Stellar and bittersweet news alike greeted Jim and Bryan this week as they tackled the latest and greatest in the self-publishing world. First, Bryan announced free mailing list training on Thursday at Noon EST with Nick Stephenson (sign up here http://bit.ly/nickbryweb ). After thanking their latest patron M.A. Robbins (and the book The Tilt http://bit.ly/thetilt ), your illustrious hosts discussed tips on also-boughts, social media overwhelm, and audiobooks. News stories included what it means to be a self-publishing success, BookBub’s 98 book marketing ideas, Amazon Books’ call for curators, business plans for authors, Kindle Unlimited’s KENPC 2.0, and Author Earnings’ two-year report. This week’s Question of the Week: Did your page numbers go down on Kindle Unlimited? If so, how far did they drop and how does that make you feel?

• How to be a part of free training with Bryan and Nick Stephenson
• How to get your book into the also-boughts section
• Why you shouldn’t spread yourself too thin on social media
• How to choose your audiobook narrator
• Why much more than 40 authors are self-publishing success stories
• How to read epic posts that contain over 90 marketing ideas
• What Amazon’s job posting for “curators” means for its book stores
• The pros and cons to creating a business plan
• How the community is reacting to Kindle Unlimited 2.0
• The findings of Author Earnings’ two-year report

• Bryan’s Webinar with Nick on Thursday at Noon EST
• The Tilt by M.A. Robbins 
• Also Ran
• Social Feed-iya
• In Awe
• Edward Fortyhands
• 98 Luftaballoons
• Curate Space (1)
• Curate Space (2)
• A Planner Year
• Unjust Adjustment
• Two Soon?

Question of the Week: Did your page numbers go down on Kindle Unlimited? If so, how far did they drop and how does that make you feel?