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What Every Author Needs to Know About Copyright Law with James Scott Bell
Find out who should register the copyright for a book, why it may be important, and when is the best time to do it.
Is Your Author “About Me” Page Boring Your Readers To Death?
Most author About Me pages are as fascinating as Mr. Rogers’ sweater choices. Here’s how to craft a killer About page.
How to Write Faster and Better with Chris Fox
Chris Fox shares a method authors can use to increase writing output and improve craft. Implement these habits to write faster and better.
How Jack Ellem Went from Unpublished to Bestselling Indie Author
Find out how Jack Ellem became a bestselling indie author in two foreign countries while living in Australia and learn how his strategies can work for you.
Niche Marketing: A Coaching Session
Writing to a small niche has its advantages. In this coaching session, an author asks how to market to a very small segment of readers.
A New Social Network for Authors
Learn how to avoid social media distractions, connect with qualified authors, and write better books with our new social network for authors.
How Jason Porterfield Grew His Email List from 0 to 6,000 in One Year
Learn which Facebook ads work best for connecting with interested readers, growing your author email list, and ultimately selling books.
How to Get Strangers to Want to Buy Your Book Using Reciprocity (Marketing Psychology)
Learn how three principles of reciprocity will help you show kindness to your readers and sell more books.
Writing Tips
Writing Tips
Everything Authors Need to Know About K-Lytics
Find out how k-lytics can help you discover what readers are currently buying so you can increase your chances of success.
How to Find Your Readers
Follow these five steps to find out what your readers like and want in a book. Their preferences might surprise you and lead you to success.
How to Pitch Your Novel
Learn how and when to craft a compelling pitch that make agents, readers, and publishers curious about your novel.
How to Prevent Writing Burnout
Follow these four crucial principles to avoid author burnout and maintain a healthy writing career.
How to Craft a Compelling Elevator Pitch for Your Book
Learn how to talk about your book in a concise, compelling way that will interest publishing professionals and make readers want to buy.
How To Keep Writing When You’re Scared About What Others Will Think
How To Keep Writing When You’re Scared About What Others Will Think
How to Work with Editors: Insights from One of the Best in the Business
How to Work with Editors: Insights from One of the Best in the Business
How to Find and Work with Beta Readers
How to Find and Work with Beta Readers
Book Design
Book Design
How to Create a Design Brief for Your Book Cover
Help your cover designer create the best possible book cover by providing a design brief document. Learn what to include and avoid.
How to Use Your Book’s Back Matter to Sell More Books
Learn how to use your book’s back matter to sell more books and grow your email list.
134 – How to Relaunch a Book With Chris Fox
How to use the relaunch strategy to revive sales on your old novels.
111 – How to Write Bestselling Back Cover Copy
Your book’s front cover may get someone’s attention, but your book’s back cover copy gets their money. That copy can make or break your book promotion. Learn how to write amazing copy.
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Business Advice
Business Advice
The Author’s Guide to LLCs
Learn when and why you should form an LLC for your author business. Discover who can help you get it done and how much it will cost.
7 Kinds of Indie Authors
Find out which kind of indie author you are and which sales strategies and promotional tools will work best for you.
10 Decisions Every Indie Author Needs to Make
Expert advice for the 10 critical decisions of indie publishing.
How to Get Published with a Traditional Publishing House
Before you sign with a traditional publisher, you need to know these seven important steps.
Readers Are Changing What They Read (and what to do about it)
What will the future hold for authors and readers? If you pay attention, you can predict what readers will be looking for in the future.
State of the Kindle 2020
Learn about Kindle ebook trends in 2020 with Alex Newton of K-lytics.
How to Use Marketing Data To Sell More Books
How to Use Marketing Data To Sell More Books
Where to Spend Your Marketing Dollars
Where to Spend Your Marketing Dollars
Productivity
Productivity
How to Prevent Writing Burnout
Follow these four crucial principles to avoid author burnout and maintain a healthy writing career.
How to Find and Work With a Virtual Assistant
Learn how to make more time for writing by hiring an assistant. It may cost less than you think, and it will free you up to focus on your writing.
2020 Software Guide for Authors
Authors and writers can work smarter, not harder, with these hardware and software tools that will increase your productivity and lead you to success.
How to Build Your Platform During Your Social Distancing
10 ways to progress as a writer while everything else is on hold.
How to Take Charge of Your Author Career
Find out what you need to know before you pursue a publishing path and how to be a productive writer once you begin.
How Fiverr Freelancers Can Help You Sell More Books
In this episode, we are going to talk about how you as an author can use Fiverr to sell more books and improve the quality of your books.
139 – How to Think Like a Business, Stay Motivated, And Write With Joy w/ Chad Allen
In this episode, talk about ways you can be more effective in your marketing, in your approach to the business of publishing and how to stay motivated when you feel like giving up, with special guest, Chad Allen.
124 – How to be a Healthy Writer with Joanna Penn
In this episode, we talk with bestselling author Joanna Penn about how to reduce your pain, improve your health, and build a writing career for the long term. If you need more energy to promote your book, you will not want to miss this podcast.
Independent Publishing
Indie Publishing
7 Kinds of Indie Authors
Find out which kind of indie author you are and which sales strategies and promotional tools will work best for you.
How to Overcome the Fear of Book Promotion
Learn how to find your readers, write the book they want, and overcome the fear of promoting your book to them.
How to Publish Your Book Independently
A step-by-step guide to help you publish your book independently.
10 Decisions Every Indie Author Needs to Make
Expert advice for the 10 critical decisions of indie publishing.
How to Use Metadata to Sell More Books
Joshua Tallent teaches authors how to create quality metadata to increase book sales.
How to Get More Book Reviews with Jim Kukral
The more reviews you have, the more books you sell. And the more books you sell, the more reviews you get.
What Indie Authors Need to Know About Kindle Unlimited with Lacy Williams
Kindle Unlimited (Affiliate Link), also called KU, is the “Netflix of ebooks.” It costs readers $9.99 per month to get unlimited access to over one million ebooks. So, is it a good idea for your book to be in Kindle Unlimited?
State of the Kindle 2020
Learn about Kindle ebook trends in 2020 with Alex Newton of K-lytics.
Traditional Publishing
Trad Pub
The Enclave Files
Rerun of The Enclave Files
Marketing 101: How Readers Make Buying Decisions at Physical Bookstores
The better you understand your reader’s customer journey, the more books you can sell.
Where to Find Mentorship for Your Publishing Career
Do you ever feel alone in the writing journey? Or perhaps you are not sure what to do next. You don’t need to! In this episode Thomas talks about10 different places to find mentorship and the pros and cons of each.
How One Author Used Her Shelved Manuscript to Get a 3 Book Deal
How One Author Used Her Shelved Manuscript to Get a 3 Book Deal
141 – Amazon Books and the Future of Brick and Mortar Retail
In this episode, we talk about Amazon’s brick and mortar bookstores, the future of paper books, and how they affect you as an author.
139 – How to Think Like a Business, Stay Motivated, And Write With Joy w/ Chad Allen
In this episode, talk about ways you can be more effective in your marketing, in your approach to the business of publishing and how to stay motivated when you feel like giving up, with special guest, Chad Allen.
115 – Why Traditional Authors should NEVER pay for marketing
Publishers pressure novelists to build a platform. Many authors see spending money on book marketing as part of the job. Here’s why that’s a mistake.
101 – Why Mastermind Groups Give Bestselling Authors an Edge and How to Start One
What a MM group is. Wikipedia: “A mastermind group is a peer-to-peer mentoring...
Conference Tips
Conference Tips
How to Sell More Books using Bookmarks and Business Cards
Learn how to make the best use of two important printed marketing tools.
083 – How to Get an Agent With Rachelle Gardner
Last episode we talked about getting an agent from Thomas’ and my perspective, in this episode, we’re going to talk about how to get an agent from the agent’s perspective. So we’d like to introduce you to one of our favorite people and an outstanding literary agent,...
082 – How to Get an Agent
Why do you want an agent? Capital Credibility Contacts and Contracts Do you need one? When you do When you don’t What a good agent can do for you How agenting has changed over the past 10 years Career counsel Contacts Projects you’d never hear about without them What...
063 – Six Proven Methods for Creating Maximum Impact at Writing Conferences
Intro Paragraph: Unless you have a multi-book contract (and we’re talking 4+ books) you need to be constantly marketing yourself to publishers. Even if you do have a long term contract you need to be marketing yourself because someday that contract will end and (let’s...
006 – Author Business Cards
Are business cards still around? Yes, and you need one. We explain why it’s...
005 – You Are Watched by Editors and Agents – How to Make Them Like What They See
Yes, Big Brother exists in the publishing world. More than you know. Editors...
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding
119 Working with Beta Readers, Crowdfunding, and More with Curt Iles
In this episode, we’re not going to be talking theory, but real-world examples of an author using the principles we talk about on Novel Marketing.
049 – How to Use Crowdfunding to Fund Your Next Book Advance
In this episode we are going to talk about how independent authors can use crowdfunding to promote and pay for their next book. What is crowdfunding? Mary DeMuth’s Story Marci Seither’s Story The Adventures of Pearley Monroe." Benefits of Crowdfunding: Get money now,...
The Ultimate Crowdfunding Course for Authors Is Here
We've spent quite a bit of time at Author Media talking about crowdfunding-- what it is, how awesome it is, and how to make it happen. A few months ago, we turned that talk into action, and put our own "Crowdfunding Is Awesome" theory to the test in just about the...
7 Kickstarter Mistakes We Made on MyBookTable
Kickstarter is changing the way that self-published authors are raising money for their books. Here are some hard lessons we learned on our first project.
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Audiobook Publishing
Audiobooks
7 Reasons Why Your Book Should Also Be An Audiobook
Most books don’t end up as audiobooks and I think this is a huge marketing mistake for the following reasons.
068 – Where to Spend Your Marketing Money
Today we are answering a listener question from Name Erica Borgerson Website http://www.LazyGirlGuides.com Book Title The Lazy Girl Guide to Healthy Eating & The Lazy Girl Guide to Fitness Question So, since you don't really recommend spending money doing a book...
Reading Trends for 2013
Here are over a dozen book predictions for 2013 covering Audiobooks, eBooks and Reading Trends.
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