Self Publishing Journeys

Thanks you very much for listening - this is the final show. Listen to the archive episodes at https://self-publishing-journeys.com/ If you'd like more information about my digital nomad adventures, you can listen in here: https://anchor.fm/benidormdigitalnomad

Robert Bucchianeri is the author of the Max Plank Mystery series, including Stray Cat Blues, The Ties That Bind, & Devil's Arcade. He also wrote the suspense thriller, Between a Smile and a Tear, the psychological thriller, Ransom Dreams, the rock n'roll mystery, Butcher's Moon, as well as the sunlit noir, Love Stings. In addition, he's penned several books for young people, including the Django Jagger series of adventure novels, and The Watch That Could Do Anything. He resides, mostly, on Cape Cod, with his wife, son, and wonder dog, Buddy. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Robert-Bucchianeri/e/B005KJ4RCI https://www.rjbucchianeri.com/ https://www.facebook.com/rbucchianeri/ https://twitter.com/RJBucchianeri

1) Free BookBub Featured Deal management spreadsheet https://blog.reedsy.com/bookbub/ 2) KindleTrends data resource https://kindletrends.com/ 3) Dabble - a cloud-based alternative to Scrivener https://www.dabblewriter.com/ 4) Great blog post from Written Word Media https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-to-write-a-book-to-market/ 5) My Benidorm Digital Nomad podcast: https://anchor.fm/benidormdigitalnomad

Dan Soule is primarily a horror author. His horror can be found in Devolution Z, Sanitarium Magazine, Disturbed Digest and Into the Ruins. His science fiction is available in Shoreline of Infinity and Phantaxis. Dan's website is at www.dansoule.com where you can connect with him and find is an exclusive ebook of short stories available, plus a classic horror novel. https://dansoule.com/ https://www.facebook.com/WriterDanSoule/ https://twitter.com/WriterDanSoule https://www.instagram.com/writerdansoule/ https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19495594.Dan_Soule https://amazon.com/author/dansoule

1) My digital nomad podcast: https://anchor.fm/benidormdigitalnomad 2) Matty Dalrymple's podcast: https://www.theindyauthor.com/ 3) New Scrivener podcast: https://podcast.scrivenerapp.com/ 4) Chris Lang screen writing: https://www.chrislang.co.uk/scripts/ 5) Mexican website: https://www.gandhi.com.mx/

1) Pip Reid's product catalogue: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NWTCSNN Catalogue images: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/catalogue3.jpg https://self-publishing-journeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/catalogue2.jpg https://self-publishing-journeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/catalogue1.jpg 2) ScribeCount: https://www.scribecount.com/ 3) Wide for the Win book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wide-Win-Strategies-Platforms-Publishing-ebook/dp/B08Z38D9L7/ 4) Check out Sacha Black's interview: https://sachablack.co.uk/the-rebel-author-podcast/ 5) BKLNK: https://www.bklnk.com/ 6) Wide for the Win FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wideforthewin/

1) Wide for the Win Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wideforthewin 2) BKLNK.com at https://www.bklnk.com/ 3) K-Lytics at https://k-lytics.com/ 4) Draft2Digital promos: https://draft2digital.wufoo.com/forms/draft2digital-request-for-promotion-consideration/ 5) Vellum blog post about Kindle file change at https://blog.vellum.pub/2021/03/changes-at-kdp-vellum-has-you-covered/ 6) My Vellum affiliate link: https://paulteague.net/vellum 7) My NFTs at AtomicHub: https://wax.atomichub.io/market?collection_name=benidormpics 8) April running challenge: https://www.greatrun.org/virtual-running/april-accumulator-challenge/ 9) My BookChain book listings: https://catalogue.bookchain.ca/book/0x813f9470266df7bffe25bbe23d422063c744c184 https://catalogue.bookchain.ca/book/0x0e78604d1577941300d25f9a07a10e3753ab283a https://catalogue.bookchain.ca/book/0xe7fdbf0f0e60bb1e69aaef17d0d12520abd01fea 10) Bookchain at https://portal.bookchain.ca

1) My running updates: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/parkrun/ 2) Amazon Affiliate for Wordpress plugin: https://getaawp.com/ 3) BKLNK: https://www.bklnk.com/

1) Kirsten's 1:10 ratio for Amazon ads ... Clicks:Orders ... you're looking for 10% or above! 2) Photo of Pip Reid's books in a traditional bookshop in Seattle: https://paulteague.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pip-bookstore.jpeg

1) ScribeCount: https://www.scribecount.com/ 1) Intro PR: https://www.weareintro.co.uk/ 3) K-Lytics: : https://k-lytics.com/ 4) Press coverage as a result of PR package: https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/arts-and-culture/books/author-launches-new-thrillers-set-morecambe-and-inspired-itv-hit-bay-3138884 https://www.thevisitor.co.uk/arts-and-culture/books/author-launches-new-thrillers-set-morecambe-and-inspired-itv-hit-bay-3138884 https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19097793.hit-itv-drama-bay-inspires-carlisle-author-paul-teague/ https://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/19098189.hit-itv-drama-bay-inspires-carlisle-author-paul-teague/ https://cumbriacrack.com/2021/02/23/cumbrian-author-paul-teague-to-release-series-of-thrillers/

1) Google website loading speed test: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/ 2) Smush is the Wordpress plugin which will make your images load faster: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/ 3) 9 Reasons a Book Was Rejected for a BookBub Featured Deal: https://insights.bookbub.com/reasons-book-rejected-bookbub-featured-deal/?utm_source=pemail_reasons-book-rejected-bookbub-featured-deal

1) Written Word Media: https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/ 2) Missing person news story Twitter notification in my feed: https://twitter.com/missingpeople/status/1360208303184371718 Detailed story: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/real-lives/mum-son-who-vanished-after-8340520 3) My running progress: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/parkrun/ 4) My press resources page: https://paulteague.net/paul-teague-press-resources/ 5) My About Me page: https://paulteague.net/about-paul-teague/ 6) Check out ScribeCount to view your earnings on multiple sales channels: https://www.scribecount.com/ 7) Check your book categories with ReaderLinks: https://readerlinks.com/

1) Get a PR package for £300: https://twitter.com/_HelenStatham/status/1356560684205690881 2) Kisten Oliphant courses: https://createifwriting.com/2020-workshops/ 3) Books2Read: https://books2read.com/ 4) GeniusLinks: https://geniuslink.com/ 5) Julie Stock's editing service: https://clued-up-publishing.co.uk/ 6) The Indy Author Podcast (Google Books episode): https://www.theindyauthor.com/061---google-play.html 7) Straight quotes/curly quotes: https://wordribbon.tips.net/T009448_Updating_to_Smart_Quotes.html

My Author Platform book pre-sale link: S3, Ep3 Paul's Podcast Diary for Saturday 23rd January 2021

BookSiren review site: https://booksirens.com/Amelia Hay Authorpreneur podcast: https://authorpreneurpodcast.com/get-interviewed/ PLUS my article on the same topic: https://paulteague.net/podcast-how-to-be-the-perfect-author-guest-on-a-podcast/ What to Do When Your Facebook Ads Fail: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9zb2NpYWxtZWRpYW1hcmtldGluZy5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw/episode/NDkwZjZkNmItYzFmZi00OGFmLTk4ZTYtOGQzN2ExMzI0OWM0?ep=14

Julie Stock - Clued-Up Publishing: https://clued-up-publishing.co.uk/ Shaun Stevens - Flintlock Covers: https://www.flintlockcovers.com/ Rotten Row Newsletter: https://anchor.fm/daniel-soule BookBub - how to launch a new book: http://insights.bookbub.com/launch-book-using-bookbub-marketing-tools/

Kirsten Oliphant/Create If Writing: https://createifwriting.com/author-platform-in-2021/ Wide for the Win on FB - excellent info about benefits of going wide and strategies https://www.facebook.com/groups/wideforthewin Alex Newton - Kindle Daily Deals - are they worth it? Free video: https://k-lytics.com/kindle-daily-deals-monthly-deals/ Top 10 Publishing Trends for 2021 from Written Word Media: http://writtenwordmedia.com/the-top-ten-publishing-trends-every-author-needs-to-know-in-2021/ Torrevieja & Covid: https://www.informacion.es/vega-baja/2020/12/28/torrevieja-registra-menor-tasa-casos-26820763.html Spanish Autonomo & tax: https://www.benidormseriously.com/how-to-register-for-autonomo

1) New non-fiction Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20353090.P_Teague 2) Julie Cordiner's viral tweet: https://twitter.com/Julie_Cordiner/status/1342532905009086464 3) Check out my running pix: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/parkrun/ 4) Robin Sharma Best 23 Lessons from 2020: https://www.robinsharma.com/article/my-best-23-lessons-from-2020 Recommended podcasts Story Studio Podcast: https://www.storystudiopodcast.com/ The Authorpreneur Podcast: https://authorpreneurpodcast.com/podcast/ The Rebel Author Podcast: https://sachablack.co.uk/the-rebel-author-podcast/

1) Bible Pathway Adventures product catalogue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W8-tlKcKdLLcFpxLlwNCH_zZvjI8O4so/view?usp=sharing 2) Ron Vitale's Estonia e-residency article: https://greatcareersphl.org/2020/09/06/embracing-the-digital-world-with-e-residency/ 3) Avoid losing book reviews - Alex Newton of K-Lytics: https://k-lytics.com/video-vault/amazon-link-anatomy-for-books/

Every oyster comes with a little bit of grit Don't put off what you can do now I'm parking retirement for another 5 years Don't be afraid of the unknown - run towards the flames of adventure Writing is the perfect freedom job Freedom is the most important metric Make time to smell the roses Stuff changes all the time, so roll with the punches Remember to appreciate what you've got right in front of you Look for the perfect storm of opportunity and grasp it I will have 2 x special episodes coming up over Christmas and New Year ... Saturday 26th Dec I'll bring you up-to-date with what I've been up to in my author business, Saturday 2nd January I'll talk about my 2021 plans and what comes next.

Spain update! Got another 10k words done before we went to Spain - up to 60k now. BookBub error - got one for 26th October - perfect timing.

Question submitted by Lee Wood: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lee-Wood/e/B001KMN3VU

Take a look at my plotting sheet template here: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/planning 476 Ways to Avoid Saying 'Said': https://www.proofreadingservices.com/pages/said-infographic How to sell digital products and downloads online (+ ideas for your products) https://www.emailvendorselection.com/sell-digital-products-downloads-online/ You can check out the show notes and listen to the back catalogue episodes at https://paulteague.com/podcast If you want to record a question for me to answer on the show head for https://paulteague.com/question. If you've heard something that's helpful to you in your author business and you'd like to support the show, you can Buy Me A Coffee at BuyMeACoffee.com/paulteague

You can check out the show notes and listen to the back catalogue episodes at https://paulteague.com/podcast If you want to record a question for me to answer on the show head for https://paulteague.com/question. If you've heard something that's helpful to you in your author business and you'd like to support the show, you can Buy Me A Coffee at BuyMeACoffee.com/paulteague

Show, don't tell video: https://youtu.be/_dCMZuKZFgk

Recommended! Julie Cordiner's editing services: https://juliecordiner.com/editing-services/

Check out Mailerlite for great pop-up options: https://paulteague.com/mailerlite You can check out the show notes and listen to the back catalogue episodes at https://paulteague.com/podcast If you want to record a question for me to answer on the show head for https://paulteague.com/question. If you've heard something that's helpful to you in your author business and you'd like to support the show, you can Buy Me A Coffee at BuyMeACoffee.com/paulteague

1) Take a look at my freebie scrapbooks for two of my trilogies and their MailerLite sign-up pages: https://www.subscribepage.com/pete-scrapbook https://paulteague.net/DTMScrapbook https://www.subscribepage.com/scrapbook001 https://paulteague.net/scrapbook 2) Amazon ranking tracker: https://tracker.kindlenationdaily.com/ 3) The End of Men: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FM1TNR1/

The Career Author Podcast: Episode 139 – Hooking the Reader with Your First Chapter: https://thecareerauthor.com/hooking-the-reader-with-your-first-chapter/ Great Writers Share podcast: https://pod.link/1473869415

Watch my Vellum walk-through video: https://youtu.be/U-RcPw0xL8U My affiliate link for Vellum is https://paulteague.com/vellum

Question submitted by Terina Adams: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Terina-Adams/e/B088NQVG7L

Question submitted by Ron Vitale: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ron-Vitale/e/B004W0MQPG

Interesting article: https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/dyzw9a/can-you-make-money-write-ebook David Jackson - who I refer to as a source of great info - seriously dislikes Anchor - see https://schoolofpodcasting.com/anchor-fm-review-read-before-using/ T&Cs in Anchor and other frequently used services: https://podnews.net/article/podcast-hosts-tos Create if Writing/Kirsten Oliphant podcast https://createifwriting.com/how-to-keep-consistent-book-sales/ ... boom & bloom https://carrd.co/build - suggested by Dan Soule The Career Author Podcast with the Google Play Books team: https://thecareerauthor.com/an-hour-with-google-play-books/

Question submitted by Lee Wood: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lee-Wood/e/B001KMN3VU

> https://www.bklnk.com/ ... you can get the full paths to categories in the US, UK & Canada and find the categories any book is listed in - great for stealth research! > LinkTree [heard about it on ALLi FB Live] https://linktr.ee/paulteague > Trying to increase mail sign-ups with scrapbook of location images: https://www.subscribepage.com/scrapbook001 Here is a direct link to the scrapbook to save you registering: https://paulteague.net/MB1Scrapbook > If you've heard something that's helpful to you in your author business and you'd like to support the show, you can Buy Me A Coffee at BuyMeACoffee.com/paulteague > K-Lytics purchase options: https://k-lytics.com/pricing To purchase the individual $37 reports that I mentioned, see here: https://k-lytics.com/shop/ > I Wish I Knew Then podcast: https://wishidknownforwriters.com/

A reminder that I start 10 x episode series of the podcast diaries from Saturday 1st August 2020.

Location images from our day out: https://photos.app.goo.gl/YMsHP8WyetuGhG268

Check out the accompanying video at https://buymeacoffee.com/paulteague I recommend the Digital Marketing Podcast at https://www.targetinternet.com/digital-marketing-podcasts/ Here is my Twitter ads video walkthru: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/p/86751

The new weblink for this podcast is https//paulteague.com/podcast You can support this show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/paulteague

Vellum is available via my affiliate link at https://paulteague.com/usevellum You can check out my Vellum tutorial at https://paulteague.com/vellum

This is the podcast episode which made me decide to try advertising on Facebook in Canada and Australia: https://6figureauthors.com/podcast/amazon-sales-ranking-more-visibility-and-book-promos-with-david-gaughran/ We're watching This Is Us on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-is-Us-Season-1/dp/B01N1PBW1G Don't forget that I'm back with a season of 10 x podcast diary episodes on Saturday 1st August 2020

Recommended book! Brian Tracy's Flight Plan: https://viewbook.at/FlightPlan You can support this podcast via https://buymeacoffee.com/paulteague

I'll be returning with a 10-week season 2 from Saturday 1st August 2020. If you'd like to record a question, please head for https://paulteague.com/question See you on August 1st!

After more than 200 episodes of my podcast diary and 165 interview episodes, this podcast is going on hiatus. This epilogue episode will bring you right up-to-date with my 5-figure book sales and I'll share what I have been learning along the way.

50 Things You Need To Know About Self-Publishing Get your copy of The 5-Figure Fiction Formula here: https://viewbook.at/5-Figs

10 Things You Need To Know About MailerLite Find out more about MailerLite here: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/ML

10 Things You Need To Know About Bookfunnel Check out BookFunnel here: https://bookfunnel.com/pricing/ Check out BookBrush here: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/BB

10 Things You Need To Know About Mailchimp Find out more: https://paulteague.net/mailchimp Find out more about Mailchimp here: https://mailchimp.com/ Check out Mailchimp Unboxed here: https://viewbook.at/Mailchimp

10 Things You Need To Know About Wordpress Read more at: https://paulteague.net/wordpress Find out more about Siteground: https://paulteague.com/siteground [Affiliate link] Check out my book, Wordpress Unboxed: https://viewbook.at/Wordpress

My final podcast diary, what's coming next and a final get-together ...

I just got an Amazon All-Star bonus, my April box set numbers, an Ingram Spark binge and oh, I just released a new book!