Question of the Week: Are you going to shell out $99 a year to join the Amazon Advantage program? Why or why not?
With a little help from their five intern candidates, Bryan and Jim took on a massive news week in the world of self-publishing. After thanking their new patron Nora Femenia (and her book The Silent Marriage http://bit.ly/silmarr ) Chris Fox dropped by the show to discuss the results of his 21-Day Novel Writing Challenge. Chris and the guys discussed tips on book marketing examples, the costs of editing, and productivity heat maps. The temporary trio examined 7 big stories, including Kobo’s expansion to Turkey, backwards copyright law proposals, trad pub algorithms, podcast TV adaptations, branded content on Facebook, Wattpad’s new entertainment endeavor, and the Amazon Advantage program. This week’s Question of the Week: Are you going to shell out $99 a year to join the Amazon Advantage program? Why or why not?
What You’ll Learn:
- The results of Chris Fox’s 21-Day Novel Writing Challenge
- How to see 180+ real-life examples of strong marketing
- How much you can expect to pay for developmental editing
- Why it’s important to know when you’re most productive
- What Kobo’s latest expansion means for the industry
- Why Chris Fox doesn’t think the proposed copyright law will pass in Australia
- Why algorithms could replace agents in the future
- Which indie author is getting a TV deal through podcasting
- Why you shouldn’t worry about the Facebook branded content rule
- How Wattpad is innovating and how it could impact indies
- The tools at your disposal if you join Amazon Advantage
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Question of the Week: Are you going to shell out $99 a year to join the Amazon Advantage program? Why or why not?