Question of the Week: How far in advance do you plan your publishing schedule? How do you (or could you) use pre-orders to improve your pre-planned releases?

Jim and Bryan have reached over 100 reviews on iTunes! You can still leave a review to enter Bryan’s book description giveaway contest before December 31st. In their latest show, they touched upon tips about keeping book reviews, building a better website, and spending less time on Twitter. They also thanked their latest patrons Geoff North (author of Thawed: Cryers http://bit.ly/thawcry ) and J. Rutger Madison (author of A Curse Upon the Saints http://bit.ly/curssaint ). News stories included ebooks in Kenya, Jane Friedman’s content marketing success, the addictiveness of self-publishing control, how publishers and authors can work together, Smashwords latest publishing poll, and the new Author Earnings Amazon UK report. This week’s Question of the Week: How far in advance do you plan your publishing schedule? How do you (or could you) use pre-orders to improve your pre-planned releases?

What You’ll Learn:

How to download Jim’s new K-Reports tool
What authors can do to protect their existing Amazon reviews
How to build a better author website
How to tweet in less time
Why e-reading in Kenya is a harbinger for international book sales
What Jane Friedman is doing to help authors sell more books
How self-publishing control can cause mental anguish for hybrids
Why Porter Anderson thinks authors and publishers should work together
The importance of pre-orders and planning in growing your business
How to interpret the results of the latest Author Earnings report

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