So you’ve written a book. You’re selling it in ebook and paperback, and you’ve been hearing that audio is an expanding market and you want in on it. You’ve listened to a few audiobooks from big name authors with big dollar big publishing contracts and big celebrities narrating them, and you enjoyed the experience. You […]
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Monetization: Multipurpose Your Audio Files
I can’t believe it took me three years to figure out that I was underutilizing the audio files created by talented narrators for my books. I’d used them as samples on my website, explaining Audible’s bounty program (they get their first purchase free; I get a $50 bounty I split with the narrator if my book is […]
How to Sell a Ton of Books with BookBub: A Tale of Two Authors
This post is a follow-up to Holy Crapoly: You’re Going to Want to Hear This! Recently two Amazon bestselling authors set out to promote their second novels. A lot had changed in the world of ebook promotion since each of their debuts, however. When Rodney Walther first released Broken Laces, he had great success with […]
Audiobooks: this is what sexy sounds like.
An adapted and unedited chapter from my upcoming SkipJack Publishing book (release date August 15, 2013) What kind of loser indie publishes, and how can I be one too? Video killed the radio star, or so sang the Buggles in 1979. But we still listen to radio, and we still read books. Not only do […]