Episode 271 – Barnes & Noble, Research, and People Over Algorithms

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Question of the Week: If you bought Barnes & Noble, what would you do with it?

If you had control over B&N, what next step do you think would be best for readers? With Bryan taking the week off, author and launch consultant Courtney Kenney dropped in to talk news and tips with Jim. Tips included writing to multiple genres, a handy tool to manage reviewers, and why you should always value people over algorithms. News stories focused on writing in the angry age of social media, the rise and potential drop of ebooks, how writing helped one veteran provide for his family, how essential research is before hitting publish, and the bidding war over Barnes & Noble. This week’s Question of the Week: If you bought Barnes & Noble, what would you do with it?

What You’ll Learn:
  • Where you can go to learn about your genre
  • How to use Instagram to build your author brand
  • What one trick you can use to get the most out of your creative process
  • How self-publishing scams are still widespread and what to do about it
  • How an author super-charged his sales with a BookBub featured deal
  • What Joe Konrath has to say about rapid release quality
  • How one author will use box-sets and Facebook groups to hit 100k in sales this year
  • Who is turning 10 years old and what that has to do with publishing
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Question of the Week: If you bought Barnes & Noble, what would you do with it?

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