Episode 72 – KU Numbers, Stigmas, and Contract Cop-outs

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Question of the Week: What were your July KU numbers? Are you happy with the results? Why or why not?

After Jim teased two new Author Marketing Club resources and Bryan offered a free consultation for new Best Page Forward subscribers, the triumphant team tackled the latest tips and news. The three tips included building a launch team, creating captivating Facebook cover images, and increasing your engagement on Google Plus. The top five newsworthy stories focused on the closure of PubSlush, John Scalzi’s diversification claims, St. Martin’s Press allegedly failing to live up to its contract, Liz C. Long’s frustration at the self-publishing stigma, and July’s Kindle Unlimited payout numbers. This week’s Question of the Week: “What were your July KU numbers? Are you happy with the results? Why or why not?”
What You’ll Learn: 
  • What’s coming up with Author Marketing Club
  • How to get a free consultation with Bryan for your description
  • What Lewis Howes is doing to catapult his launch
  • How to better use your Facebook page cover image
  • Why Google Plus may work better than Twitter
  • Some thoughts on why PubSlush closed its doors
  • How John Scalzi could’ve made more self-publishing
  • Why a 20-year trad pub author pulled his novel
  • What Jim and Bryan think you do instead of worrying about stigmas
  • How Joe Konrath and others fared with the new KU payout system
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Question of the Week: What were your July KU numbers? Are you happy with the results? Why or why not?

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