Episode 74 – Non-Competes, Speed, and POD Bestsellers with Honoree Corder

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Question of the Week: What’s your best estimate on when the New York Times Bestseller list will either cease to exist or have to change drastically? If it does have to change, what will that change look like?

This week, Jim and Bryan welcomed Honoree Corder, the bestselling author of Prosperity for Writers to the show. They also mentioned their newest Patreon pledges on the air, including Crissy Moss (the author of Witch’s Sacrifice), Marc Gunn (the creator of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast), Alinka Rutkowska (author of How I Sold 80,000 Books), Parker Hudson (author of On the Edge), Jonathan Small (author of Ascent), and Sandy Williams (author of Shades of Treason). You can contribute to the Patreon page at http://patreon.com/smbs
Jim, Bryan, and Honoree took on a trio of tips about turning your book into a brochure, getting blurbs, and a rule of thumb for marketing budgets. News stories included the Author Solutions settlement, why librarians don’t seek out self-published books, Simon & Schuster’s small entry into KU, the Authors Guild’s campaign against non-competes, Stephen King’s unintentionally pro-indie argument, and the self-publishing print-on-demand #1 worldwide bestseller. This week’s Question of the Week: What’s your best estimate on when the New York Times Bestseller list will either cease to exist or have to change drastically? If it does have to change, what will that change look like?
What You’ll Learn: 
  • Who supported our new Patreon page in the first week
  • How Honoree Corder sold tens of thousands of paperback books
  • A four-step process to get more blurbs for your books
  • How much you should prepare to spend on marketing
  • The amount of money Author Solutions paid in their latest settlement
  • Why librarians don’t accept many self-published books
  • What Simon & Schuster’s foray into KU means
  • How the Authors Guild could succeed at its non-compete campaign
  • Why indies love Stephen King’s NY Times editorial
  • How a children’s book about rabbits has changed the industry
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Question of the Week: What’s your best estimate on when the New York Times Bestseller list will either cease to exist or have to change drastically? If it does have to change, what will that change look like?

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