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This exciting WW1 Historical Fiction Audiobook is out now at the following outlets: CHIRP    GOOGLE    KOBO    SCRIBD    PLAYSTER    APPLE

This episode explores the various services you can use to acquire and listen to fiction and non-fiction, full-length audiobooks using your smartphone. In some cases, the audiobooks are available for free. However, in other cases, a purchase or service subscription fee is required.The audiobook services (and related apps) covered within this episode include:Apple Books - www.apple.com/apple-booksBarnes and Noble (Nook Audiobooks) - www.nookaudiobooks.comGoogle Play Books - https://play.google.com/store/books/category/audiobooksAudible (Amazon) - www.audible.comAudiobooks.com - www.audiobooks.comPlayster - www.playster.com/us/en/start#audiobooksOpen Culture - www.openculture.comOverDrive (and the Libby mobile app) - www.overdrive.comIf you found the information in this episode useful, please share it with your friends, review the podcast, and don't forget to subscribe!

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Episode 19: The Final Word on Going Wide Prologue: Podcasts for Writers (besides All Things Indie) Grammar Girl Podcast: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl The Career Authors: https://thecareerauthor.com/ Writing Excuses: https://writingexcuses.com/ Akimbo: https://www.akimbo.me/ Main Story: The Final Word on Going Wide KDP: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/ Kindle Unlimited: https://www.amazon.com/Browse-Kindle-Unlimited-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=9069934011 Kobo Plus: https://www.kobo.com/nl/en/plus Epilogue: eBook Aggregators Draft2Digital: https://www.draft2digital.com/ Gardners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardners_Books Google Play: https://play.google.com/books/publish/ iTunes: https://www.apple.com/itunes/ Kindle Direct Publishing: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/ Kobo Writing Life: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/p/writinglife Nook Press: https://press.barnesandnoble.com/   Odilo: https://sonomalibrary.org/odilo Overdrive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OverDrive,_Inc. Playster: https://www.playster.com/us/en Scribd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribd Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/ Tolino: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolino Music "Never Surrender" by Chasing Noise, off their album, Everything http://chasingnoise.wixsite.com/chasingnoise

In this episode Mark speaks with Win Charles. Born with Cerebral Palsy, Win has defied the odds by becoming an author. Her memoir I, Win is an amazing story of how she remembers her life through the years of having a condition called “CP”. Win truly is an unstoppable inspiration. Before the interview, Mark shares a brief personal update about the progress he is making on recording the audiobook for The 7 P's of Publishing Success. He also shares the sources of the most recent royalty payment he has received from Findaway Voices, indicating that the four that made up his most recent audiobook income came from: Playster hibooks Bountiful Authors Direct If you want to learn how you can leverage the power of Findaway Voices . . . . . . you can learn more at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.   In their conversation, Mark and Win talk about: The 10 books that Win has written and published How easy it is to use Draft2Digital to publish eBooks Win's latest book Smile With Dictation which explains the process of how Win uses dictation to assist with writing The combination of using Siri and Dragon Naturally Speaking Dictation that Win uses to write her books How long it takes to train dictation software Win's first book I, Win, which came out 8 years ago The improvement in technology of dictation software between Win's first book and her latest one The writing space Win prefers to write in The passion for writing that Win has always held The story behind the book I, Win and how it ties in to the loss of her mother How Win does her best using social media to support independent authors The origin of Win's jewelry company Win's experience participating in the Kona Ironman The role that teaching and education has played in Win's life The journalism degree that Win is currently in the process of working towards Win's podcast (AskWin) that has reached more than 1000 episodes Existing audiobooks Win has created (and how), and the plans Win has for future audiobooks After the interview Mark reflects on Win's message of the importance of showing people what you CAN do, not what you CAN'T do.   Links of Interest: Win Charles' Website Win's Books2Read Author Page Smile With Dictation I, Win Findaway Voices Draft2Digital Hibooks Dragon Speech Recognition Solutions Patreon for Stark Reflections Stark Reflections Survey The 7 P's of Publishing Success Killing It On Kobo   The music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

The Creative Company - Third Edition. By Anders Hemre. Published by Geoffrey B. Dahl & Associates Inc. Available on Amazon as Paperback and eBook. https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Company-Third-Anders-Hemre/dp/1988375177/ Available as an eBook on Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Scribd, Playster, and 24Symbols at: https://books2read.com/u/bWzpLz Available as an eBook on Kobo at: https://www.kobo.com/ebook/the-creative-company-third-edition-1

In this episode, Mark interviews Rachel Amplett, the author of the successful Dan Taylor and Kay Hunter police procedural thrillers as well as stand alone thrillers and mystery novels. The interview includes a lot of information related to this episode's sponsor, Findaway Voices . . .Mark shares a bit of an update about the the new Authors Direct option that Findaway Voices is beta testing. In their chat, Mark and Rachel talk about: What compelled Rachel to writing in the first place. The confusing and conflicting messages she received from different publishers when shopping her first Dan Taylor novel around. How Rachel started out in indie publishing a stand alone novel, WHITE GOLD, seven years ago after a suggestion from a friend (and how it all started with a Goodreads page and an author account at Smashwords). The emails from readers around the world that prompted Rachel to write a sequel to her first novel; something she hadn't planned in the first place. How the experience of being approached by a publisher in Italy interested in publishing an Italian version of her novel WHITE GOLD (having found her "by accident") prompted her to see what could be done by applying her experince as a project administrator into a business plan with marketing efforts, which she started at 2015. The fact that Kobo was the first retail platform where her sales really started to take off after a 99 cent BookBub deal. Being so successful that she was able to go full time as writer without having actually "broken out" in the US, the one market that seems to be the easiest for authors to break into. Getting into the audiobook market relatively early as part of a strategic business plan. Investing some of the money that was coming in from Rachel's Kay Hunter novels into the creation of the audiobooks and the stacked-up rapid release of the first several books in the series within a couple of months. The producer and narrator Rachel found in the UK for the audiobooks. How the narrator, Alison Campbell, has become the voice of Kay Hunter for Rachel and many of her listening readership. The challenge of staying on the exhausting "hamster wheel" that a writer can find themselves on working on steady releases and how Rachel is avoiding burn-out by strategic scheduling and the inclusion of passion projects. How success can come from sitting down at the end of a project and engaging in an exercise of "lessons learned." The early success Rachel has seen via Findaway Voices sales at Playster. How you can never know where in the world the sales of your books can come from. What happens when you try something a little bit different and focus on the niche markets that are working for you. How Rachel Findaway Voices Authors Direct program was a Godsend. How a large portion of Rachel's print books sell to libraries around the world - a great way for readers to read their favorite authors for free in eBook, print and audio. The things Rachel thinks will be the most important for authors to think about in the next year. After the interview, Mark shares his thoughts on the success Rachel had outside of Amazon as well as her systematic project management process that helps keep her on track and balanced in her writing life. He then shares a few appearances he had recently on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Marketing Podcast as well as in a Reedsy live webinar about selling more on Kobo.   Links of Interest: Rachel Amplett's Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Rachel's Novels Kay Hunter Series English Spy Mysteries Dan Taylor Series Standalone Thrillers Rachel's Shop Direct Audiobook link (via Authors Direct) Mark's Shop Direct Audiobook link (via Authors Direct) Findaway Voices Science Fiction & Fantasy Marketing Podcast - EP 210: Selling More at Kobo and Relying Less on Amazon Reedsy Webinar (Video Replay) - Getting Your Book Featured on Kobo The 7 P's of Publishing Success Killing It On Kobo Patreon for Stark Reflections Stark Reflections Survey   Before turning to writing, Rachel Amphlett played guitar in bands, worked as a TV and film extra, dabbled in radio as a presenter and freelance producer for the BBC, and worked in publishing as a sub-editor and editorial assistant. She now wields a pen instead of a plectrum and writes crime fiction and spy novels, including the Dan Taylor espionage novels and the Detective Kay Hunter series. After living in Brisbane, Australia for 13 years, Rachel has now returned to the UK. She's a member of International Thriller Writers and the Crime Writers Association, with the Italian foreign rights for her debut novel, White Gold sold to Fanucci Editore's TIMECrime imprint, and the first four books in the Dan Taylor espionage series contracted to Germany's Luzifer Verlag. Her novels are available in eBook, paperback and audiobook formats from worldwide retailers including Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, and Google Play. A keen traveller, Rachel holds both EU and Australian passports and can usually be found plotting her next trip two years in advance! The music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Playster is a growing subscription-based service that allows you to download unlimited music, movies, books, audiobooks and games for a monthly fee. For customers, it’s a great deal and it means you don’t have to worry about credits or paying extra like with Audible for audiobooks. While it’s good for the consumer, it’s also great for authors, as well. Our guest this week is Kevin Tumlinson from Draft2Digital who talks about the benefits of making books available on Playster, as well as assuaging any fears authors might have about not getting paid for their work. For more information, visit the show notes at https://kindlepreneur.com/e38

In the introduction, Mark talks a little about being in Colorado attending Superstars Writing Seminars in Colorado Springs, CO and the importance of understanding the business of writing and publishing. He shares that he will be doing Facebook Live videos of his experience at Superstars on his Stark Publishing Facebook page. This episode features an interview with Kelly Lytle from Findaway Voices. In their conversation, Mark and Kelly talk about: How Findaway Voices is a single service built to help independent authors and small publishers create and distribute their audiobooks, and that they are a fully non-exclusive platform to the largest network of audio sellers in the world (retailer, library and K through 12 markets) The pay per use model that Bibliotheca (3M) has. Meaning the library doesn't need to pre-purchase the audiobook in advance. It is listed (like on any major retailer), and the purchase doesn't happen until the library patron checks out that title The background to Findaway Voices as part of the larger Findaway family. Their “flagship” product, for example, was the Playaway Device, a single title pre-loaded audiobook player that is about the size of a deck of cards, with built in play and pause buttons. These devices have been hugely popular with the library market (as an easy to merchandise and easy to use for patrons who weren't savvy about digital check-outs or even using CD audiobooks) and the military Pre-loaded tablets called “LaunchPad” that are also in the library markets The platform called Audio Engine. The world's largest business-to-business audiobook service Kelly's own background as a passionate reader with a thirst for storytelling. Even though he worked on Wall Street and in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns, his compass kept pointing back to that original passion and joining Findaway a little more than four years ago To Dad, From Kelly, the memoir Kelly wrote about his relationship to his late father who passed away in 2010. Kelly's experience going to TuneIn's studio in Santa Monica, California to record the audiobook himself How Findaway works with authors and as well as the sign-up and vetting process they use for narrators. Mark's very positive experience getting his short story collection Active Reader produced by Findaway Voices and how pleased he was with Eric Moore's recording. Which leads to the question of how a writer might be able to request to work with the same narrator again for a future project, or a narrator that they have already chosen (even if that narrator isn't already part of the Findaway Voices talent pool community) How to use Findaway Voices to upload an audiobook that you already have produced in order to leverage their distribution channels The price control that the author/publisher has on their audiobook (which is a critical differentiation of the way that Amazon's ACX sets the price and doesn't allow that control to the copyright owner) The urgent quest for Audiobook promotion platforms to provide a “BookBub” or “Bargainbooksy” style service, and the existing awesome audio review sites, such as BookRiot or AudioFile How they are seeing authors make hundreds of dollars through the aforementioned library “pay per use” model, which is a huge opportunity, as well as through sites most authors might not be paying much attention to, including Playster. A recommendation for authors to also make sure that the narrator, and not just the author gets the free Audible download codes to help promote the book. The partnership that Findaway Voices has with Draft2Digital.com that allows an author to easily port their ebook's metadata over to set up an audiobook at Findaway. Also, Kelly's respect for the “author-first” approach to authors that Draft2Digital employs in everything they do The notion of format-agnostic consumption of stories and the growth this means for authors   After the interview, Mark talks about the importance of publishing wide and shares his own experience with earning revenue from Findaway Voices via sales channels that weren't even on his radar. His belief was that he would make most of his money from the audiobook sales via Audible, the Amazon-owned largest retail site for audiobooks, but the reality was, the majority of his earnings came from several other sales channels. He talks about the recent progress from Apple, Google and Kobo in the past week as an example of “you never know, so it's best to be available everywhere.” He then shares a second reflection on how the investment related to the creation of an audiobook file is an important reminder to authors of focusing on the long-term, on looking at the various investments they make, not just in money, but in time, and in education.   Links of Interest: Findaway Voices Website Findaway Voices on Twitter Kelly's book: To Dad, From Kelly Mark's Findaway produced books: Active Reader: And Other Cautionary Tales from the Book World Collateral Damage: A Sin-Eater Midadventure Superstars Writing Seminars

Nicholas MacDonald - has 14 years experience in licensing and digital business development in the entertainment industry. He started his career at Corbis, Getty Images and Stingray music before joining Playster at its inception.   New Interviews, and Inspirational videos will be posted every week on my Youtube Channel! Just go here: https://goo.gl/EA9x6D Connect with Bert Martinez on Facebook. Connect with Bert Martinez on Twitter.

Amanda and Jenn discuss LGBT+ history, prickly Westerns, experimental prose and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Playster and You Are Here by Jenny Lawson.

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss White Tears, The Wanderers, Himself, and more books. This episode was sponsored by Playster and Why We March. Find a list of the titles discussed on this episode in the shownotes.

Joel & Matt are back again with another week of comic book news & Reviews. Wanna read more comics online? than use the promo Code CAPED90 to read more over on Playster https://play.playster.com/books/more/1155?cam=CapedJoel-TextLink-Playster&ref=5093328 Matt Reeves Out Of The Batman Alex Meraz Cast As Dash Badhorse In Scalped Marvel Teases Generations? Looney Tunes VS DC Comics Heroes. Kevin Smith for Sam & Twitch Show on BBC America Mel Gibson Eyed for Suicide Squad 2? Chip Zdarksy to pen Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider-Man Teen Titans "THE LAZARUS CONTRACT In May Cullen Bunn to pen Trinity Arc

Boy do we have a fun one in store for you all! The guys are joined by Auram this week to help report on a bunch of movie news. We are talking Green Lantern Corp, Wonder Woman, Miles Morales, Power Rangers, and more fun stuff. This podcast was sponsored by fine people over at Playster! Click the link below and sign up for a new account to get your 30-day free trial! https://play.playster.com/books/more/1155?cam=NerdSync-TextLink-Playster&sub_id=FreeTrial-TextLink&ref=5089540

Rebecca and Jeff look back at the year in books and reading.  Be sure to enter our $250 Barnes and Noble giveaway: go here to enter.    This episode is sponsored by Playster.

Amanda and Jenn discuss eerie books, mysteries, light-hearted reads and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This week's episode is sponsored by Searching for John Hughes by Jason Diamond and Playster.

Amanda and Jenn discuss audiobooks for kids, debut fiction, and overlooked classics on this week's episode of Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by Deadly Silence by Rebecca Zanetti and Playster.