Do you think the Amazon sales algorithm is game-able? Why or why not?
What You’ll Learn:
  • How to plan your book for audio
  • How to play the long game with your books
  • Tips for getting sales on iBooks
  • Why Hugh Howey’s latest option is great for storytellers
  • Why Jim doesn’t think gamification will work with ebooks
  • How Bryan and Jim disagree on a trad pub charity auction
  • Why publishers should ask themselves “what makes them necessary”
  • How authors can use Facebook Live in their business
  • The best approximation of the Amazon sales rank algorithm yet
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Question of the Week: Do you think the Amazon sales algorithm is game-able? Why or why not?

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