Episode 242 – KDP Reports, Pay to Play, and Help From Your Friends

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Question of the Week: What features do you think have been missing from book sales reporting software? Do you think you’ll use Amazon’s new KDP Reports often?

What would be your perfect sales reporting software? After sharing their Thanksgiving plans, Jim and Bryan award Nathan Goodman the latest Happy Book Reviews feature. They also thanked their patrons Sales Success Stories, Nolan Walker and the Superiors Squad, and How to Self-Publish a Children’s Book. The tips included creating a “to-don’t list,” writing with audio in mind, and why creativity may need a walk. This week’s stories include checking your Createspace password, the latest on Amazon buy buttons for books, Amazon’s newest sales reporting dashboard, why Mark Dawson thinks Amazon is headed for a pay-to-play platform, and how Jami Albright knocked her latest launch out of the park. Question of the Week: What features do you think have been missing from book sales reporting software? Do you think you’ll use Amazon’s new KDP Reports often?

What You’ll Learn:
  • How you’ll benefit from a To-Don’t list
  • Tips for writing for audio
  • Why you might want to take a walk
  • Why you should still remember to change your password on Createspace
  • What’s the latest with missing books from Amazon.com’s sales pages
  • How some authors might be tracking their data in the future
  • What will be required of authors who want to “play ball”
  • How an author enlisted the help of others for a successful book launch
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Question of the Week: What features do you think have been missing from book sales reporting software? Do you think you’ll use Amazon’s new KDP Reports often?

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