*Affiliate links may be included. You never pay more, but we may make a small commission, which helps to support the costs of running the podcast. In this week's episode, Holly & Julia provide a helpful breakdown of how to publish your books on Amazon. They cover: What you'll need in order to publish a [...]
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Episode 163: Killing it on Kindle Vella with Krissi Dallas
This article contains affiliate links. You never pay more but we may make a small commission. This week, Holly talks with YA romance author, Krissi Dallas about how authors can make the most of Amazon's Kindle Vella platform. They discuss: What Kindle Vella is and how readers navigate the store Ways for authors to reach [...]
Episode 162: Amazon Keywords with Dave Chesson
This article contains affiliate links. You never pay more but we may make a small commission. This week, Holly talks with returning guest, Dave Chesson about his excellent software, Publisher Rocket. They discuss: How to use Rocket to find the best categories and keywords for your book The uses for the data when publishing wide [...]
Episode 161: Topic Roundup – Marketing
*Affiliate links may be included. You never pay more, but we may make a small commission, which helps to support the costs of running the podcast. In this episode, Angeline, Holly & Julia discuss the previous three guests and all the marketing advice they provided. They go into mistakes made and lessons learned from marketing [...]
Episode 160: Organising, Marketing, and Pitching to Literary Events with Alex Davis
This article contains affiliate links. You never pay more but we may make a small commission. In this week's epsiode, Angeline talks to Alex Davis, a freelance literature professional who has organised everything from online workshops to large-scale literary conventions. He gives top tips for learning how events are put together and run, as well [...]
Episode 159: Marketing on Social Media with Jenn Hanson-dePaula
This article contains affiliate links. You never pay more but we may make a small commission. On this week's episode, Julia talks to Jenn Hanson-dePaula of Mixtus Media about marketing on social media. They discuss: Where to start when you're overwhelmed by marketing The importance of identifying your reader How to choose your social media [...]
Episode 158: Publish and Market Books Wide with Sarah Painter
This article contains affiliate links. You never pay more but we may make a small commission. This week, Holly talks with bestselling author Sarah Painter about the publishing strategy known as "wide" publishing. They discuss: Making smart cover choices Researching the other retailers Having a wide mindset Reaching readers beyond Amazon And much more Sarah [...]
Episode 157: Topic Roundup – Plotting
*Affiliate links may be included. You never pay more, but we may make a small commission, which helps to support the costs of running the podcast. In this week's episode, Angeline, Holly, and Julia give a roundup of our recent topic: plotting. We discuss what we learned about plotting from the past three interviews with [...]
Episode 156: Brilliant Beginnings and Story Structure with Shane Millar
This article contains affiliate links. You never pay more but we may make a small commission. This week, Angeline is joined by Shane Millar, a Fictionary Certified Story Coach, urban fantasy author, and writer of the Write Better Fiction series of writing craft books. Shane talks about what makes for a brilliant beginning to a [...]
Episode 155: Atticus and the future of book management software with Dave Chesson
This article contains affiliate links. You never pay more but we may make a small commission. In this week's episode, Julia speaks to Dave Chesson, the owner and creator of Kindlepreneur, all about his new software, Atticus. "If Scrivener, Google Docs, and Vellum got together and had a baby, it's name would be Atticus." One [...]