Episode 219 – Relaunching, Going Wide, and Audio-Only Stories

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Question of the Week: Do you see Amazon sticking with the Audible model of $15 for one book (and its Channels content) per month or will it shift to an Unlimited model and why?

How confident are you that Amazon will keep current pricing with Audible? Bryan and Jim marvel at 219 straight weeks of podcasts and remind listeners to get Summit 2019 tickets before they are sold out. Bryan calls for indie author success stories and announces the QOTW winners. The guys thank ALL our wonderful Patrons. Bryan and Jim have some helpful tips like using the right credit card to get points from your ad spend, how to re-invigorate your New Year’s resolutions, and which activities will help increase your productivity. The big news stories this week were how Chance Carter had to pay the piper, what are Apple and Amazon’s reader conversion plans, why one author is going wide for a launch advantage, why Amazon is taking a page from brick and mortar for pricing, which author’s series reboot hit the Top 1,000 in the Kindle Store, and why Amazon and Apple are in an audio content war. Question of the Week: Do you see Amazon sticking with the Audible model of $15 for one book (and its Channels content) per month or will it shift to an Unlimited model and why?

What You’ll Learn:
  • How to get extra credit card points when you create AMS ads
  • How to get back to your New Year’s Resolutions halfway through the year
  • Activities that can help make your other time more productive
  • The actions Amazon took on Chance Carter’s books
  • Apple and Amazon’s plans for improving reader conversions
  • How one author turned going wide into a big launch advantage
  • How Amazon is taking a page from brick and mortar retail for its pricing
  • How one author rebooted his series to hit the Top 1,000 in the Kindle Store
  • Why Amazon is gobbling up audio content and how this impacts the Amazon vs. Apple audio war
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