Question of the Week: What’s your first reaction to Kobo and Walmart teaming up? Do you think you’ll sell more books on Kobo as a result of the partnership? Why or why not?

Will the teaming up of Kobo and Walmart be a dream team for authors? On the momentous occasion of their 200th show, Jim and Bryan kick off the fun with a special thanks to their patrons The Darby Shaw Chronicles box set, God and Gigs: Succeed as a Musician Without Sacrificing Your Faith, and Star Flame: A Story from the Meclauks Kingdom. Helpful tips this week include how authors can maximize sales with an eye-catching title, jumpstarting your promotions, and improving Kobo sales. In news, recently launched Bookstat could be headed for some legal trouble, Barnes & Noble has changed the name of Nook Press and made a few other tweaks to their set-pub platform, why writers should be on the lookout for Author Solutions clones, speculation on Apple’s latest move and what it will mean, and Walmart and Kobo announces a new partnership. Question of the Week: What’s your first reaction to Kobo and Walmart teaming up? Do you think you’ll sell more books on Kobo as a result of the partnership? Why or why not?

What You’ll Learn:

How nonfiction authors can test their titles to maximize sales
How one author sold 1,000 copies over the holiday season
How authors can boost sales and reach more readers on Kobo
Why some indies are upset about the latest Author Earnings Report
How authors can identify and avoid Author Solutions clones
What Barnes & Noble is doing to revamp its self-publishing platform
What Apple’s latest ebookstore renovations will mean for authors
What Wal-Mart has planned for breaking into the ebook market publishing

Links:

Bryan’s Job Posting – Project Manager
Bryan’s Job Posting – Customer Service Specialist
The Career Author Podcast with J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon
The Darby Shaw Chronicles Box Set by Liberty Speidel
God and Gigs: Succeed as a Musician Without Sacrificing Your Faith by Allen C. Paul
Star Flame: A Story From the Meclauks Kingdom by Yvonne Carder
Tip #1: Title Wave
Tip #2: A Promo’s Worth a Thousand Words
Tip #3: Kobo-cabana
News #5: Identity Wars (1)
News #5: Identity Wars (2)
News #5: Identity Wars (3)
News #4: Nook-lear Fallout (1)
News #4: Nook-lear Fallout (2)
News #4: Nook-lear Fallout (3)
News #4: Nook-lear Fallout (4)
News #3: Attack of the Clones
News #2: Byte of the Apple (1)
News #2: Byte of the Apple (2)
News #2: Byte of the Apple (3)
News #1: The Writing’s on the Wal-(Mart) (1)
News #1: The Writing’s on the Wal-(Mart) (2)
News #1: The Writing’s on the Wal-(Mart) (3)

Question of the Week: What’s your first reaction to Kobo and Walmart teaming up? Do you think you’ll sell more books on Kobo as a result of the partnership? Why or why not?