Question of the Week: What are your predictions for 2016? If your predictions come true, how will your author business change throughout the year?
It’s our best show of the year (so far)! After Jim responded to a counterpoint about his standby Amazon competition argument, and Bryan drew a winner for the book description giveaway, the astute authorpreneurs chatted KDP ads, BookBub’s new feature, and an audiobook ad trick. They also re-featured patron Crissy Moss and her book Witch’s Sacrifice ( http://bit.ly/witchsac ). News stories this week included how the publishing industry really works, the Authors Guild’s call for contract changes, Joe Konrath’s 2016 resolutions, the importance of used book stores, and several pundit predictions for 2016. This week’s Question of the Week: What are your predictions for 2016? If your predictions come true, how will your author business change throughout the year?
What You’ll Learn:
- A counterpoint to Jim’s argument on how retailers can compete with Amazon
- The winner of the free book description
- How to improve your KDP ads targeting
- BookBub’s new feature to alert readers about releases
- How to use free ads to increase audiobook sales
- The reality of how trad pub authors earn money
- What the Authors Guild is trying to change about trad pub
- Joe Konrath’s resolutions for the last half-decade
- Both sides of the used bookstore debate
- Predictions for the upcoming year from multiple POVs
Links:
- Witch’s Sacrifice by Crissy Moss
- KDP Ads
- Alert the Media
- Listen Up
- How the Game Works
- The Battle Continues
- True Resolve
- No Used is Good Used (1)
- No Used is Good Used (2)
- No Used is Good Used (3)
- Prediction Addiction (1)
- Prediction Addiction (2)
- Prediction Addiction (3)
Question of the Week: What are your predictions for 2016? If your predictions come true, how will your author business change throughout the year?