Question of the Week: Should we be worried about trad pub trying out permafree? Why or why not? What do indies still have as a competitive advantage over trad pubs?
With Jim off winning an election (!!!), Bryan welcomed three of his early Selling for Authors students to the show. Dystopian new adult author Tarah Benner, nonfiction author Nathan Meunier, and dark fantasy author John L. Monk visited the podcast to talk tips, news, and Bryan’s Selling for Authors course (which closes its doors on Thursday, November 5th, 2015 at 11:59pm EST). Learn more at https://www.sellingforauthors.com
After thanking new patron Chris Ayala (author of The Last Days at www.TheLastDaysTrilogy.com ) and returning patrons Kate Curran (She’s Out of His League at http://bit.ly/shesout ) and Marc Gunn (Pirates vs. Dragons at http://bit.ly/pirdrag ), Bryan and the gang talked tips. The tips of the week focused on blurbs, writing like you talk, and using Facebook ads to grow your mailing list. News stories included Amazon’s bookstore, a woman who reviewed 31,000+ books, the decline of eReaders, trad pub’s international strides, Kris Rusch’s opinion on agents, and trad pub testing out the permafree model. This week’s Question of the Week: Should we be worried about trad pub trying out permafree? Why or why not? What do indies still have as a competitive advantage over trad pubs?
What You’ll Learn:
- How Bryan’s students benefited from Selling for Authors
- Several ways you can beef up your blurb
- Why you should remember to write like you talk
- How Ernest Dempsey cemented his indie career
- What Amazon’s new book store could mean for indies
- Why the loss of Harriet Klausner is sad for the book world
- The results of the latest study on the decline of eReaders
- What some publishers are doing to improve ebook sales
- Kris Rusch’s opinion on the importance of agents
- How trad pub is dipping its toes into permafree
Links:
- Bryan’s Selling for Authors course (closes on Thursday, Nov. 5th, 2015 at 11:59pm EST)
- Chris Ayala’s Last Days
- Kate Curran’s She’s Out of His League
- Marc Gun’s Pirates vs. Dragons
- Tarah Benner
- John L. Monk
- Nathan Meunier
- Blurb Refurb
- Look Who’s Talking
- From Zero to Quit
- Let’s Get Physical
- Revving Your Engine
- E-Minus
- An Industry Abroad
- Agen-Cya Later
- Only Time Will Tell
Question of the Week: Should we be worried about trad pub trying out permafree? Why or why not? What do indies still have as a competitive advantage over trad pubs?