H. Claire Taylor subbed for Jim this week as the comedy duo of Cohen and Taylor took on the Sell More Books Show. After thanking their patrons Patrick O’Donnell ( http://bit.ly/mdcitypod ), C. Steven Manley ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00U3DW6MY ), and L. Penelope ( http://lpenelope.com/books/song-of-blood-and-stone/ ), Bryan and Claire chatted about tips on advertising, dictation, and BookBub featured deals. News stories included Books-A-Million self-publishing packages, an Amazon reading service for kids, a new pricing policy at Amazon Books, Steve Scott’s 17 steps to $1,000 in publishing, and authors struggling to get email subscribers. This week’s Question of the Week: Have you noticed a decrease in email subscriber numbers? If so, what have you done to try to help numbers pick back up?

What You’ll Learn:

• Where authors will get the biggest bang for their advertising buck
• How authors can start dictating their stories and why they should
• What one author learned from BookBub promotions
• What self-publishing packages Books-A-Million has to offer
• How Amazon is helping kids learn to read through text messages
• How Amazon Prime members will benefit from new pricing policies
• How 17-steps can lead authors to their first $1,000 in book sales
• Why some authors believe it’s more difficult to get email signups

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Question of the Week: Have you noticed a decrease in email subscriber numbers? If so, what have you done to try to help numbers pick back up?