The longest-running book marketing podcast in the world. This is the show for writers who want to build their platform, sell more books, and change the world with writing worth talking about. Whether you self publish or are with a traditional house, this podcast will make book promotion fun and easy. Thomas Umstattd Jr. interviews publishers, indie authors, and bestselling traditional authors about how to get published and sell more books.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 10 days 15 hours 58 minutes
episode 395: How to Successfully Self Publish Your Book in 2023 with James Blatch
So you're thinking about self-publishing a book.
You've heard self-published authors can make more money, control the content and design, and have better access to marketing data.
But self-publishing a book can be daunting. There are so many factors involved: writing, editing, formatting, finding a cover designer, uploading to Amazon, setting up a sales page, and promoting your book.
Self-publishing, also known as indie publishing, is not for the faint of heart...
Black Friday Book Promotion Tips for Authors
Eight tips and three warnings to help you make the most of your Black Friday book promotion and marketing plan.
episode 394: Black Friday Promo Tips for Authors
Black Friday marketing phenomenon is an opportunity, but it's also a threat...
How to Protect Your Writing From Reputation Theft
Learn how to protect your writing from copyright infringement and which legal tools help you deal with AI-generated fraudulent versions of your books.
episode 393: How to Protect Your Writing From Reputation Theft
There is a new scam targeting authors.
An enterprising scammer can use AI to write a book similar to your writing style. They can use an AI-generated cover similar to yours, and publish the book with a pen name that also happens to be yours.
Sometimes, Amazon even puts this fraudulent book in your Author Central account so customers see the AI book you didn’t write listed with the books you did write.
The crazy thing about this attack is that it might not be illegal...
Book Marketing 101: Price
Learn how book pricing impacts sales and discover 14 strategies for finding the optimum price for your new or backlist books.
episode 392: Book Marketing 101: Price
How much should your book cost? Your answer is critical to your book's success and your career as an author.
Authors have a wide range of pricing options, from free ebooks to $200 collector's editions. You might be wondering, "What is the best price for my book?" but that is actually the wrong question.
Instead, you should ask, "What are the best prices for my book?"
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How Larry Correia Became a Mega-Bestseller by Writing for Overlooked Readers
Find out how to be an authentic author, sell more books, and expand your writing career by finding and writing for a specific group of readers.
episode 391: How Larry Correia Became a Mega-Bestseller by Writing for Overlooked Readers
New York City is home to the Big Five publishers and the newspaper that publishes the New York Times bestseller list. Publishing culture is concentrated in New York City...
How to Sell Books Directly to Readers with Joanna Penn
With the explosion of AI and a slew of paperbacks and ebooks for sale online, how can you make your book stand out and earn more per sale? Joanna Penn tells us how.