How does the painfully long wait time on ACX approvals affect your publishing plans and what could you do to mitigate or even capitalize on this new reality?
How does the painfully long wait time on ACX approvals affect your publishing plans and what could you do to mitigate or even capitalize on this new reality?Bryan’s Amazon Ad School Course is now live. You can get 30 days of direct email support and lifetime access to the Amazon Ad Profit Challenge at SellingForAuthors.com/April20 This week H. Claire Taylor is joined by author Jami Albright who is also an Indie publishing coach so make sure to check out her website. Claire is still running a promo on her story alignments with he code SMBS. All link will be provided for you. This week’s Super Charger Story Course Winner is S.A. Schneider. Thank you to our featured Patrons – Black Shadow Moon: Stoker’s Dark, Twisting Fate, and A Christmas Gift. The Top Tips of the week include what could be better for you than an author website, what can help you build stronger reader connections, and what playing a metadata game can teach you. The 5 News stories that matter most to indies this week include why library supporters are calling authors and publishers greedy, how Ingram’s LightningSource could become the new normal, what drastic changes are happening to people in the Amazon Associates affiliate program, could Amazon be struggling during this pandemic, and who’s two week standard processing time has turned into seven weeks. Question of the Week: How does the painfully long wait time on ACX approvals affect your publishing plans and what could you do to mitigate or even capitalize on this new reality?
- Why you might not need a full website
- How to organize an anthology
- To fine-tune your metadata
- That some people think you’re elitist if you object to stolen books
- The Big 5 might be on the verge of print-on-demand
- That Amazon is reducing affiliate rates
- How Amazon is helping you not buy stuff
- Why you should expect a longer wait for your audiobook
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Black Shadow Moon: Stoker’s Dark by P.G. Kassel
Twisting Fate by Caro Bégin
A Christmas Gift by Stella Wilkinson
Tip #1: Go Small Or Go Home
Tip #2: Very Well Put Together
Tip #3: Publisher Metadata Madness – The Home Quarantine Edition
News #5: If You Call It A Library (1)
News #5: If You Call It A Library (2)
News #4: Awakening a Sleeping Giant?
News #3: Tone Deaf Timing
News #2: I Don’t Buy It
News #1: AC Expect a Long Wait