Question of the Week: Will you take additional steps to plan for the publishing side of your estate? Why or why not?
Bryan and Jim are back with more news than you can shake an Author Solutions Star Trek writing contest at! After thanking their new patrons, Bobby Adair (and his book Slow Burn: Zero Day http://bit.ly/slowburne ) and L.J. Burke (and his book Divorced Dad http://bit.ly/daddivor ), the double stack of digital news took on tips about self-published workbooks, Goodreads ebook giveaways, and Amazon’s new Video Direct platform. News stories included Simon & Schuster’s Star Trek writing contest, attractiveness in trad pub contracts, estate planning, The Fussy Librarian’s affiliate troubles, and Hugh Howey’s thoughts on 2009 ebook selling vs. today. This week’s Question of the Week: Will you take additional steps to plan for the publishing side of your estate? Why or why not?
What You’ll Learn:
- How to get an additional revenue stream from your existing books
- A new way to run giveaways for your ebooks
- How Amazon plans to create its own YouTube
- What message Simon & Schuster sent by outsourcing to Author Solutions
- Why self-publishing is much more inclusive
- What you should do to ensure your books keep earning after your death
- Why Jim thinks The Fussy Librarian issue could be a one-off
- The difference between selling books in 2009 vs. 2016
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Question of the Week: Will you take additional steps to plan for the publishing side of your estate? Why or why not?