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In this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast, Dale L. Roberts talks with Danica Favorite, community manager at PublishDrive, about what truly makes an author brand effective. They dive into how the power of relationships in author marketing, avoid the most common branding mistakes, and take real control of your marketing. Danica shares how wide distribution and authentic community-building can help authors stand out—and sell more—by owning their unique narrative. Show Notes Danica Favorite Brave New Bookshelf Podcast PublishDrive ALLi Watchdog List Sponsor This podcast is proudly sponsored by Bookvault. Sell high-quality, print-on-demand books directly to readers worldwide and earn maximum royalties selling directly. Automate fulfillment and create stunning special editions with BookvaultBespoke. Visit Bookvault.app today for an instant quote. About the Host Dale L. Roberts is a self-publishing advocate, award-winning author, and video content creator. Dale's inherent passion for life fuels his self-publishing advocacy both in print and online. After publishing over 50 titles and becoming an international bestselling author on Amazon, Dale started his YouTube channel, Self-Publishing with Dale. Selected by Feedspot and LA Weekly as one of the best sources in self-publishing of 2022, Dale cemented his position as the indie-author community's go-to authority. You can find Dale on his website or YouTube.

Something big is happening in the audiobook world—Spotify just changed how indie authors distribute their audiobooks, and it could impact your publishing future. In this week's Self-Publishing News, I'll break down what's happening with Findaway Voices and the brand-new company INAudio. Plus, updates from Laterpress, PublishDrive, and a new feature inside Dibbly Create that could change how you write your next book. All that and more in the self-publishing news this week! Book Award Pro - https://DaleLinks.com/BookAwardPro (affiliate link) Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Subscribe to my email newsletter - https://DaleLinks.com/SignUp   Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts My Books - https://DaleLinks.com/MyBooks Wanna tip me? Visit https://dalelroberts.gumroad.com/coffee. Sources: Spotify Transitions Select Audiobook Distribution Services to INaudio - https://blog.findawayvoices.com/inaudio/ INAudio: A Message from our Founders - https://www.inaudio.com/article/a-message-from-our-founders  Laterpress - https://www.laterpress.com/ Laterpress: Monthly and Annual Subscriptions - https://www.laterpress.com/blog/monthly-and-annual-subscriptions  Get Authentic Book Reviews - https://getauthenticbookreviews.com/ Dibbly Create: Guided Book Flow - https://mailchi.mp/dibbly/new-feature-lets-you-build-your-book-in-under-an-hour-6743002  Dibbly Create - https://DaleLinks.com/DibblyCreate (affiliate link) PublishDrive: General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR): What Authors and Publishers Need to Know - https://help.publishdrive.com/general-product-safety-regulation-gpsr-what-authors-and-publishers-need-to-know PublishDrive - https://publishdrive.com/pricing.html?fpr=dale10 (affiliate link) * 50% off special ends Wednesday Book Brush: The ABCs of Amazon A+ Content - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/YGCclpusSFWtHOJ8lC0uxQ#/registration Beyond the Blast: Book Marketing Tactics for Long-Term Success - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mjtluDCqRlGFR6N_y-hgPg#/registration 30 Books in 30 Days Giveaway - https://DaleLinks.com/30Books  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Meeting summary for PublishDrive Q and A (09/03/2024)Quick recapThe team discussed the benefits and new features of Publish Drive, a platform that supports authors and publishers, including a free plan, a metadata generator tool, and a royalty splitter tool. They also explored the cost-effectiveness and time-saving aspects of using Publish Drive for catalog management, sales events, and promotions, as well as the potential for using AI-generated audio for book publishing. Challenges and potential improvements were also discussed, with a focus on continuous improvement and better communication within the team.Next steps• Russell to explore using Publish Drive for comic book distribution and connect with Danica for more details.• Monica to investigate using Publish Drive's Abacus tool for co-authored book royalty splitting.• Danica to follow up with Russell and Monica at upcoming conferences to discuss Publish Drive's ecosystem approach.• Publish Drive team to improve communication about their full range of services and tools to authors.• Authors interested in Publish Drive to reach out to Danica at danica@publishdrive.com for more information or personalized assistance.SummaryPublish Drive's New Features and ToolsRussell, Danica, and Monica discussed the recent announcement from Publish Drive, a platform that supports authors and publishers. Danica, the community manager at Publish Drive, explained that they now offer a free plan, allowing anyone to upload a book and try out their services. They also launched a metadata generator tool, which uses AI to create book descriptions and keywords, helping authors improve their marketing efforts. Additionally, Publish Drive introduced Abacus, a royalty splitter tool, designed to simplify the process of splitting earnings among multiple authors. The team expressed excitement about these new offerings and their potential to support authors at different stages of their journey.Discussing Publish Drive Benefits and CostsRussell and Danica discussed the benefits of using Publish Drive for authors, particularly those making less than $5 on a book. They highlighted the cost-effectiveness of Publish Drive compared to other solutions and the time-saving aspect of having a dedicated person, Frushi, who sends out promotional emails for store promotions. Danica also mentioned a tool that allows authors to compare the costs and benefits of using Publish Drive versus competitors. Monica shared her experience of going direct with some of her books, but noted that she still has some books that are not yet published.Discussing PublishDrive for Catalog ManagementMonica and Danica discussed the benefits and challenges of using PublishDrive for catalog management. Monica highlighted the cost-effectiveness of using PublishDrive, especially for large catalogs, and the ability to easily upload content to various platforms. Danica emphasized the importance of author feedback in improving the platform and the support provided by PublishDrive's customer success manager for transferring reviews. They also discussed the potential for future improvements and the platform's role as a software as a service. Monica expressed her need to explore the Abacus feature for co-authored content.Discussing Publish Drive for Sales Events and PromotionsDanica, Russell, and Monica discussed the benefits of using Publish Drive for sales events and promotions. Russell highlighted the convenience of not having to individually find and upload to each store, and the potential cost savings compared to using aggregators. They also discussed the importance of analyzing the effectiveness of their current processes and considering alternatives, such as using Publish Drive for all sales events. Monica emphasized the potential cost savings of using Publish Drive, as it bundles in payments that would otherwise be made separately.Product Integration and User-Friendly Dashboard DiscussionRussell expressed his satisfaction with the integration of various products into a single dashboard, which he found more user-friendly than logging into multiple dashboards. He also appreciated the ability to see all necessary information in one place, especially for promotions and price consistency. Danica agreed with Russell's feedback and mentioned that they occasionally conduct user interviews to improve the user-friendliness of their products. She also highlighted a new feature, the pod template generator, which can convert ebook covers into print covers, a feature that could be beneficial for authors like herself.AI Audio for Book Publishing ChallengesThe team discussed the advantages and challenges of using AI-generated audio for book publishing across different platforms. Danica mentioned that while Apple's AI audio is exclusive to their platform, Google Play's AI audio can be distributed to other stores like Kobo and libraries through Publish Drive. Managing multiple dashboards was highlighted as a challenge, with Danica preferring simpler processes. Moving books to Publish Drive was discussed, with Danica offering assistance from their customer success manager. Monica inquired about Publish Drive's ability to accept and distribute Google Play's AI audio, which Danica confirmed. Danica also mentioned upcoming presentations at author nation conferences to discuss Publish Drive's ecosystem and capabilities.Comic Creator Challenges and Platform SolutionsDanica and Russell discussed the challenges faced by comic creators in uploading their work to various platforms. Danica confirmed that their platform serves the comic community and that one prominent comic creator is making significant profits through their site. She offered to connect Russell with their customer success manager to help him navigate the process. Monica expressed interest in this topic, suggesting it could be a potential episode for their show. The conversation ended with an emphasis on continuous improvement and better communication within the team.Discussing Publish Drive and AI Tools for AuthorsRussell and Danica discussed the benefits of using Publish Drive as a distribution platform for authors. They highlighted the platform's ability to reach a wider audience, including places where other distributors may not have a presence. Danica emphasized the importance of authors being able to control which stores their books are distributed to. Russell also mentioned the challenges of using Apple's system, suggesting that Publish Drive could be a more user-friendly option. The team also discussed the potential for using AI tools to increase author efficiency and the upcoming Author Nation conference where Danica will be speaking about Publish Drive and AI tools. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.writermba.com/subscribe

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Major updates are shaking up the self-publishing world this week! A popular author tool just expanded its reach, a new feature could help you earn more from your book sales, and indie authors now have a surprising new way to boost their global discoverability. Plus, one important deadline is coming fast—you don't want to miss it. Let's dive in! Book Award Pro - https://DaleLinks.com/BookAwardPro (affiliate link) Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Subscribe to my email newsletter - https://DaleLinks.com/SignUp Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord heck out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts My Books - https://DaleLinks.com/MyBooks Wanna tip me? Visit https://dalelroberts.gumroad.com/coffee. Sources: IngramSpark: Share & Sell Your Book - https://www.ingramspark.com/sell-my-book Apple Books for Authors - https://authors.apple.com Publisher Rocket - https://DaleLinks.com/Rocket (affiliate link)  PublishDrive Celebrates 10 Years with 50% off all plans - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (affiliate link)  PublishDrive: Exclusive copyrights - requirements and protection of intellectual works from future theft - https://streamyard.com/watch/PdF22kV9MRPn 30 Books in 30 Days - https://DaleLinks.com/30Books Author Nation (early bird ends on May 1) - https://DaleLinks.com/AuthorNation (affiliate link) Author Nation 2025: Last Chance for Early Bird! - https://www.youtube.com/live/gRjaAi4WDuU?si=encEBnGbKpMo6xfp Book Launch Panel with Teddy Smith - https://subscribepage.io/booklaunchpanelshow  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) rolled out new features and analytics for account holders, plus I share deeper insights into ACX's new digital voice narration with the cloning capabilities. Kobo Plus expanded into two new regions. National Novel Writing Month shut down; what happened and what can authors do now? And an Australian erotica author has been arrested due to some disturbing allegations. Find out about all that and more in the self-publishing news this week! Book Award Pro - https://DaleLinks.com/BookAwardPro (affiliate link) Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Subscribe to my email newsletter - https://DaleLinks.com/SignUp Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts My Books - https://DaleLinks.com/MyBooks Wanna tip me? Visit https://dalelroberts.gumroad.com/coffee. Sources: Now in Beta: Narrator Voice Replicas on ACX - https://www.acx.com/mp/blog/now-in-beta-narrator-voice-replicas-on-acx Getting the most from your ACX reporting and analytics - https://www.acx.com/mp/blog/getting-the-most-from-your-acx-reporting-and-analytics  Rakuten Kobo Launches Kobo Plus in Singapore & Malaysia - https://kobowritinglife.com/2025/03/18/rakuten-kobo-launches-kobo-plus-in-singapore-malaysia/ NaNoWriMo shutting down (covered by The Bottom Line) - https://janefriedman.com/the-bottom-line-janes-publishing-industry-newsletter/ (subscription required) The State of NaNoWriMo - A Community Update - March 2025 - https://youtu.be/TR6NnjgeIIY?si=Yr8eQ3F7fgYyukWd Apple Books for Authors - https://authors.apple.com Sydney author Lauren Tesolin-Mastrosa arrested over ‘pedophilia' book - https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/crime/sydney-author-lauren-tesolinmastrosa-arrested-over-pedophilia-book/news-story/5babb82438d7adc5ca699c877b07641a  CoverRater - https://coverrater.com - use coupon code DALEROCKS for 20% off (good till Sept. 30, 2025) PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (affiliate link) PublishDrive presents: Building Your Author Platform with Evan Gow of StoryOrigin - https://publishdrive.com/building-your-author-platform-with-evan-gow-of-storyorigin.html  Keith Wheeler presents: YouTube for Books - https://dalelinks.com/youtubeforbooks (affiliate link) Book Career in a Year by Nick Thacker - https://www.bookcareerinayear.com/sp/book/ref/1/  Books that Make You presents: Dale L. Roberts on Self-Publishing for New Authors – Your Guide to Indie Success - https://youtu.be/_9CejZROHcU?si=63ji1R6XkK9IAMCi Self-Publishing with ALLi presents: Marketing Strategies for Children's Books That Work - https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-marketing-strategies-for-childrens-books/ The Writing Community Chat Show presents: A Haunted Island. A Spooky Investigation. - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thewccs/a-haunted-island-a-spooky-investigation?ref=project_link Teddy AG Smith presents: Dale L. Roberts - Beyond Amazon: The Strategic Approach to Publishing Wide - https://youtu.be/bea3M6zGlqQ?si=AlfTwqLTn9cBPXkw ULTIMATE ‪@DaleLRoberts‬ QUIZ | ARE YOU A SELF-PUBLISHING WITH DALE EXPERT? - https://youtu.be/o2n7Kw6q6l0?si=3IYU8M32GGqS8qaI  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

To set your books and audiobooks up for the best chance at success, you need to make your titles available to purchase in as many retail outlets as possible. Author and book publishing consultant Erin Wright joins “Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)” to share her expertise about the most effective methods to distribute books and audiobooks to as many retail sites as possible, including details about how to best use IngramSpark, Draft2Digital, PublishDrive, Author's Republic, Bookvault, and more for your publishing goals.PARTICIPANTSErin Wright is a full-time contemporary western romance author, but unless you're a fan of sexy cowboys, you've probably heard of her instead because of her work in the Wide for the Win Facebook group. She conned Suzie O'Connell (close writing friend and fellow cowboy romance author) into co-founding the Facebook group back in March of 2019, and has been avoiding writing books by posting in the group ever since. If you're thinking about going Wide, or if you're already Wide and just want to connect with other Widelings, be sure to come join Erin in the largest group on the internet for Wide authors. She'd be thrilled to have you!Independent Book Publishers Association is the largest trade association for independent publishers in the United States. As the IBPA Director of Membership & Member Services, Christopher Locke assists the 3,600 members as they travel along their publishing journeys. Major projects include managing the member benefits to curate the most advantageous services for independent publishers and author publishers; managing the Innovative Voices Program that supports publishers from marginalized communities; and hosting the IBPA podcast, “Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA).” He's also passionate about indie publishing, because he's an author publisher himself, having published two novels so far in his YA trilogy, The Enlightenment Adventures.LINKSLearn more about the many benefits of becoming a member of Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) here: https://www.ibpa-online.org/page/membershipMake sure to connect with Erin for her consulting at work https://erinwright.net/consulting and https://erinwright.net/authors, as well as in the Wide for the Win Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wideforthewinFollow IBPA on:Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/IBPAonlineX – https://twitter.com/ibpaInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/ibpalovesindies/Follow Erin on:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@erinwrightLVFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/AuthorErinWrightPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/erinwrightbooksTwitter: https://twitter.com/erinwrightlvBookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/erin-wrightInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorerinwrightGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/erinwright

Bookvault made a major announcement about box sets and slip cases for authors. The self-publishing company PublishDrive will be down for scheduled maintenance. Smashwords is having their annual Read an Ebook Week in March. The Kindlepreneur Dave Chesson updated his article about direct sales for authors and the stats are pretty surprising (in a good way)! Laterpress leaked some insider info you will want to know. And, hear about other relevant news in the world of self-publishing. Book Award Pro - https://DaleLinks.com/BookAwardPro (affiliate link)  Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com  Subscribe to my email newsletter - https://DaleLinks.com/SignUp  Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships  Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord  Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts  My Books - https://DaleLinks.com/MyBooks  Wanna tip me? Visit https://dalelroberts.gumroad.com/coffee. Sources: Bookvault: Introducing Box Sets and Slipcases: Available now! - https://bookvault.app/introducing-box-sets-and-slipcases-available-now/ Use code BVDALE to waive your first three upload fees. PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (affiliate link) Smashwords: Read an Ebook Week 2025 - https://www.smashwords.com/dashboard/sitewidePromos  Selling Books Direct: Insights from 500+ Authors [2025 Update] - https://kindlepreneur.com/the-truth-on-selling-books-direct-insights-from-authors/  Laterpress - https://Laterpress.com 120 Author Opportunities + Some Hope (I hope...) - https://authortunities.substack.com/p/over-100-author-opportunities-some  Getting started with MailerLite - https://mailerlite.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RV0gFn6CQw-pE4vxT39bAw#/registration  MailerLite - https://DaleLinks.com/MailerLite (affiliate link) Authors Meet Author Assistants: Streamline Your Publishing Journey at Our Virtual Hiring Event - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/F1qcpvnDSuGrzc68puegXg#/registration  Master Amazon Ads: Live Ad Audits for Authors - https://www.youtube.com/live/a0snbVjJEPw?si=0MyTn_iQxYQL69yV  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Danica Favorite, Community Manager at PublishDrive and a multi-published hybrid author, discusses how authors can leverage AI and PublishDrive's powerful tools to streamline their publishing journey. Danica also shares insights on using AI responsibly, overcoming writing challenges, and maximizing book visibility.

Discover the latest in self-publishing news! From Taylor Swift facing backlash over errors in her self-published book to Barnes & Noble Press warning about scams, and IngramSpark expanding distribution in Singapore, we've got you covered. Plus, other important updates every author needs to hear! Book Award Pro - https://DaleLinks.com/BookAwardPro (affiliate link) Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Subscribe to my email newsletter - https://DaleLinks.com/SignUp  Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts My Books - https://DaleLinks.com/MyBooks  Sources: Taylor Swift's Eras Tour book dubbed ‘errors tour' over spelling mistakes, ‘blurry photos, and design flaws' - https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/taylor-swift-eras-tour-book-typos-b2658821.html Barnes & Noble Press - https://press.barnesandnoble.com Book Distribution in Singapore - https://www.ingramspark.com/Singapore Final Call: 30% Off PublishDrive Plans Ends on January 8 - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (affiliate link)  Join my Discord community for access to free AI tools - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord  Unveiling 2025: Indie Authors Gear Up for AI Innovations and Craft Renaissance - https://indieauthormagazine.com/unveiling-2025-indie-authors-gear-up-for-ai-innovations-and-craft-renaissance/ Stop Missing Out: Monetize Your Writing with Audio | Spoken.Press - https://www.youtube.com/live/PgnK8ZnHC4M?si=1A62VesBIGWGOWPe Simplify Story Structure: Write Better, Faster Novels | Jason Hamilton - https://www.youtube.com/live/B4NKQspKEBg?si=Apv_D1ea4Q9vE0JB How to build an audience from scratch: Webinar with Russell Nohelty - https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EaX7Nu_9QI26PwF60zvCWw#/registration  Authors Guild: Rights Reversion & Self-Publishing - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gyc8GDBWRl6aT5Z-V51vMA#/registration  Outstanding Creator Awards - https://www.outstandingcreator.com/winners--2024-clash-of-champions.html Global Book Awards - https://globalbookawards2024self.spread.name/?page=4 and https://globalbookawards2024self.spread.name/?page=5 My bookshelf - https://DaleLinks.com/Bookshelf  Million Dollar Mastermind with Larry Weidel - https://podcasts.fame.so/million-dollar-mastermind-with-larry-weidel  Credit: The Hot Sheet - https://hotsheetpub.com  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

The Amazon Community Guidelines updated their policies about reviews and this affects some review service sites like Pubby, Get Books Reviewed, Get Authentic Book Reviews, Book Bounty and more. Amazon Advertising rolled out two NEW features for account holders that can greatly improve book sales. And, self-publishing is on the rise, according to Publishers Weekly. All that and more in the self-publishing news this week! Book Award Pro - https://DaleLinks.com/BookAwardPro (affiliate link) Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com  Subscribe to my email newsletter - https://DaleLinks.com/SignUp Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts My Books - https://DaleLinks.com/MyBooks  Sources: Kindle Vella Announcement - https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/Kindle-Vella-Announcement?language=en_US Self-Publishing's Output and Influence Continue to Grow - https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/96468-self-publishing-s-output-and-infuence-continue-to-grow.html The Alliance of Independent Authors - https://DaleLinks.com/ALLi (affiliate link) Book Bounty - https://book-bounty.com/ Amazon Community: About Promotional Content - https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GDSRWWGGRA2JXSNZ Get Book Reviews on Amazon Without Violating Guidelines | Authentic Book Reviews - https://youtube.com/live/w0KxkSf6CMs Authentic Book Reviews - https://GetAuthenticBookReviews.com Amazon Advertising - https://advertising.amazon.com Draft2Digital - https://DaleLinks.com/D2D (referral link) Barnes & Noble Press - https://press.barnesandnoble.com/ Bookvault - https://bookvault.app. Use code BVDALE to waive your first three uploads.  IngramSpark - https://IngramSpark.com Earn Even More with IngramSpark (Share & Sell) - https://www.ingramspark.com/share-sell-promotion PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (affiliate link) PublishDrive: Holiday Content Deadlines and Instructions for 2024 - https://publishdrive.com/holiday-content-deadlines-and-instructions-for-2024.html  PublishDrive: Print Books - PDF creation, margins, how to use built in PD tools, and key strategies in distribution - https://streamyard.com/watch/Shn2bxiDagWU PublishDrive: Introducing PublishDrive's Cover Image Generator: Your Fast-Track to Stunning Ebook Covers - https://publishdrive.com/introducing-publishdrives-cover-image-generator.html PublishDrive: From Manuscript to Market: Your Fast-Track to Stunning Ebook Cover - https://streamyard.com/watch/uBY7XYXCmEYA Dibbly Create presents: Creator Q & A.I. - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ39eNz8xkmj0x7ELhrZW8l3lU7DqzslP More Reviews, More Readers: Hidden Gems' Founder Reveals All - https://www.youtube.com/live/yjYRPrpmDuM?si=z9p8h88sL-nTc-TJ Black Friday Deal Alerts (affiliate links)  Miblart (cover design) - https://DaleLinks.com/Miblart. Use MIBL20BLACK for 20% off your next order. Good till December 1, 2024. GetCovers (cover design) - https://DaleLinks.com/GetCovers. Use BLACKDEALS for up to 30% off your next order. Good till December 1, 2024. Press Ranger (AppSumo LTD) - https://DaleLinks.com/PressRanger. Good till Nov. 26, 2024 at 9:00am EDT. DepositPhotos (AppSumo LTD) - https://DaleLinks.com/DepositPhotosDeal. Good till Dec. 2, 2024. ProWritingAid - https://DaleLinks.com/ProWritingAid MailerLite - https://DaleLinks.com/MailerLite SiteGround - https://DaleLinks.com/SiteGround BLACK FRIDAY DEALS for Authors & Self-Publishers 2024 - https://www.youtube.com/live/yB57FnddsD4?si=a2KuvifR2v6PzfIA  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Amazon Advertising rolled out a new generative AI feature for your book ads. The Association of American Publishers recently revealed that publishing sales are up in August. And, PublishDrive shares the holiday publishing schedule for audiobooks. All that and more in the self-publishing news! - Book Award Pro - https://DaleLinks.com/BookAwardPro (affiliate link)

Kindle Vella announced they're closing things down in 2025, so where do authors go? Laterpress has your answer. Also, Authors Guild wants your signature on a petition that could have a major impact on how you're compensated for training AI. And, PublishDrive just acquired a new audiobook distribution partner in Odilo. All that and more in the self-publishing news this week! Book Award Pro - https://DaleLinks.com/BookAwardPro (affiliate link) Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Subscribe to my email newsletter - https://DaleLinks.com/SignUp Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord  Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts My Books - https://DaleLinks.com/MyBooks Sources: Sign the Statement on AI Training - https://authorsguild.org/news/sign-the-statement-on-ai-training/ PublishDrive x Odilo - https://publishdrive.com/publish-to-odilo.html Booksprout: Don't Just Survive 1-Star Book Reviews, Use Them - https://booksprout.co/fivestar/the-reviews/dont-just-survive-1-star-book-reviews-use-them-a-guide-for-authors/ Kindle Vella is Shutting Down. Looking for a New Serial Fiction Home? Consider Laterpress. - https://www.laterpress.com/blog/kindle-vella-sunset Miblart Black Friday Early Access - https://miblart.com/early-black-friday-deals/?ref=daleroberts5 (affiliate link). Use code DALE10 for 10% off your next order. Get Authentic Book Reviews - https://GetAuthenticBookReviews.com Facebook Ads for Authors: A Roadmap to Book Sales - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEufumgpjgtHNaV28DWqfNb9fu-8pp4HULW#/registration Authortunities Expo 2024 - https://authortunitieshub.com Networking for Authors by Dale L. Roberts — Book Review - https://sk-alexander.com/for-authorpreneurs/networking-authors-review.html Networking for Authors - https://DaleLinks.com/Networking How to Write a Nonfiction Book in 24 Hours - https://DaleLinks.com/ARCTeam Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Barnes and Noble Press rolled out a free new promotional tool for authors. The holiday season is coming right up and print on demand companies want you to order your books by specific deadlines. And, PublishDrive is offering 50% off their plans for a limited time. All that and more in the self-publishing news! Book Award Pro - https://DaleLinks.com/BookAwardPro (affiliate link) Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Subscribe to my email newsletter - https://DaleLinks.com/SignUp Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts My Books - https://DaleLinks.com/MyBooks Sources: PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (affiliate link). The 50% off sale is good through Nov. 4, 2024. Draft2Digital warns of holiday rush - https://authoremail.com/email/campaigns/ov131d3vf1d2b/web-version/eq3389j0wvdc4  Barnes & Noble Press warns of holiday rush - https://press.barnesandnoble.com/ Barnes & Noble Press Book Promotion Tool - https://press.barnesandnoble.com/projects/promote-book Apple Books: Holiday season delivery schedule - https://authors.apple.com An Author's Audiobook Journey: Going Wide with 30+ Titles - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsfu-orjgvGdBCUqpitHLMr3jN_-EoVkb_#/registration Author's Survival Kit: Must-Have Tools for Marketing and Advertising Success - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtf-mrpz8qG9wIY_x1UOy8vKqDa4AEEuzw#/registration Creating a Compelling Author Website with Pauline Wiles: The Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast - https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-author-website/ Crafting Bestselling Books and Marketing Strategies with Dale L. Roberts // EP 137 - https://www.hustleinspireshustle.com/episode/crafting-bestselling-books-and-marketing-strategies-with-dale-l-roberts-ep-137 Readers View Podcast presents: "How to Write a Book in 48 Hours" by Dale L. Roberts - https://www.insidescooplive.com/e/how-to-write-a-book-in-48-hours-roberts/ Networking for Authors - https://DaleLinks.com/Networking How to Write a Nonfiction Book in 24 Hours - https://DaleLinks.com/ARCTeam Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Ebook sales are projected to hit $29.9 billion by 2033. Authors Guild announces new partnership with an AI licensing company called Created by Humans. And, Findaway Voices by Spotify announces expansion of audiobook distribution for Spotify. All that and more in the self-publishing news. Book Award Pro - https://DaleLinks.com/BookAwardPro (affiliate link) Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Subscribe to my email newsletter - https://DaleLinks.com/SignUp Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts My Books - https://DaleLinks.com/MyBooks  Sources: Ebooks Market Revenue Surges to $29.9 billion by 2033 - https://scoop.market.us/ebooks-market-news/ Authors Guild Partners with Created by Humans to Empower Authors in the AI Era - https://authorsguild.org/news/ag-partners-with-created-by-humans-to-empower-authors-in-ai-era/ Findaway Voices by Spotify - https://findawayvoices.com/dale Bookvault: How to Use the Bookvault Bulk Title Upload - https://20439106.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/20439106/Bulk%20Title%20Import%20Guide.pdf PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (affiliate link) Dibbly Create - https://DaleLinks.com/DibblyCreate (affiliate link). Get 10% off with coupon code: MINUSTEN (good only in October 2024) Dibbly - https://DaleLinks.com/Dibbly (affiliate link). Get 10% off with coupon code: MINUSTEN (good only in October 2024) Self-Publishing Advice Conference 2024 - https://selfpublishingadviceconference.com/  StoryOrigin presents: Writing with AI: What's going on here? - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuc-6sqT0rH9LwN_uV1ACBRDYXb5AJsOE-#/registration Get Book Reviews on Amazon Without Violating Guidelines - https://www.youtube.com/live/w0KxkSf6CMs?si=HC4BFWDj9zolnwA- Book Launchers presents: From Invisible to Influential: Dale L. Roberts Unleashes Author Networking Hacks - https://www.youtube.com/live/O3vGtispDTQ?si=Bcot0ulKuP4kVQAZ Networking for Authors - https://DaleLinks.com/Networking  Credit:  Laterpress - https://Laterpress.com  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

PublishDrive just launched a new free option for publishing ebooks where you get 100% of net profits. The Authors Guild applauds the recent decision to hold Internet Archive accountable for blatant book pirating. Soundcloud is playing host to bad actors that freely promote your pirated book. And, Ingram Book Group just got audiobook distribution to Spotify; what does this mean for other companies using Ingram for distribution? All that and more in the self-publishing news this week! Book Award Pro - https://DaleLinks.com/BookAwardPro  (affiliate link) Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Subscribe to my email newsletter - https://DaleLinks.com/SignUp   Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts My Books - https://DaleLinks.com/MyBooks  Sources: Authors Guild Applauds Final Court Decision Affirming Internet Archive's Book Scanning as Copyright Infringement - https://authorsguild.org/news/ag-applauds-final-court-decision-affirming-internet-archive-book-scanning-as-copyright-infringement/ Written Word Media: Annual Author Survey - https://writtenwordmedia.typeform.com/authorsurvey24 Soundcloud Piracy Warning - https://www.youtube.com/live/IJupL8rzKdo?si=h9gbxpwDsY-HS78Q IngramSpark Giveaway - https://www.ingramspark.com/promote-my-book-giveaway  Bringing More Audiobooks From Independent Authors to Spotify With Ingram Content Group - https://newsroom.spotify.com/2024-07-25/bringing-more-audiobooks-from-independent-authors-to-spotify-with-ingram-content-group/ Dibbly Create rolls out new Content Writer feature for fiction - https://DaleLinks.com/DibblyCreate affiliate link) PublishDrive Opens New Distribution Option - https://admin.publishdrive.com/account/compare-plans Book Brush - https://BookBrush.com Your ticket to the new Authortunities Hub PLUS the Space and Time ToC for #147 - https://authortunities.substack.com/p/your-ticket-to-the-new-authortunities BookLife's Indie Spotlight - https://booklife.com/about-us/booklife-s-indie-spotlight.html  BookBaby: 15 Book Promotion Ideas to Boost Your Sales and Reach - https://blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-promote-your-book/book-promotion/book-promotion-ideas Authors Guild: What Agents Want from Querying Authors - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jXZgnKLaTgCMSKC35uX4Gg#/registration  Best Marketing Investments for Indie Authors - https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-marketing-investments/ Book Marketing Mastery with Dale L. Roberts : Proven Strategies from 10+ Years Experience - https://www.selfpubmadesimple.com/events/book-marketing-mastery-with-dale-l-roberts-proven-strategies-from-10-years-experience-marketing-monday-2024-09-16-20-00  Unlock Speaker Success Now! Indie Authors Share Secrets - https://www.youtube.com/live/QPUjw5arw1o?si=Xm6yfUolwADN_EbY eBookFairs - https://DaleLinks.com/eBookFairs Advertising for Books: A Guide to Promoting & Selling with the Largest Online Bookseller - https://DaleLinks.com/ARCTeam (advanced access available till Sept. 14, 2024) Source: Miblart - https://DaleLinks.com/Miblart (affiliate link) Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

In this episode of Brave New Bookshelf, hosts Steph Pajonas and Danica Favorite explore the transformative role of AI in authorship, focusing on how to find joy in writing by embracing technology as a creative tool. With Steph's insights from Future Fiction Academy and Danica's expertise from PublishDrive, they advocate for respect within the writing community and encourage authors to celebrate their unique creative processes. Discover how AI can enhance your writing journey and join the conversation about positivity and innovation in the publishing industry. Visit our website https://bravenewbookshelf.com to view the full episode notes, links and apps mentioned in the episode, and the full transcript.

In this enlightening episode of Brave New Bookshelf, hosts Steph Pajonas and Danica Favorite delve into the topic of AI in authorship, addressing common misconceptions and exploring its transformative potential in the publishing industry. As passionate advocates for ethical AI use, Steph from Future Fiction Academy and Danica from PublishDrive share their personal experiences with integrating AI into their writing processes. They emphasize the importance of respecting individual choices while debunking myths surrounding AI's role in creativity and storytelling. Join them as they discuss how AI can enhance creativity, improve editing skills, and foster better communication within the writing community. Visit our website https://bravenewbookshelf.com to view the full episode notes, links and apps mentioned in the episode, and the full transcript.

Written Word Media published a deep dive piece about how to avoid an Amazon KDP termination or suspension. IngramSpark launched a new free tool for authors; is it any good? And, Barnes & Noble Press loads you up with their top tips for summer book marketing. All that and more in the self-publishing news. Book Award Pro - https://DaleLinks.com/BookAwardPro (affiliate link) Get my latest book at every major online retailer: - Self-Publishing for New Authors - https://DaleLinks.com/NewAuthors Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships  Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts  Sources: Awards for Authors: Secrets from a Book Award Judge - https://bookawardpro.com/blog/secrets-from-a-book-award-judge/ Mastering Metadata: How to Avoid KDP Account Suspension - https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-to-avoid-kdp-account-suspension/  IngramSpark's Book-Building Tool - https://www.ingramspark.com/design-a-book Hot Summer Book Marketing Tips for Indie Authors - https://press.barnesandnoble.com/bnpress-blog/summer-book-marketing-tips-indie-authors/ Atticus: Customer Success Geek - https://www.atticus.io/join-our-team/ Reader Magnets and Growing Your Email List for Indie Author Success - https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-reader-magnets/ PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (referral link) Selling Audiobooks: Production, Marketing, and Distribution - Q&A w/ Lindsay Senior @ Author's Republic - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kc--rrzguEtRiC-4Y-QCg6d1xiqLhcXFV#/registration Non Fiction Extravaganza July Part 2 - https://DaleLinks.com/VirtualFair Self Publishing for New Authors with Dale L. Roberts - https://youtu.be/Nsvu2Bth3Wg?si=Bxt7zAp_L6f6HGVo  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

IngramSpark is launching a new book promotion package with a hefty price tag. Will the services be worthwhile? Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) updated their sales report dashboard with some much-needed improvements. Is ACX still missing anything authors need beyond this update? And, the UK-based print on demand company Bookvault announced direct integration with the direct sales platform Payhip. All that and more in the self-publishing news! Book Award Pro - https://DaleLinks.com/BookAwardPro (affiliate link) Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships  Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord  Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts  Sources: Amazon Advertising - https://advertising.amazon.com/  Bookvault + Payhip Integration - https://bookvault.app/payhip/ ACX - https://www.acx.com/ Draft2Digital: Notification Regarding Weltbild - https://www.authoremail.com/email/campaigns/yd690y2ad6e9d/web-version/eq3389j0wvdc4 IngramSpark: Promote Your Book - https://www.ingramspark.com/title-discovery  IngramSpark Academy: Self-Publishing Essentials - https://www.ingramspark.com/book-metadata-course-description Spotify's New Basic Plan Strips Out Audiobooks - https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-spotify-audiobook-plan/ How to analyze what book covers sell in your genre? - https://miblart.substack.com/p/how-to-analyze-what-book-covers-sell Streetlib: July and August Apple Promos - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9wgHN_S8QYb6jyIq2suD6CbBw-WoKTOL_ApEHo9lrjVFYwQ/viewform PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (affiliate link) More Email Marketing Tips for Indie Authors - https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-email-marketing-tips/ Book Brush presents: Level Up with the 5 Places You'll Make Money During a Kickstarter Campaign with Russell Nohelty - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsfu-hpjwtE9wZbalJOhDk8ovVeKUKEhLm#/registration Smashwords July Summer/Winter Sale - https://www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos/1/any/any  My Smashwords Profile - https://dalelinks.com/smashwords  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

An author is filing a class action lawsuit against Amazon due to the stranglehold Audible has on the audiobook market. Spotify is in hot water because of bundling music and audiobooks through their subscription service. And, Amazon KDP wants you to watch out for scammers and frauds. All that and more in the self-publishing news! Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com  Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts  Sources: How to spot fraudulent publishing websites and protect yourself from scams - https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/How-to-spot-fraudulent-publishing-websites-and-protect-yourself-from-scams?language=en_US&forum=KDP%20Forum Amazon KDP Scams & Frauds - https://youtu.be/6dC9tBMSWoY?si=uICrs1wSyluyj7eX  Barnes And Noble Is Unfairly Targeting Indie Paperbacks and Removing Them From Their Site! - https://selfpubconnect.mn.co/posts/58630093 Music Publishers File FTC Complaint Against Spotify Claiming ‘Fraudulent' Practices - https://www.forbes.com/sites/cathyolson/2024/06/13/music-publishers-file-ftc-complaint-against-spotify-claiming-fraudulent-practices/ Amazon accused of audiobook monopoly in author class action - https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/amazon-accused-audiobook-monopoly-author-class-action-2024-06-14/ BookFunnel Announces Support for Direct Sales for Audiobooks - https://blog.bookfunnel.com/2024/audiobook-pricing-lock-in-the-early-audio-adopter-rate-starting-today/ Bookvault Product Update: June! - https://learn.wideforthewin.com/c/bookvault/bookvault-product-update-june Bookvault Product Update Images - https://bookvault.app/product-update-images/  Laterpress - https://Laterpress.com Laterpress User Constitution - https://laterpress.notion.site/Laterpress-User-Constitution-5e953ee05f5d4c43862df56c62539661 Dibbly Create (Token Usage Feature rollout) - https://DaleLinks.com/DibblyCreate (affiliate link)  Kickstarter: The Write Stuff with Kerrie Flanagan - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kerrieflanagan/the-write-stuff PublishDrive presents: Manuscript formatting and book upload - How to start your publishing journey - https://streamyard.com/watch/fmMqZmaRPPnn Reedsy presents: Live Editing Session #4 with Tom Bromley - https://mailparrot.reedsy.com/subscriptions/new?list_id=84365f21a9&utm_source=mailparrot_newsletter&utm_campaign=marketplace_htwan_live_editing_4&utm_medium=email Book Brush presents: Savvy Solutions for Summer: Six Smart Suggestions for Hourly Concepts - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ufu2tqzMvGtROVED2kFqpaU_XULMOdT-l#/registration The story behind Self Publishing with Dale Roberts // Wordslinger ep 228 - https://youtu.be/yakdBEaIwqM?si=F9kMpXdkvVCfCEbW Authortube Writing Conference - https://www.authortubewritingconference.com/ The Future of Self-Publishing Roundtable - https://www.youtube.com/live/4-fnFMefBgo?si=BkWJLR6b3jVPD-p2  Credit: The Hot Sheet - https://hotsheetpub.com  The Alliance of Independent Authors - https://DaleLinks.com/ALLi (affiliate link)  Laterpress - https://Laterpress.com  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

In this episode of Brave New Bookshelf, co-hosts Steph Pajonas and Danica Favorite are joined by Robert Csizmar, also known as Joker, the CTO and co-founder of PublishDrive. Together, they explore the transformative role of AI in the publishing industry, focusing on PublishDrive's innovative AI metadata tool. Joker shares insights into how this tool helps authors create high-quality metadata to boost their book's discoverability and sales, while also addressing concerns about content security and the importance of effective AI use. Visit our website https://bravenewbookshelf.com to view the full episode notes, links and apps mentioned in the episode, and the full transcript.

Over the past few weeks, I've shared some of the best Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) alternatives for publishing audiobooks. However, there are a few self-publishing companies that offer audiobook publishing as one of three publication types. Today, let's compare a few aggregate publishing companies that handle distribution to Amazon, Audible, and beyond! Kobo Writing Life - https://kobowritinglife.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360059385511-How-to-Upload-Your-Audiobook-Directly-on-Kobo Google Play Books - https://support.google.com/books/partner/answer/7626222?hl=en Streetlib - https://www.streetlib.com/markets/audiobooks/ PublishDrive - https://publishdrive.com/publish-audiobook.html BookBaby - https://www.bookbaby.com/audiobooks KDP - https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/Invite-Only-KDP-Beta-for-Audiobooks?forum=KDP%20Forum&language=en_US Book Funnel - https://blog.bookfunnel.com/2020/the-bookfunnel-of-audiobooks/ Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Amazon Advertising rolled out a new feature for Sponsored Brand ads that sends customers to an Amazon Author Central Profile. PublishDrive continues iterating and improving their platform with their latest feature showcasing their three unique options. And, the Copyright Claims Board has a use case where an author took Disney to court over rights infringement. All that and more in the self-publishing news this week! Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts  Sources:  Disney, Books, and the Copyright Claims Board - https://writerbeware.blog/2024/05/31/guest-post-disney-books-and-the-copyright-claims-board/ PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (referral link) Sponsored Brands for authors - https://advertising.amazon.com/library/guides/sponsored-brand-authors?ref=24Q2_AH_ENG_SB_AUTHORPAGEGTM_V_1_en_US&ref_=pe_24209330_906684690  Written Word Media: Tax Deductions for Authors - https://streamyard.com/watch/um839ra2BJyt Reedsy's Prompted Magazine Launch - https://mailparrot.reedsy.com/subscriptions/new?list_id=2844b9df07&utm_source=mailparrot_newsletter&utm_campaign=marketplace_live_prompted_3_launch&utm_medium=email  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

The Kindlepreneur rolled out updated details for Kindle Direct Publishing keywords. PublishDrive announces huge new feature where artificial intelligence produces your metadata. And, Amazon is testing out a new Book Trends Data feature on the sales pages; could this equal more sales? All that and more in the self-publishing news! Subscribe to my email newsletter - https://DaleLinks.com/Signup Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts Sources: How to Fill in Your 7 Kindle Keywords: 2024 UPDATE! - https://youtu.be/vinXgGNxEzk?si=nXWNVGv2n1z3P4pc Book Trends Data - https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G3WC49TM63DUM4VW?mc_cid=1c5f63597e&mc_eid=433332c881 PublishDrive: Mastering Metadata - Unveiling Our AI-Publishing Assistant - https://streamyard.com/watch/PjVM9ebWhxj7 BookBaby: 9 Writing Roadblocks and How to Overcome Them - https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5TZKcqCvQOuSbwlskPOt0A#/registration  Getpremades: Premade Cover Party on May 30th - https://www.facebook.com/groups/getpremades/ ALLi: Email Marketing Tips for Indie Authors - https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-email-marketing/ Dibbly Create - https://DaleLinks.com/DibblyCreate (affiliate link) Credit: The Hot Sheet - https://hotsheetpub.com Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) rolled out beta access to their virtual voice program for distribution in 2023; now it's published over 40,000 titles on Audible. Find out what the customers think and how it could possibly ruffle some feathers. Also, PublishDrive picked up another audiobook partner in Wehear. And, Audible is now recommending audiobooks based on your viewing history on Amazon Prime Video. All that and more in the self-publishing news for this week. Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@dalelroberts  Sources: GetCovers - https://DaleLinks.com/GetCovers  (affiliate link) Contract Critique: Dashtoon - https://writerbeware.blog/2024/05/10/contract-critique-dashtoon/ AI-Voiced Audiobooks Top 40,000 Titles on Audible - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-02/audible-s-test-of-ai-voiced-audiobooks-tops-40-000-titles Audible to test using Prime Video data for audiobook recommendations as Spotify competition heats up - https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/01/amazon-audible-to-test-using-prime-video-viewing-behavior-to-make-audiobook-recommendations/  Wehear: Reach Millions of Audiobook Listeners - https://publishdrive.com/wehear-audiobook-distribution.html PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (referral link) The Hot Sheet April 2024 Bestseller Lists - https://hotsheetpub.com/2024/05/april-2024-bestseller-lists/ Dibbly Create - https://DaleLinks.com/DibblyCreate (affiliate link) Live Editing with Tom Bromley #3 | Reedsy Live - https://mailparrot.reedsy.com/subscriptions/new?list_id=a357d8aef9&utm_source=mailparrot_newsletter&utm_campaign=marketplace_htwan_live_editing_may_24&utm_medium=email How to Run an Effective Price Promotion with Clayton Noblit - https://streamyard.com/watch/YnPAsKE94Csj Dale's VIP Newsletter - https://DaleLinks.com/signup  Credit: The Hot Sheet - https://hotsheetpub.com Laterpress - https://Laterpress.com  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Episode 2: We're still covering the OG Six Figure Author Experiment: the launch of Russell's fantasy series, the Godsverse Chronicles. In this episode Russell updates us on his experience uploading four of his novels to book retailers. He and Lee discuss mindset and the fear that bubbles up on your author journey–fear of both failure and success. Fear is the mind killer but there are antidotes that don't involve riding a giant worm. Content warnings: discussion of depression, mental illness and suicidal ideation. * The busywork that's part of an indie author's life * “The Busy Mom” publishing option for authors who have no time* Boo to Ingram Spark, yay to PublishDrive and Draft to Digital  * Character-driven writing * How dysfunction in the mind is NORMAL * How to expand your comfort zone * How Russell caused the apocalypse* A useful approach to success or failure* “Every decision you make in writing is also a marketing decision” * The ideal number of books for a successful series * The advice Lee gave to a millionaire author * Russell's dog's happily ever after  * The #1 thing you can do to realize instant success Your Homework:* Make a list of things you're grateful for, especially regarding your books and your writing career so far. * Choose a book from your catalog and make a list of things that are holding that book back–the cover, the plot, the writing style, the audience and market you're targetingWe want to hear from you! Let us know how the homework goes and what was your favorite part of this episode. Resources: * Free Book Launch Checklist* The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers by Matt Bird: https://amzn.to/4cuqC5P* Jim Butcher's Livejournal: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html* An excellent resource for shifting your mindset and relieving anxiety: The Rapid Resolution Technique by Jon Connelly: https://www.rapidresolutiontherapy.com/* Author ecosystems: https://authorecosystem.com/overview/Gratitude StudiesWong Y J, et al. Does Gratitude Writing Improve the Mental Health of Psychotherapy Clients? Bartlett M, Condon P, et al. Gratitude: prompting behaviors that build relationships Yu H. Gao X, et al. Decomposing Gratitude: Representation and Integration of Cognitive Antecedents of Gratitude in the Brain Lúzie Fofonka Cunha, et al. Positive Psychology and Gratitude Interventions: A Randomized Clinical Trial Philip Watkins: Thieves of Thankfulness: Traits that inhibit gratitudePhilip Watkins: Grateful recounting enhances subjective well-being: The importance of grateful processingP. Kini, et al. The effects of gratitude expression on neural activityFor more, check out the excellent video “An Antidote to Dissatisfaction” by Kurzgesagt This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sixfigureauthorexperiment.com

Curious about who offers the best royalties for self-publishing? Join us as we explore top platforms like Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), IngramSpark, and Draft2Digital. Discover which company offers the best deal for authors, whether you're publishing on Amazon, Apple Books, or other platforms like StreetLib and Lulu. 10 Best Places to Publish eBooks (2024) - https://youtu.be/bb6235uI4VY?si=t48EA0ELE7cbvyj8  The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) - https://DaleLinks.com/ALLi  (affiliate link) Mentioned services: Barnes & Noble Press - https://press.barnesandnoble.com/ Apple Books for Authors - https://authors.apple.com/ Google Play Books Partner Center - https://play.google.com/books/publish/u/0/ Kobo Writing Life - https://kobowritinglife.com/ Amazon KDP - https://kdp.amazon.com/ Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/ Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/ Lulu - https://lulu.com/ Payhip - https://payhip.com/ StoryOrigin - https://DaleLinks.com/StoryOrigin (affiliate link) Laterpress - https://laterpress.com/ Streetlib - https://www.streetlib.com/ XinXii - https://www.xinxii.com/ Draft2Digital - https://DaleLinks.com/D2D (referral link) PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (referral link) IngramSpark - https://ingramspark.com/. Use DALE2024 to waive one update fee in 2024. Bookvault - https://bookvault.app/ Use BVDALE to waive three upload fees. Blurb - https://blurb.com/   Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com  Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

The Kindlepreneur Dave Chesson released a new post highlighting the most search Amazon keywords and trends in 2024. IngramSpark has a WHOLE lot of news including a new publishing opportunity, a giveaway, a survey and more. Also, horror is seeing a HUGE boost in sales over the past couple years. All that and more in the self-publishing news! Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com  Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord  Sources: IngramSpark - https://www.ingramspark.com. Use code: GIVEAWAY (promo ends May 5th) Lightning Source Sharjah - https://lp.ingramcontent.com/publishers/sharjah Nominate Your Book Today - https://www.ingramspark.com/editorial-calendar  IngramSpark Survey - https://www.ingramspark.com/sell-my-book-checklist-1?hs_preview=qxqQSwow-161643855391&utm_campaign=Ingram%20iD&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_uPVGdGWa8wAaagS5FQ9YeTVZ13T4WhQihSBAKU6gI11phTeAon1NpIfke-0wqcDtebCT51AIAdoGkETSbChVCxWfrdw&_hsmi=303467474&utm_content=303467474&utm_source=hs_email The Most Searched Amazon Keywords and Trends in 2024 - https://kindlepreneur.com/most-searched-amazon-keywords-trends-2024 Horror novel sales boomed during year of real-world anxieties - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/04/horror-novel-sales-boomed-during-year-of-real-world-anxieties PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (referral link) Brave New Bookshelf - https://www.youtube.com/@BraveNewBookshelf Self-Publishing News: Fairly Trained Certifies First Ethical AI Platform - https://selfpublishingadvice.org/self-publishing-news-fairly-trained-certifies-ethical-ai/  What is BookTok: 4 TikTok Strategies for Authors - https://blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-promote-your-book/online-book-marketing/what-is-booktok How to Benefit From a Global Digital-First Book Publishing Strategy - https://streamyard.com/watch/2ssRKurFy9HF  Credit:  Laterpress - https://laterpress.com  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Spotify Premium expanded to three new regions while increasing the cost for subscribers to listen to audiobooks. The Kindlepreneur rolled out an update to the Amazon Best Seller Rank Calculator and some additional tips. Draft2Digital partnered up with the social reading app, Fable. All that and more in the self-publishing news! Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord  New Sources: Amazon Book Sales Calculator for KDP: How Much Does a Best Seller Make? - https://kindlepreneur.com/amazon-kdp-sales-rank-calculator/ Bookvault - https://bookvault.app Wide for the Win - https://learn.wideforthewin.com/c/bookvault/ Spotify's price is reportedly going up again - https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/3/24119884/spotify-2024-price-increase-rumor-audiobooks-supremium Spotify Premium Listeners in Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand Can Soon Access More Than 250,000 Audiobooks - https://newsroom.spotify.com/2024-04-02/spotify-premium-listeners-in-canada-ireland-and-new-zealand-can-soon-access-more-than-250000-audiobooks/  Book Brush survey - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcwGZjhrL8_XIznqPDiujB0pSXwdBV_t8ZX18Y6aJ3T99rzw/viewform Say Hello to Fable! - https://www.draft2digital.com/blog/say-hello-to-fable/ Introducing Fable! D2D's newest retail partner! - https://www.youtube.com/live/5XY1dLbSX_U?si=x9hU4yEJJlpLVcGc Draft2Digital Publishing: HUGE New Announcement! - https://www.youtube.com/live/kImDOZenwo4?si=Ipy-bUNzPWhsQqIv AI in Publishing: Insights From 250 Authors & Publishers - https://youtu.be/W7MnVVMzcoM?si=o_SyWHPx52oD6xf6 Now In Colour: Bring Your Books to Life with the New Kobo Libra Colour and Kobo Clara Colour eReaders - https://www.kobo.com/news/now-in-colour-bring-your-books-to-life-with-the-new-kobo-libra-colour-and-kobo-clara-colour-ereaders Book Brush Hourly Concepts and Social Media Management | You Pick Which Designs I Try! - https://youtu.be/My0o3rupdjo?si=3uTVTS0sJz4x1w3n Dibbly Create - https://DaleLinks.com/DibblyCreate (affiliate link). Use code APRILPRO20 for 20% off before April 19, 2024.  The Hot Sheet March 2024 Bestseller Lists - https://hotsheetpub.com/2024/04/march-2024-bestseller-lists  Credit: The Hot Sheet - https://hotsheetpub.com PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (referral link) Kobo Writing Life - https://kobowritinglife.com/ Draft2Digital -- https://DaleLinks.com/D2D (referral link) Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Victoria Strauss from Writer Beware shared a list of sites and services commonly impersonated, so you can watch out for these scams. PublishDrive has a number of ebook promotions rolling out in the coming weeks. And, I officially announced my presentation for the Authortube Writing Conference 2024 where I'll host a roundtable discussion about the future of self-publishing with some of the biggest names in the business including IngramSpark, Draft2Digital, Smashwords, Kobo Writing Life, PublishDrive, and BookVault with the potential of adding another platform to the list. All that and more in the self-publishing news for this week! Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord Check out my main YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@dalelroberts  News sources: The Impersonation List - https://writerbeware.blog/2024/03/15/the-impersonation-list/  KOBO Promo: Spring Reading Sale Alert! - https://community.streetlib.com/c/retail-promotions-hub/kobo-promo-spring-reading-sale-alert Live Editing with Tom Bromley | Reedsy Live - https://mailparrot.reedsy.com/subscriptions/new?list_id=1c30456135&utm_source=mailparrot_newsletter&utm_campaign=marketplace_htwan_live_editing_march_24&utm_medium=email Authortube Writing Conference - https://www.authortubewritingconference.com/ SPwD Podcast review - https://chartable.com/podcasts/selfpublishing-with-dale-l-roberts/reviews/b0TrB7QR  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

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PublishDrive released 2023 stats covering self-publishing and the results are rather surprising, especially about Amazon. Brandon Sanderson influenced Audible to change how it's position with author royalties. And, the Kindlepreneur Dave Chesson launched an interesting survey with over 846 authors about direct sales. All that and more in the self-publishing news this week! Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord  News Sources: REGARDING AUDIBLE - https://www.brandonsanderson.com/regarding-audible/ 2023 Book Sales Statistics by PublishDrive - https://publishdrive.com/book-sales-statistics-and-market-report.html AI-Narrated Audiobooks Available on Big 5 Retailers: What to Know - https://publishdrive.com/ai-narrated-audiobooks-retailers.html Rakuten Kobo Launches Kobo Plus in Ireland and South Africa - https://kobowritinglife.com/2024/03/05/rakuten-kobo-launches-kobo-plus-in-ireland-and-south-africa/ The Truth On Selling Books Direct: Insights from 876 Authors - https://kindlepreneur.com/the-truth-on-selling-books-direct-insights-from-authors/  GetCovers - https://DaleLinks.com/GetCovers (affiliate link)  The Book Cover Designer for Sale on Flippa - https://mailchi.mp/thebookcoverdesigner/selling-the-book-cover-designer 50 Paid & Free Websites for Promotion - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JxK3PVHRiB-I0E5yNNr1BRyHZO9jmvUH/view Reedsy Live | First Line Frenzy #13 - https://mailparrot.reedsy.com/subscriptions/new?list_id=d77a5ee920&utm_source=mailparrot_newsletter&utm_campaign=marketplace_live_first_line_frenzy_march_24&utm_medium=email  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Amazon Product descriptions have changed in a pretty big way. Email marketing is experiencing a huge shake-up with massive changes coming through Google and Yahoo. And, GetCovers shows you how to spot AI-generated images through seven unique ways. All that and more in the self-publishing news this week! Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord  Sources: Audiobooks Are Booming. Spotify Wants in on the Action. - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/books/spotify-audiobooks.html How to Сheck if the Stock Image Is AI-generated: 7 Workable Ways - https://getcovers.com/blog/how-to-detect-ai-generated-images/ Streetlib Community - https://community.streetlib.com/ ProWritingAid presents: Romance Writers' Week 2024 - https://DaleLinks.com/Romance (affiliate link) BookMarCon - https://bookbrush.com/bookmarcon/ Author Interview with Dale L. Roberts - https://youtu.be/tQLu9_H-OUo?si=bk8nKAspgUBGKgS8  Credit:  The Hot Sheet - https://hotsheetpub.com  CraveBooks - https://cravebooks.com Reedsy - https://reedsy.com PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (referral link) Streetlib - https://streetlib.com Apple Books for Authors - https://authors.apple.com/  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Discover the transformation that makes PublishDrive the superior self-publishing platform over KDP. Explore the details of how PublishDrive is a game-changer, who benefits most from this platform, and how it can save indie authors valuable time and heartache. Gain insights into wide distribution, the value of going beyond KDP, and strategies to avoid common pitfalls. PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (referral link) List of Publishing Companies and Stores with PublishDrive - https://publishdrive.com/stores.html Print-on-demand requirements - https://publishdrive.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360012501099-Print-on-demand-requirements The Self-Publishing Hub - https://theselfpublishinghub.com Join Channel Memberships - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl9CjdZQtzufqgYx0CidSbA/join  Join my community on Discord - http://dalelinks.com/discord  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

More stories roll out about the Goodreads review bombing fiasco. Spotify draws more criticism over new streaming audiobook service for premium members. Amazon Ads updated to features including Sponsored Brand Ads and Video Ads. And, there's a ton more of information and details to start out our new year! The Self-Publishing Hub - https://theselfpublishinghub.com Join Channel Memberships - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl9CjdZQtzufqgYx0CidSbA/join Join my community on Discord - http://dalelinks.com/discord  Sources: Amazon Advertising - https://advertising.amazon.com New York Times vs Microsoft & OpenAI - https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2023/12/NYT_Complaint_Dec2023.pdf Streetlib's Promos - https://r.send.streetlib.com/mk/mr/sh/7nVTPdZCTJDXP4ZFwEKPDuIkXZmlANG/h1jmTC46pY7b American authors join forces amidst concerns about audiobook royalties on Spotify - https://goodereader.com/blog/audiobooks/american-authors-join-forces-amidst-concerns-about-audiobook-royalties-on-spotify IngramSpark: Better Marketing with Ingram ID - https://www.ingramspark.com/ingramid_nextbookpromo ‘It's totally unhinged': is the book world turning against Goodreads? - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/18/goodreads-review-bombing Scandal Rocks Publishing as Debut Author Is Linked To Fake Goodreads Accounts That Review Bombed Peers - https://www.themarysue.com/cait-corrain-goodreads-controversy-explained/ PublishDrive's 2023 Year in Review - https://publishdrive.com/publishdrive-2023-year-in-review.html Draft2Digital's 2023 Year in Review - https://www.draft2digital.com/blog/draft2digitals-2023-year-in-review/ Draft2Digital 2024 Publishing Predictions (panel) - https://www.youtube.com/live/VEuPpdkWNII?si=x3gBct-oCQk3zAOr The Hot Sheet's December 2023 Bestseller Lists - https://hotsheetpub.com/2024/01/december-2023-bestseller-lists StoryOrigin - https://DaleLinks.com/StoryOrigin (affiliate link) Book Genie: See you in Westwood...Virtually! - https://school.book-genie.com/p/see-you-in-westwoodvirtually Writing Productivity in 2024: From Resolution to Habit - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-productivity-in-2024-from-resolution-to-habit-tickets-776972474587 Book Brush - https://bookbrush.com Platinum Academy: Level Up with Direct Sales with Damon Courtney & Mel Jolly - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtcO6ppzopGNDDASXZIZrJxjlpQuoO-KEz#/registration Increasing Your Findability Through Genre Category Selection - https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-genre-category-selection/ Reader Views: “How to Write a Book in 48 Hours” by Dale L. Roberts (review) - https://readerviewsarchives.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/how-to-write-a-book-in-48-hours-roberts/ How to Write a Book in 48 Hours - https://DaleLinks.com/48HoursBook  Credit: Laterpress - https://laterpress.com Scribando - https://www.scribando.com/ The Hot Sheet - https://hotsheetpub.com/  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Join us for a conversation with Danica Favorite, Community Manager at PublishDrive, the premier alternative to Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). Discover why PublishDrive stands out as the best KDP alternative, offering insights on its benefits, legitimacy, and why it's a top choice for established authors. If you're into self-publishing, this interview is a must-watch! PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (referral link) Danica Favorite - https://danicafavorite.com/ Danica Favorite on Amazon - https://geni.us/4lN5eH (affiliate link) Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com   Join Channel Memberships - https://DaleLinks.com/Memberships Join Me on Discord - https://DaleLinks.com/Discord  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Additional scrutiny falls on Spotify's latest foray into audiobook subscription services. The Alliance of Independent Authors rolls out a new author community forum. Smashwords launches their End of Year Sale. And, so much more in the self-publishing news! Join Channel Memberships - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl9CjdZQtzufqgYx0CidSbA/join Join my community at: Discord - http://dalelinks.com/discord  Sources: Coalition of Concerned Creators - https://www.concernedcreators.org/ PublishDrive - https://dalelinks.com/publishdrive (referral link) The Alliance of Independent Authors Forum - https://selfpubconnect.mn.co/spaces/12755709/about Draft2Digital Holiday Hours - https://authoremail.com/email/campaigns/fh356ebqjhb3c/web-version/lg0604x35fb97  Smashwords End of Year Sale - https://www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos My Smashwords Author Profile - https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/dalelroberts What Dale Roberts Learned from HOW TO WRITE A BOOK IN 48 HOURS - https://youtu.be/_VmxBpxp2Q4?si=MUgTFf2RNWvy0e6K Consulting Services - Pod Pro Author Coaching - https://www.theindyauthor.com/services---pod-pro-author-coaching.html Dibbly Create's Holiday Sale - https://DaleLinks.com/DibblyCreate.  Use coupon code Merryxmas20 for 20% off the annual pro plan (till Dec. 31, 2024). Lulu's Publish & Prosper Podcast - https://www.publishprosperpodcast.com/ Virtual Assistant Services by Ava Fails - https://heyyoava.com/pricing/ The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Danica Favorite describes the benefits of releasing wide with PD and how you can have a say on the future of AI in publishing.

PublishDrive, an alternative to Amazon KDP, recently announced the ability to publish AI-narrated audiobooks on Apple. ComiXology is merging with Kindle. The Hot Sheet launches a monthly bestsellers list for indie authors. And, we've got a few great Black Friday deals worth considering. All that and more in the self-publishing news. Dibbly Create - https://DaleLinks.com/DibblyCreate (affiliate link) Use BlackFriday25 for 25% off an annual plan till Nov. 30, 2023.  Join Channel Memberships - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl9CjdZQtzufqgYx0CidSbA/join Join my community at: Discord - http://dalelinks.com/discord  Sources: New Feature Available: Apple Books Digital Narration - https://publishdrive.com/new-feature-apple-books-digital-narration.html Publishing Industry Insights Survey - https://www.surveyol.com/r/91EC31B  Successful Marketing for Multigenre Authors - https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-multigenre-authors/ YouTube's Unsupported Shopping Content - https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/6150006  The Hot Sheet's October 2023 Bestseller Lists - https://hotsheetpub.com/2023/11/october-2023-bestseller-lists/ Amazon to Merge Digital Comics Platform Comixology With Kindle App - https://www.ign.com/articles/amazon-to-merge-comixology-into-kindle Streetlib Promo Opportunity with Kobo - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSMXFnHd3SVsdGnGqFouBBAStG9IPABLTl1p2h0OrL0w94rA/viewform  Kobo Writing Life AMA - https://preview.mailerlite.com/u1a9p8u6p1 Draft2Digital's Publishing Deadlines - https://authoremail.com/email/campaigns/xx023yxf2pc08/web-version/lg0604x35fb97  Bookvault - https://bookvault.app (BVBF23 for 10% off UK print) Book Brush's Social Media Management Service - https://bookbrush.com/social-media-management/# (For $50 off the 14-day trial, tell them Dale sent you.) SiteGround - https://DaleLinks.com/SiteGround (affiliate link) Lulu - https://lulu.com. Use TWINKLE30 for 30% off books and calendars till Nov. 28 BookBolt - https://DaleLinks.com/BookBoltDeal. Use DALE20 for an additional 20% off.  Uscreen Demo - https://youtube.com/live/Z7WYjxpwp-c?feature=share  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Explore the world of audiobook distribution and discover how to reach a wider audience by publishing on various retail and library platforms. This guide provides valuable insights into the benefits of "going wide" with your audiobooks and offers a step-by-step tutorial on publishing to multiple platforms, including Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), Findaway Voices, Author's Republic, and PublishDrive. If you're eager to maximize exposure and revenue potential for your audiobooks, this comprehensive tutorial is a must-watch. Dibbly Create - https://DaleLinks.com/DibblyCreate (affiliate link) Join Channel Memberships - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl9CjdZQtzufqgYx0CidSbA/join Join my community at: Discord - http://dalelinks.com/discord Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

PublishDrive offers print-on-demand for books in India through Repro India. YouTube still carries more influence of book sales over TikTok. The private equity firm KKR acquired Simon & Schuster. And, so much more in this week's Self-Publishing News! Source: Miblart Premium Cover Design Package Giveaway - https://DaleLinks.com/Giveaway  Scribando - https://www.scribando.com/  Report finds YouTube more popular than TikTok for young book buyers - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/07/report-finds-youtube-more-popular-than-tiktok-for-young-book-buyers Dibbly Create - https://DaleLinks.com/DibblyCreate (affiliate link) New Store Available: Repro India – Expand Your Print-on-Demand Distribution to New Markets - https://publishdrive.com/new-store-available-repro-india.html Simon & Schuster purchased by private equity firm KKR for $1.62 billion - https://apnews.com/article/simon-schuster-kkr-book-publishing-penguin-random-house-797c3f383bfc1e60ea9a9bd48c6abfab Streetlib's Kobo Promo - http://r.send.streetlib.com/mk/mr/sh/7nVTPdZCTJDXP4ZFwEKPDuIkXZmlANG/myd422ir0-r4  Everything You Should Know to Start & Build Your Author Newsletter - https://www.youtube.com/live/r162XyttkIc?feature=share Inactive Google Account Policy - https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/12418290?visit_id=638276465726368772-2220244580&p=inactive_account_policy_email&rd=1 Top Questions Fiction Authors Have About Native Americans - https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/speaker-series/  Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding!

În acest episod vei putea asculta a doua sesiune de Q&A împreună cu speakerii care au vorbit în al doilea panel de la GrowthCon. Sergiu Iacob care este marketing manager la PublishDrive are o experienta de peste 15 ani in online advertising si a administrat bugete de publicitate de peste 1,000,000$ Iris Grossman care este... The post Al doilea panel de Q&A de la GrowthCon 2023 appeared first on Katai.

Hello Network Automation Nerds! Today on the show, we will continue discussing self-publishing with my fellow authors, Nick Russo, and Tim McConnaughy. In today's world, it is important for everybody to find their voice, create their brand, and be an advocate for themselves. In part 2 of the talk, we will talk about lessons learned from self-publishing, the tools we used, and looking forward to the next steps. I know each of us has some hard-earned badges in that arena, and we are happy to share them with you. I am super excited to continue the conversation with Tim and Nick. Let's dive right in! [Sponsor] Opengear: https://opengear.com/ciscolive2023/ (Visit Opengear's booth 7712 at Cisco Live 2023!). Part 1: https://podcast.networkautomationnerds.com/1864201/12819513-039-content-creation-and-self-publishing-with-tim-mcconnaughy-and-nick-russo-part-1 Connect with Tim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tmcconnaughy/Follow Tim on Twitter: https://twitter.com/juangolbezThe Hybrid Cloud Handbook: https://www.amazon.com/Hybrid-Cloud-Handbook-AWS-Traditional/dp/B0BW2ZKNB6/Tim's Blog: https://carpe-dmvpn.com/Connect with Nick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/njrusmc/ Follow Nick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickrusso42518Nicke's Blog: http://njrusmc.net/Leanpub: https://leanpub.com/PublishDrive: https://publishdrive.com/Kindle Direct Publishing: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/Ingram Content Group: https://www.ingramcontent.com/--- Stay in Touch with Us —Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/EricChouNetworkAutomationNerdsFollow Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericchouNetwork Automation Learning Community: https://members.networkautomation.community/Subscribe on Apple Podcast for Bonus Episodes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/network-automation-nerds-podcast/Patreon of the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=62594522

Amazon KDP had four BIG updates rolling out about their community tab, pricing, Kindle Unlimited pricing, and the KDP Select Global Fund. Also, TikTok filed for a trademark of a future publishing company. Publisher Rocket now gets MORE keyword data from Amazon. And, eBookFairs now has a service to generate your book descriptions. All that and more in this week's news! Join my community at: Discord - http://dalelinks.com/discord  Sources: Miblart Giveaway - https://DaleLinks.com/Giveaway  Things to do if your book has been pirated - https://goodereader.com/blog/technology/things-to-do-if-your-book-has-been-pirated  Fictionary - https://fictionary.co Story marketing vs. book marketing: What's the difference? - https://bookawardpro.com/blog/story-marketing-vs-book-marketing-whats-the-difference/  PublishDrive - https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive (referral link) How to Tune Up Your Marketing with the Author Marketing Audit - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-tune-up-your-marketing-with-the-author-marketing-audit-reedsy-live-tickets-630771734237 The Hot Sheet - https://hotsheetpub.com Bryan Cohen on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@bryanhelpsauthors/video/7232042304113118510 8th Note Press trademark filing - https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/8th-Note-Press_Trademark-Electronic-Search-System-TESS.pdf  The Kindle Storyteller Award 2023 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?ie=UTF8&node=12061299031 KDP Community tab gets an overhaul - https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/?language=en_US KDP Print Costs Increase - https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GPGVYM9KWTYLD2GD Publisher Rocket - https://DaleLinks.com/Rocket (affiliate link) eBookFairs - https://DaleLinks.com/eBookFairs (affiliate link) eBookFairs Book Blurb Generator - https://vimeo.com/826630628 Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding! - Dale L. Roberts

Hello and welcome to the Network Automation Nerds podcast! Today on the show, we will discuss a topic near and dear to my heart, something I have been doing for the last 6 years and probably my primary side project during that time frame. I am talking about content publishing. In today's episode, I am joined by my fellow authors, Tim McConnaughy and Nick Russo. In part 1 of the talk, we will discuss why to become a creator, create your own brand, extend your audience, and much more. I am super excited to have Tim and Nick on the show today, and I know we will have a great time chatting. Let's dive right in! [Sponsor] Network to Code University: https://go.networktocode.com/ntcuConnect with Tim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tmcconnaughy/ Follow Tim on Twitter: https://twitter.com/juangolbez The Hybrid Cloud Handbook: https://www.amazon.com/Hybrid-Cloud-Handbook-AWS-Traditional/dp/B0BW2ZKNB6/Tim's Blog: https://carpe-dmvpn.com/Connect with Nick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/njrusmc/  Follow Nick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickrusso42518 Nicke's Blog: http://njrusmc.net/Leanpub: https://leanpub.com/ PublishDrive: https://publishdrive.com/Kindle Direct Publishing: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/Ingram Content Group: https://www.ingramcontent.com/--- Stay in Touch with Us —Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/EricChouNetworkAutomationNerdsFollow Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericchouNetwork Automation Learning Community: https://members.networkautomation.community/Subscribe on Apple Podcast for Bonus Episodes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/network-automation-nerds-podcast/Patreon of the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=62594522

Find out the latest in the world of self-publishing. Amazon Advertising launches new certification course for video ads. KDP author and ads expert, Bryan Cohen, teams with Amazon Ads for a webinar. Bowker sells ISBNs in the millions, but have seen a drop in total sales since 2020. And, so much more!

What are the the six best print on demand companies? Kindle Unlimited raises its prices for customers, so what do authors get from the increase? Are you looking for extra motivation and accountability with your writing? And, Facebook rolls out a new subscription-based verification badge program, will you be buying it? All that and more in the self-publishing news! Sources: Let's Talk About Substack - https://writenow.substack.com/p/lets-talk-about-substack?sd=pf  Fantasy Writers' Week 2023 - https://DaleLinks.com/Fantasy (affiliate link) Smashwords Read an eBook Week - https://www.smashwords.com/dashboard/sitewidePromos and https://draft2digital.com/smashwords-sale/ Print on Demand Books: The 6 Best Services in 2023, Compared! - https://blog.reedsy.com/print-on-demand-books/  Kindle Vella January Bonus Announcement - https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/question/0D58V00007Qems3SAB/kindle-vella-january-bonus-announcement?language=en_US How To Optimize Your Facebook Author Page to Sell Books - https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-to-optimize-your-facebook-author-page-to-sell-books/ Authortube & Writing Playlists - https://DaleLinks.com/WritingSprints Kindle Unlimited Raises Its Price but Will Writers See Any More Money? - https://selfpublishingadvice.org/self-publishing-news-kindle-unlimited-raises-its-price-but-will-writers-see-any-more-money/ The Independent Author Income Survey - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SKX2XD3  KOBO March Weekend Sale (US) via PublishDrive - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhWgX3xMz9AaEBNI3sObA-MGBtpPfFFeCKz47_KNCqYBdkzg/viewform Testing Meta Verified to Help Creators Establish Their Presence - https://about.fb.com/news/2023/02/testing-meta-verified-to-help-creators/ Amazon Author Central - https://author.amazon.com/home Goodreads Giveaways - https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show_create_options?ref=giv_creategiv Audiobook Sales Calculator - https://kindlepreneur.com/audible-book-sales-calculator/  Romance author Faleena Hopkins goes missing after police chase - https://nypost.com/2023/02/17/wyoming-police-locate-missing-romance-novelist-faleena-hopkins-after-arrest/ The Self-Publishing Hub - https://TheSelfPublishingHub.com  Noted outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products or services I use and can stand confidently behind.

Over the past couple months, we've discussed all the highs, lows, and in-betweens on Amazon KDP. What if you're looking for an alternative to Kindle Direct Publishing? Then, you need to know the 10 best options for self-publishing online. IngramSpark, Lulu Press, Barnes & Noble Press, PublishDrive, Draft2Digital, Blurb, Apple Books for Authors, Kobo Writing Life, Google Play Books, and Streetlib are all viable alternatives to KDP. But how do they compare to Amazon's platform? Find out in this podcast!   Level-Up Your Self-Publishing Business TODAY: Miblart Cover Design Services - https://DaleLinks.com/Miblart The Amazon Self Publisher – https://DaleLinks.com/SelfPubBook Subscribe to Self-Publishing with Dale on YouTube at https://DaleLinks.com/YT and https://DaleLinks.com/YouTubePodcast. Join other like-minded and motivated self-publishers in the Self-Publishing Books Group. Learn, grow, and network with authors, freelancers, and industry experts at https://DaleLinks.com/SPB. Remember to answer the 3 questions to gain entry. Get access to my go-to resource, Publisher Rocket. Confidently research profitable keywords & categories. Easily select effective keywords for Amazon Advertising campaigns. For more details, visit https://dalelinks.com/PR.   FULL DISCLOSURE: Most outbound links financially compensate the podcast through affiliate programs or sponsorship deals. We only recommend products and services we've used and confidently stand behind. Using the links do not adversely affect your purchase price and greatly helps support the channel. Thank you for your understanding.  

Erin Wright of Wide for the Win talks about some of the criteria that indy authors should consider when selecting your distribution platforms, using PublishDrive as an example. She talks about the dangers of putting all your eggs in one distribution basket, and the fact that an author can't really claim to be wide if they rely on one distribution platform for their author business. Erin shares some insights into the choice of IngramSpark or the Draft2Digital print beta as a distribution option for your print books. And she also talks about how her experiment with being a creator on the road in her RV worked out for her and her husband, and the importance of the lesson that your creative adventures might take a different direction than you think they're going to when you start out. For a transcript of this interview and links to more information, go to https://www.theindyauthor.com/podcast.html. Did you find the information in this video useful? Please consider supporting my work at The Indy Author via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/theindyauthor) or Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattydalrymple). USA Today Bestselling author Erin Wright has worked as a library director, barista, teacher, website designer, and ranch hand helping brand cattle, before settling into the career she's always dreamed about: Author. As she's also paying it forward to the author community as the founder and admin of the Wide for the Win Facebook Group.

Lifetime deals. We all love them, but what kind of LTDs are the most useful and last the test of time? In this two-part episode, Chris and Amit each share their favorite LTDs, so you can be on the lookout for similar deals. Today's Resources:HappyScribe (transcribing, like Amberscript) GetGist (email, like Sendfox) Stencil (design, like Picmaker) Socialbee (social scheduling, like Sociamonials) MissingLettr (blog broadcasting, like Sociamonials) Squirrly (SEO like Ranktracker) Onestream Live (broadcasting livestreams, like Livecaster) QR.io (dynamic QR codes) PublishDrive (ebook distribution) New Zenler (online course creation & more!)

This week we dive deep into going wide with western contemporary romance author Erin Wright. Erin is also one of the co-founders of the Facebook group Wide for the Wind. Be sure to check out her link in the show notes. Leave us a review on Apple Podcast and answer the Question of the Week in the comment section. The winner this week is Stephen Wholesome. This weeks Honorable Mention is Three Formats, One Dashboard. Top Tips of the week include how to manage your beta readers, what are the best tools to format your books, and how to train your brain to write more. The 5 News stories that matter most to indies this week include how PublishDrive is making things easier on authors, what wide authors can use to help finance book projects, what's new with the audiobook market, how Trad Pub is defeating ebook pirates, the latest on KDP's worst-kept hardcover secret, and why most author advice isn't right for authors selling wide. Question of the Week: If you've considered going wide, what's currently holding you back? If you ARE wide, what's one of the reasons you decided to go wide?.

Kinga Jentetics is the CEO and founder of PublishDrive, the all-in-one digital book publishing platform for e-books, print books and audiobooks for authors and publishers.She made Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Media and was named one of the Top 100 European Female Founders by The Hundert. With PublishDrive, she took part in global accelerator programs of Google in Silicon Valley and in Europe. She was also nominated for the 2018 Digital Book World Awards (in a list that included Jeff Bezos). As an advocate of using new technologies such as blockchain and AI, Kinga is helping to rewrite the rules of the publishing landscape with PublishDrive by providing digital services from global book distribution to promotional tools and financial services tailored for indies. So that publishing will not be the privilege of a few but a resource for many.

PublishDrive's Kinga Jentetics discusses the impact of the 2020 pandemic on the worlds of writing and publishing and reveals her company's planned innovations for the new year.  

What is BookBub, and what is a BookBub Featured Deal? BookBub is a gigantic email list that sends discounted or even free books to people. BookBub curates the deals they send to their subscribers. They send them “Featured Deals.” A BookBub Featured Deal is a chance to get your book in front of hundreds of thousands of readers – or even a million+ readers – interested in your genre. You’ll sell hundreds, maybe thousands, of copies, and you may even hit a bestseller list. However, a BookBub Featured Deal can be expensive. (It’s not like a Kindle Daily Deal, which is pure gravy). My BookBub Featured Deal itself cost over $1,000. I sold over 2,500 books. (I hope to break down my full campaign results in a future article subscribe to blog post updates so you don’t miss it). A BookBub Featured Deal is not a BookBub Featured New Release, nor BookBub Ads Note that BookBub has other ways of promoting books besides the Featured Deal. There are BookBub Ads, which are display ads you can run on BookBub’s website or in their emails. BookBub does not curate these ads – any author can advertise their book with BookBub. BookBub also has the Featured New Release, for new books, which is curated but is generally not as competitive nor sought-after as the BookBub Featured Deal. How do you get a deal on BookBub? Landing a BookBub Featured Deal is highly competitive, but if you stick with it, you can one day get a deal on BookBub. My book, The Heart to Start: Stop Procrastinating & Start Creating was finally accepted after fourteen rejections, over the course of eighteen months. Here’s my advice for finally getting accepted for a BookBub Featured Deal. Go wide Many self-published and indie authors only publish to Amazon. One reason they do this is that it’s more simple. Amazon makes up about 90% of my revenue from book sales, and it has nearly that share of the entire ebook market. BookBub (generally) only selects wide books But, BookBub rarely selects for a Featured Deal a book that is only on Amazon (though I’ve heard of exceptions). BookBub has many subscribers who read on other platforms, such as Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play, and Barnes & Noble. So it’s a waste of email real estate for them to bother with books that are only on Amazon. By the way, what is “wide?” Amazon is so dominant in the ebook market that to have your book available in places other than Amazon is to be “wide.” Being wide is a lot of extra work: You have to upload and manage your book on a bunch of different platforms. This means any time you fix an error in your book, you have to re-upload it to all these places. Because Amazon matches the price of your book on other outlets, you also have to be careful not to have price discrepancies when you’re wide (more on a hard pricing lesson I learned in a bit). When you consider all the different markets and currencies in which your book is available, this is a lot to keep track of! BookBub is the best reason to be wide BookBub Featured Deals have been one of my main motivations for bothering with all the extra work of being “wide” (That and trying to “fight the good fight” to give readers choices other than Amazon.) Because being wide is so much work, I publish direct to Amazon, and use an aggregator to publish to all other outlets. I’ve tried publishing direct to various outlets, and I’ve tried different aggregators, but I’ve settled on PublishDrive. They have easy reporting, which saves a lot of energy putting together my monthly author income reports. If you want a shot at the “big break” of a BookBub Featured Deal, start by going wide. Rack up reviews (everywhere) When BookBub chooses your book for a Featured Deal, they’re putting their reputation on the line. Yes, they charge you money to feature your book, but they only have that privilege because readers trust them. Readers only trust them because readers know if BookBub has chosen to feature a book, it’s not just because they’re getting paid for it – it’s also a quality book. BookBub can’t go through the trouble of reading each book that applies for a Featured Deal. So how do they decide if your book is a quality book? Reviews! Work hard to get reviews for your book, not only on Amazon, but on other outlets as well. At the time The Heart to Start was accepted for a deal, it had about 275 ratings/reviews on Amazon (with a 4.8-star average), and a handful of reviews each on Apple Books, Kobo, and Google Play (If you check my book out, note that I’ve since lost some of those precious wide reviews because I switched to an aggregator. It’s best to choose the right aggregator from the start.) I had and still have no reviews on Barnes & Noble. Get reviews by asking or running other promotions You can get reviews by sending an email to your audience and asking for it. Or, if you have a direct relationship with any of your readers who have reviewed your book on Amazon, ask them if they would kindly copy and paste their review to one of these other outlets. Any other promotions you can run before applying for a BookBub deal can also help rack up reviews. How did I get so many reviews for The Heart to Start? It helps that when I launched the book, it was free. I gave away more than 3,000 copies, which you bet drove some reviews. You can’t fake good reviews, so write a great book Of course, it helps if these reviews are generally positive. Having gained hundreds of reviews for my books, I can tell you there’s no point in trying to fake this. If there’s ever been a friend who positively reviewed my book just to be nice, it’s never been as powerful as the reviews by strangers who actually liked (or hated) the book. The takeaway underlying all this is write a great book. But that alone won’t bring reviews – you have to work for them. Keep trying How often can you apply for a BookBub Featured Deal? Four weeks from your latest rejection. So, each time you get rejected, apply again four weeks later! Remember, I was rejected fourteen times. It took eighteen months from my first application to my first acceptance. Why not fourteen months? Because getting rejected over and over can be exhausting! Put your application process on auto-pilot Make the process of applying as automatic as possible. Each time I got a rejection email, I used a tool called Boomerang to return the email to my inbox four weeks later. That reminded me to apply again. I kept an Evernote file where I recorded the date I applied as well as the pricing and markets I chose, and comments I made in my application. I also kept links for each ebook store, ready to be copied and pasted into my application. Once you have notes like this, you could easily delegate this process to an assistant. Mix up pricing BookBub wants great deals for their subscribers, but they counterintuitively don’t need the best possible deal for their subscribers. These days, most BookBub Featured Deals are $1.99. Sometimes books are selling for more than that, but there are also books on sale for 99¢ or even free. You might think that if you are BookBub, you want to offer as many free books as possible. But keep in mind BookBub makes money from authors and publishers paying for placement in their newsletter. The higher the price for your deal, the more BookBub charges for placement. A higher price may give you a better shot (then again, maybe not!) So, you might have a better shot at charging 99¢ for your book than offering it for free. You might have a better shot at charging $1.99 than 99¢. How do you know? There’s no way to know for sure. These choices are up to the curators of BookBub, and their preferences change based on the activity they see amongst subscribers. Keep an eye on books listed on BookBub in your genre. Do you see a pattern in the list prices and sale prices of similar books? Alternate prices in your auto-pilot process If there’s not a super clear pattern, mix up the pricing in your applications. I alternated between two prices: One month, I applied to offer my book for 99¢, the next month I applied to offer it for $1.99. ($1.99 was the price that eventually got accepted.) Don’t make yourself ineligible There are various requirements to be eligible for a BookBub Featured Deal, but the easiest to mess up is pricing. Your proposed BookBub Featured Deal must be: Either free, or a discount of at least 50% (It’s usually more like 70–85%) The best deal available in the past 30 days. (They also don’t want you to offer it for less in the near future.) I messed this up at one point. When I had an international deal (more on that in a bit), it turned out I had accidentally priced my book too low on the Google Play store in the UK. So, Amazon had been matching that price. The historical list price was too low for my sale price to meet the 50%-discount requirement. So, while I was paying full price for my deal, my deal was not sent to UK subscribers, because I had accidentally made myself ineligible in the UK. This is yet another reason I use PublishDrive to publish everywhere except Amazon. It makes it easier to avoid mis-pricing my books. Try international first Speaking of international deals, there’s one caveat to my fourteen-rejection journey to a BookBub Featured Deal. My book was rejected fourteen times in a year-and-a-half for a U.S. deal. However, it was accepted for an international deal, after seven months and “only” three rejections. An international deal covers the UK, Canada, Australia, and India. (With each application, you can choose to apply for an international deal, a U.S. deal, or “All”). I did apply for “All” until I had my international deal, but BookBub accepted my book only for an international deal at that time. An international deal is practice The performance of my international deal was underwhelming, but I’m glad I got to try it before a “big” U.S. deal. (My international deal went to 140,000 subscribers, my U.S. deal – over one million). My international deal gave me a chance to learn and plan better for a bigger deal. I also learned that hard pricing lesson: paying the full price for an international deal, only to realize my carelessness in international pricing made my book ineligible in the UK. Your international deal performance may prove your book to BookBub BookBub probably watches the performance of these international deals to consider how a book will do in the U.S. Maybe the underwhelming performance of my book in my international deal was why BookBub didn’t accept it for a U.S. deal for another year! On the other hand, if my book had done great, it may have increased my chances of being accepted. To learn the ropes and maybe even to prove your book’s worth in a less-competitive arena, consider applying for an international deal first. At the very least, if you’re accepted for an international deal, but not a U.S. deal, take it and learn. Include editorial reviews or notable blurbs On the application for a BookBub Featured Deal, there’s a “Comments” section. Use this section to show BookBub curators how great people think your book is. At the advice of Craig Martelle in the 20Booksto50k Facebook Group, I included my book’s review from Publisher’s Weekly in the comments field of my application, starting with my twelfth application. It didn’t magically get my book accepted, but within a few months, I had landed a BookBub, so it may have helped. Don’t bother copy/pasting Amazon reviews into the comments section. But if you have any good editorial reviews or blurbs from famous authors, try including them in the comments field of your application. Create your own luck (your day will come) The more times you apply for a BookBub Featured Deal, the better your chances you’ll one day be accepted. Readers’ preferences change, the publishing market changes, the world changes, and so too do the preferences of BookBub’s curators. Just because you were rejected last month doesn’t mean you’ll also be rejected this month. I think the coronavirus pandemic may have improved my chances of getting a BookBub Featured Deal. This is just a theory, but traditional publishers’ projects were delayed, and I bet BookBub was getting fewer applications for traditional books. My business as an indie author, on the other hand, was not affected by the pandemic. It’s likely I had more of a shot because there was less competition. The publishing business is a business of breeding “Black Swans”, and you never know how the world will change to bring your “big break.” You have nothing to lose by applying, and everything to gain, so create your own luck by giving yourself more chances to get lucky. Some final tips BookBub also has tips on their website. Besides similar points to what I discussed here, their tips include: Have a good cover Optimize your sales pages on retailers Be flexible with your promotion date I’ll add to these a couple honorable mentions that will probably help, and can’t hurt: Spruce up your BookBub profile. Upload a photo, fill out your profile, invite your audience to follow you, and recommend some books from your genre. It signals to BookBub you’re well-known amongst their subscribers, and that you’re professional. (By the way, you can follow me on BookBub.) Run some BookBub Ads. It’s good practice to learn how to use BookBub’s ads, because they’re useful for making your Featured Deal even more successful when you finally do get one. Plus, it can build your BookBub following, which might improve your chances of having a deal accepted. Getting a BookBub Featured Deal is a breakthrough for a self-published author. It can feel like you’ll never get accepted, but if you keep at it, it’s possible – and worth the effort. Mind Management, Not Time Management now available! After nearly a decade of work, Mind Management, Not Time Management is now available! This book will show you how to manage your mental energy to be productive when creativity matters. Buy it now! My Weekly Newsletter: Love Mondays Start off each week with a dose of inspiration to help you make it as a creative. Sign up at: kadavy.net/mondays. About Your Host, David Kadavy David Kadavy is author of Mind Management, Not Time Management, The Heart to Start and Design for Hackers. Through the Love Your Work podcast, his Love Mondays newsletter, and self-publishing coaching David helps you make it as a creative. Follow David on: Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube Subscribe to Love Your Work Apple Podcasts Overcast Spotify Stitcher YouTube RSS Email Support the show on Patreon Put your money where your mind is. Patreon lets you support independent creators like me. Support now on Patreon »     Show notes: http://kadavy.net/blog/posts/how-land-bookbub-featured-deal/

This week Bryan and Claire have a great show for us. Make sure to leave a review on Apple Podcast. Top Tips of the week include how to get comfortable with ads, what are the benefits to having a pen name, and how PublishDrive is providing a new way to distribute your audiobook. The 5 News stories that matter most to indies this week include why people are calling for an investigation looking into the excessive pricing of academic e-books, what new portal Amazon has launched, how Wattpad is growing rapidly, what is Amazon up to now, and why sharing your chapters piece by piece may be a good option for you. Question of the Week: What tricks do you use to keep your author life separate from your home address?              

Jentetics Kinga, a Publishdrive megalkotója, aki magyarként arra vállalkozott, hogy nemzetközi szinten is átszabja a könyvkiadás arcát. Egy belevaló lány, akinek szívügye, hogy a felkarolja a fiatal tehetségeket és a független szerzőket. Azóta már olyan globális rendszert építettek, amiben az Apple is partnerük. 3 éve a Forbes 30 legfigyelemreméltóbb 30 alatti fiatalról szóló Európai listájára is felkerült. De mi a jövője az ekönyveknek? Hogyan működik ez a rendszer? Miért éri meg ezt csinálni? Kiderül az interjúból!Bach Kata, a Vígszínház társulatának tagja, elveszett az orosz klasszikusok világában. Nem véletlen, hiszen a munkájában nap mint nap ezekkel az anyagokkal dolgzik, többek között az Anna Karenina főszerepét is ő játssza. Kulisszatitkoktól, olvasási szokásokról, na meg persze élete könyvéről, a Karamazov testvérekről is mesél az eheti adásban.Ági pedig ezen a héten Guillaume Musso - Az Angyal hív című regényét ajánlja.A műsorban elhangzó könyvek: Lev Tolsztoj Anna ​KareninaFjodor Mihajlovics Dosztojevszkij Bűn ​és bűnhődésFjodor Mihajlovics Dosztojevszkij A ​Karamazov testvérekGuillaume Musso - Az Angyal hív 

Most people finish writing a thesis and head towards tequila, Kinga Jentetics turned to self-publication instead. Realising she could put her work out there without a third party, Kinga wondered why other writers were left waiting? PublishDrive was created in 2014 as an act of creative autonomy, allowing authors to distribute their work without having to push for it to live outside their own pages. In this interview, Kinga explains how she got her start, the biggest failure of her career and why she refused to work for corporations and instead pursue her idea.Follow along:Connect with Kinga on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kingajentetics/ - Learn more about PublishDrive: https://www.publishdrive.com - Read The Peers Project's Marie Claire feature: https://www.marieclaire.com.au/the-peers-project -Connect with Michelle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michakhidenor/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Survive to Thrive" by Misha Kaura (Darlinghurst Publishing) is being distributed by PublishDrive.

Are you overwhelmed by all the options for self publishing a book online? Then, discover the pros and cons of self publishing through PublishDrive. This is the tenth part of a multi-part series about platforms for publishing books.   Level-Up Your Self-Publishing Business TODAY: Archangel Ink – https://DaleLinks.com/ArchangelInk PublishDrive – https://DaleLinks.com/PublishDrive & see the royalty breakdown at https://publishdrive.com/stores.html. Subscribe to Self-Publishing with Dale on YouTube at https://DaleLinks.com/YT and https://DaleLinks.com/YouTubePodcast. Join other like-minded and motivated self-publishers in the Self-Publishing Books Group. Learn, grow and network with authors, freelancers and industry experts at https://DaleLinks.com/SPB. Remember to answer the 3 questions to gain entry. Get access to my go-to resource, Publisher Rocket. Confidently research profitable keywords & categories. And, easily select effective keywords for Amazon Advertising campaigns. For more details, visit https://dalelinks.com/PR.   FULL DISCLOSURE: Most outbound links financially compensate the podcast through affiliate programs or sponsorship deals. We only recommend products and services we've used and confidently stand behind. Using the links do not adversely affect your purchase price and greatly helps support the channel. Thank you for your understanding.

2020--what a year! And we're halfway through it. More people are on their phones than ever, more people are reading than ever, and stories are moving hearts and minds. So what does that mean for authors? Let's talk about it. Tonight, Kinga joins us to talk book sales numbers--across genres, platforms, and global markets. We'll talk about the markets that are expanding, speculate as to why, and look forward to the second half of 2020. What steps should we be taking to take over the publishing world? *** This week’s spotlight is on The Writing Dream: and How to Make it to Happily Ever After by Lauren Moore, Josh Hayes, and Scott Moon Writing.  Something you've always dreamed of doing, but there's just not enough time.  Or maybe you've already written a book (or six) but they aren't doing well.  With nearly fifty million books on Amazon today, what can you do to make your book stand out?  From the popular podcast, Keystroke Medium Live, Josh Hayes, Scott Moon, and Lauren Moore pan the gold from hundreds of author interviews. Anecdotes, tips, and advice from authors across the publishing spectrum and all over the globe. We've chosen the very best of it, time tested and proven successful, backed up by our personal experience.  Whether you can't find the time to write, you don't have a clue how to market, or you just need to fine tune your process, there's something for you in this book. LINK:  https://amzn.to/2BaIeXv 

Orna Ross and Dalma Szentpály explore the basics of online book distribution and sales trends over the past few months. As poetry slams and other events moved online, many poets are connecting for the first time with the power of digital distribution for their books. How do you ensure that your poetry books are available to readers all over the world? What are the facts about poetry book sales at the moment? Dalma and Orna have the answers. Tune in for discussions on a different theme each month with a focus on developing prosperity for poets through community building and self-publishing. Find more author advice, tips and tools at our Self-publishing Author Advice Center: https://selfpublishingadvice.org, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at http://allianceindependentauthors.org. About the Hosts Orna Ross Orna’s work for ALLi has seen her repeatedly named one of The Bookseller’s “Top 100 people in publishing.” She launched at the 2012 London Book Fair, after taking her rights back from Penguin in 2011 and republishing her books herself, with the titles and treatment she’d originally wanted. Orna writes award-winning poetry and fiction, runs a Patreon page for poets and poetry lovers as well as an active author website. She is on a mission to help eradicate creative poverty through digital publishing and enterprise. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram: @ornaross. Dalma Szentpály Dalma Szentpály co-hosts the Self-Publishing Poetry salon. She works at PublishDrive as a self-publishing professional and has been a lifelong lover of poetry. A native Hungarian, she started learning about lyricism from poetry giants like Attila József and János Pilinszky but also recited brooding lines of verse from international poets like Pablo Neruda or Anna Ahmatova. In university, she fell in love with W.B. Yeats and Emily Dickinson and wrote her thesis about the “villanelle” form in Sylvia Plath’s poetry. As a university lecturer and an event manager at an independent bookstore in Budapest Dalma encouraged readers to re-engage with poetry. Check out her blog post about contemporary poetry trends here: Find Dalma on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Are you maximizing the many opportunities for attracting attention to your poetry these days? In this salon, Orna Ross and Dalma Szentpály compare the traditional way to feature poetry ( literary magazines, competitions and eventual establishment of reputation and book publication) compared to the new way (feature on podcasts and social media, grow your audience and create a community then self-publish). While exploring both approaches, this salon focused mainly on opportunities in the vibrant new world of social media and self-publishing. Includes links, examples, and your poetry self-publishing questions answered.  Tune in for discussions on a different theme each month with a focus on developing prosperity for poets through community building and self-publishing. Find more author advice, tips and tools at our Self-publishing Author Advice Center: https://selfpublishingadvice.org, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at http://allianceindependentauthors.org. About the Hosts Orna Ross Orna’s work for ALLi has seen her repeatedly named one of The Bookseller’s “Top 100 people in publishing.” She launched at the 2012 London Book Fair, after taking her rights back from Penguin in 2011 and republishing her books herself, with the titles and treatment she’d originally wanted. Orna writes award-winning poetry and fiction, runs a Patreon page for poets and poetry lovers as well as an active author website. She is on a mission to help eradicate creative poverty through digital publishing and enterprise. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram: @ornaross. Dalma Szentpály Dalma Szentpály co-hosts the Self-Publishing Poetry salon. She works at PublishDrive as a self-publishing professional and has been a lifelong lover of poetry. A native Hungarian, she started learning about lyricism from poetry giants like Attila József and János Pilinszky but also recited brooding lines of verse from international poets like Pablo Neruda or Anna Ahmatova. In university, she fell in love with W.B. Yeats and Emily Dickinson and wrote her thesis about the “villanelle” form in Sylvia Plath’s poetry. As a university lecturer and an event manager at an independent bookstore in Budapest Dalma encouraged readers to re-engage with poetry. Check out her blog post about contemporary poetry trends here: Find Dalma on Twitter and LinkedIn.

This week’s AskALLi session with Orna Ross and Dalma Szentpály focuses on poetry content marketing. Orna Ross shares her strategy and she and Dalma analyze outstanding content marketing by some other indie poets. Tune in for discussions on a different theme each month with a focus on developing prosperity for poets through community building and self-publishing. Find more author advice, tips and tools at our Self-publishing Author Advice Center: https://selfpublishingadvice.org, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at http://allianceindependentauthors.org. About the Hosts Orna Ross Orna’s work for ALLi has seen her repeatedly named one of The Bookseller’s “Top 100 people in publishing.” She launched at the 2012 London Book Fair, after taking her rights back from Penguin in 2011 and republishing her books herself, with the titles and treatment she’d originally wanted. Orna writes award-winning poetry and fiction, runs a Patreon page for poets and poetry lovers as well as an active author website. She is on a mission to help eradicate creative poverty through digital publishing and enterprise. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram: @ornaross. Dalma Szentpály Dalma Szentpály co-hosts the Self-Publishing Poetry salon. She works at PublishDrive as a self-publishing professional and has been a lifelong lover of poetry. A native Hungarian, she started learning about lyricism from poetry giants like Attila József and János Pilinszky but also recited brooding lines of verse from international poets like Pablo Neruda or Anna Ahmatova. In university, she fell in love with W.B. Yeats and Emily Dickinson and wrote her thesis about the “villanelle” form in Sylvia Plath’s poetry. As a university lecturer and an event manager at an independent bookstore in Budapest Dalma encouraged readers to re-engage with poetry. Check out her blog post about contemporary poetry trends here: Find Dalma on Twitter and LinkedIn.

With the current crisis going on, as an author what are some things you may be able to do to help your readers out? On today’s show Bryan is joined by Alana Terry, a Christian suspense writer and teacher for authors on paid advertising. They want to wish everyone peace an good health during these times! Alana has her course up as a pay what you can and a portion of the proceeds will go to helping out during this time of the Covid-19. Be sure to check out Claire’s free supercharge your protagonist workshop, she also has a sale right now on her story alignment consultation so be sure to also check that out and use the code FOURFOUR by 4/4/20. All the links for these will be available to you. This week’s Super Charger Story Course Winner is Liberty Speidel. Thank you to our featured Patrons - Get it Done, The House, and Dark as the Grave. The Top Tips of the week include how taking the sidebar from your blog can help you start up your author website, what you can gain from using a writing prompt regularly, and how easy it is to turn your book into the latest EPUB 3.0 format with Daisy.org. The 5 News stories that matter most to indies this week include how PublishDrive is making it easy for authors to publish your print and digital and audiobook formats, why something as simple as asking readers to review your books can make a huge difference, whats causing Macmillan to abandoned its unpopular ebook embargo, who is announcing that their entire library of ebooks, audiobooks, and magazine articles will be free for 30 days, and ACX is doing to help out due to the impact of Covid-19 to the creative community. Question of the Week: What are some ways that you feel like you as an author could help your readers handle this crisis?

This week’s AskALLi session with Orna Ross and Dalma Szentpály will show you how to work with a poetry editor and how to find the editing process that’s right for you. The editing process is as essential for poets as for all writers. So what kind of editor do you need as a poet? Does the usual trio of developmental editing, copyediting and proofing apply or is it different? How do you find a good poetry editor? How can one help you? Can a group of skilled poets take an editor’s place? Tune in for discussions on a different theme each month with a focus on developing prosperity for poets through community building and self-publishing. Find more author advice, tips and tools at our Self-publishing Author Advice Center: https://selfpublishingadvice.org, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at http://allianceindependentauthors.org. About the Hosts Orna Ross Orna’s work for ALLi has seen her repeatedly named one of The Bookseller’s “Top 100 people in publishing.” She launched at the 2012 London Book Fair, after taking her rights back from Penguin in 2011 and republishing her books herself, with the titles and treatment she’d originally wanted. Orna writes award-winning poetry and fiction, runs a Patreon page for poets and poetry lovers as well as an active author website. She is on a mission to help eradicate creative poverty through digital publishing and enterprise. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram: @ornaross. Dalma Szentpály Dalma Szentpály co-hosts the Self-Publishing Poetry salon. She works at PublishDrive as a self-publishing professional and has been a lifelong lover of poetry. A native Hungarian, she started learning about lyricism from poetry giants like Attila József and János Pilinszky but also recited brooding lines of verse from international poets like Pablo Neruda or Anna Ahmatova. In university, she fell in love with W.B. Yeats and Emily Dickinson and wrote her thesis about the “villanelle” form in Sylvia Plath’s poetry. As a university lecturer and an event manager at an independent bookstore in Budapest Dalma encouraged readers to re-engage with poetry. Check out her blog post about contemporary poetry trends here: Find Dalma on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Interested in writing and publishing love poetry? In advance of Valentine’s day, this week’s AskALLi session with Orna Ross and Dalma Szentpály will discuss How to Self-Publish Love Poetry. If you're an indie poet, or aspire to publish poetry books, this AskALLi salon is for you. You'll learn: Why love poetry is always popular and who is reading it in these digital days Latest trends in poetry publishing Genres in love poetry Publishing poetry tips Also: Indie Poetry Please! in which Dalma and Orna read some poetry submissions and Orna reads her poem “Love Hurts." Tune in for discussions on a different theme each month with a focus on developing prosperity for poets through community building and self-publishing. Find more author advice, tips and tools at our Self-publishing Author Advice Center: https://selfpublishingadvice.org, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at http://allianceindependentauthors.org. About the Hosts Orna Ross Orna’s work for ALLi has seen her repeatedly named one of The Bookseller’s “Top 100 people in publishing.” She launched at the 2012 London Book Fair, after taking her rights back from Penguin in 2011 and republishing her books herself, with the titles and treatment she’d originally wanted. Orna writes award-winning poetry and fiction, runs a Patreon page for poets and poetry lovers as well as an active author website. She is on a mission to help eradicate creative poverty through digital publishing and enterprise. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram: @ornaross. Dalma Szentpály Dalma Szentpály co-hosts the Self-Publishing Poetry salon. She works at PublishDrive as a self-publishing professional and has been a lifelong lover of poetry. A native Hungarian, she started learning about lyricism from poetry giants like Attila József and János Pilinszky but also recited brooding lines of verse from international poets like Pablo Neruda or Anna Ahmatova. In university, she fell in love with W.B. Yeats and Emily Dickinson and wrote her thesis about the “villanelle” form in Sylvia Plath’s poetry. As a university lecturer and an event manager at an independent bookstore in Budapest Dalma encouraged readers to re-engage with poetry. Check out her blog post about contemporary poetry trends here: Find Dalma on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Building on the basic marketing poetry book marketing plan established last time, Orna Ross and Dalma Szentpály move on to choosing some specific actions that feel right for you. Emphasizing a spirit of experiment and exploration, they suggest a number of options available to poets, from book promotion websites to social media. And they show how poets are reaching readers in a variety of niches, without eating too much into writing time. Tune in for discussions on a different theme each month with a focus on developing prosperity for poets through community building and self-publishing. Find more author advice, tips and tools at our Self-publishing Author Advice Center: https://selfpublishingadvice.org, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at http://allianceindependentauthors.org. About the Hosts Orna Ross Orna’s work for ALLi has seen her repeatedly named one of The Bookseller’s “Top 100 people in publishing.” She launched at the 2012 London Book Fair, after taking her rights back from Penguin in 2011 and republishing her books herself, with the titles and treatment she’d originally wanted. Orna writes award-winning poetry and fiction, runs a Patreon page for poets and poetry lovers as well as an active author website. She is on a mission to help eradicate creative poverty through digital publishing and enterprise. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram: @ornaross. Dalma Szentpály Dalma Szentpály co-hosts the Self-Publishing Poetry salon. She works at PublishDrive as a self-publishing professional and has been a lifelong lover of poetry. A native Hungarian, she started learning about lyricism from poetry giants like Attila József and János Pilinszky but also recited brooding lines of verse from international poets like Pablo Neruda or Anna Ahmatova. In university, she fell in love with W.B. Yeats and Emily Dickinson and wrote her thesis about the “villanelle” form in Sylvia Plath’s poetry. As a university lecturer and an event manager at an independent bookstore in Budapest Dalma encouraged readers to re-engage with poetry. Check out her blog post about contemporary poetry trends here: Find Dalma on Twitter and LinkedIn.

In this 10-minute show travel writer Jay Artale looks at the two different ebook distribution options if you don't want to go exclusive with Amazon: Going direct and non-exclusive with Amazon, and signing up with an aggregator (Draft2Digital, PublishDrive and Smashwords) to reach retailers other than Amazon. Going direct and non-exclusive with Amazon, and going direct with Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books, or Google Play, and also using an aggregator to reach other retailers. The pros, cons, and challenges of going direct with all of the different retailers. How to simplify your distribution network. Visit the show page for this episode at www.birdsofafeatherpress.com

Episode 48: Interview with Michael Anderle, Part 2   Prologue: Five Tips to Help You Win NaNoWriMo National Novel Writing Month: https://www.nanowrimo.org/ Main Story: Interview with Michael Anderle, Part 2 Kurtherian Gambit:  https://kurtherianbooks.com/ Russell Blake blog: https://russellblake.com/outlining-made-simple/ Draft2Digital: https://www.draft2digital.com/ PublishDrive: https://www.publishdrive.com/ OpusX Video on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LMBPNPublishing/videos/388918638460013/ Gene Mollica Studios: http://genemollica.com/ LMBPN: https://lmbpn.com/ Epilogue: Top Ten Writing Software and Utilities, part 2 Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/   Evernote: https://evernote.com Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/ Grammarly: https://www.grammarly.com/native/windows LibreOffice: https://www.libreoffice.org/ Microsoft Word: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/word/cfq7ttc0k7c7 Scrivener: https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview Music "Never Surrender" by Chasing Noise, off their album, Everything http://chasingnoise.wixsite.com/chasingnoise

Do you want to know how to properly market self-published poetry books? Many poets spend a lot of time submitting to literary journals and competitions, but the new way to reach poetry readers is through digital social media and book publishing. In this session poet and ALLi Director Orna Ross, and Business Developer at book distributor PublishDrive, Dalma Szentpály, discuss some of the many ways to make and market poetry books today. Tune in for discussions on a different theme each month with a focus on developing prosperity for poets through community building and self-publishing. Find more author advice, tips and tools at our Self-publishing Author Advice Center: https://selfpublishingadvice.org, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at http://allianceindependentauthors.org. About the Hosts Orna Ross Orna’s work for ALLi has seen her repeatedly named one of The Bookseller’s “Top 100 people in publishing.” She launched at the 2012 London Book Fair, after taking her rights back from Penguin in 2011 and republishing her books herself, with the titles and treatment she’d originally wanted. Orna writes award-winning poetry and fiction, runs a Patreon page for poets and poetry lovers as well as an active author website. She is on a mission to help eradicate creative poverty through digital publishing and enterprise. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram: @ornaross. Dalma Szentpály Dalma Szentpály co-hosts the Self-Publishing Poetry salon. She works at PublishDrive as a self-publishing professional and has been a lifelong lover of poetry. A native Hungarian, she started learning about lyricism from poetry giants like Attila József and János Pilinszky but also recited brooding lines of verse from international poets like Pablo Neruda or Anna Ahmatova. In university, she fell in love with W.B. Yeats and Emily Dickinson and wrote her thesis about the “villanelle” form in Sylvia Plath’s poetry. As a university lecturer and an event manager at an independent bookstore in Budapest Dalma encouraged readers to re-engage with poetry. Check out her blog post about contemporary poetry trends here: https://publishdrive.com/publishing-poetry-2018/. Find Dalma on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Kinga Jentetics is the founder and CEO of PublishDrive, an eBook publishing platform. Learn about the importance of thinking globally for your ebook, how simplicity is the focus of this platform, and what differentiates PublishDrive from other distributors.

Sometimes called pamphlets, poetry chapbooks are short collections of poems, inexpensively and usually independently published. They are typically in ebook or paperback format—though indies are now producing print-on-demand hardbacks and audiobooks of their own readings, too. ALLi Director Orna Ross publishes chapbooks regularly, whenever she has ten publishable poems, for her “Poems to Inspire” series. In this session, Orna and Dalma Szentpály will explore the delights and challenges of chapbook publishing, including some upcoming chapbook publishing competitions. Tune in for discussions on a different theme each month with a focus on developing prosperity for poets through community building and self-publishing. Find more author advice, tips and tools at our Self-publishing Author Advice Center: https://selfpublishingadvice.org, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at http://allianceindependentauthors.org. About the Hosts Orna Ross Orna’s work for ALLi has seen her repeatedly named one of The Bookseller’s “Top 100 people in publishing.” She launched at the 2012 London Book Fair, after taking her rights back from Penguin in 2011 and republishing her books herself, with the titles and treatment she’d originally wanted. Orna writes award-winning poetry and fiction, runs a Patreon page for poets and poetry lovers as well as an active author website. She is on a mission to help eradicate creative poverty through digital publishing and enterprise. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram: @ornaross. Dalma Szentpály Dalma Szentpály co-hosts the Self-Publishing Poetry salon. She works at PublishDrive as a self-publishing professional and has been a lifelong lover of poetry. A native Hungarian, she started learning about lyricism from poetry giants like Attila József and János Pilinszky but also recited brooding lines of verse from international poets like Pablo Neruda or Anna Ahmatova. In university, she fell in love with W.B. Yeats and Emily Dickinson and wrote her thesis about the “villanelle” form in Sylvia Plath’s poetry. As a university lecturer and an event manager at an independent bookstore in Budapest Dalma encouraged readers to re-engage with poetry. Check out her blog post about contemporary poetry trends here: https://publishdrive.com/publishing-poetry-2018/. Find Dalma on Twitter and LinkedIn.

What is hybrid publishing and should I consider it? That is among the questions answered this month on our monthly Member Q&A, where ALLi Members’ have their most pressing self-publishing questions analyzed and answered. Join your hosts for the Member Q&A: Partner Liaison and US Ambassador Michael La Ronn and ALLi Director Orna Ross.  Questions this month include: I'm struggling with formatting my paperback. What should I do? Help! My publishing is withholding my royalties. Can I file a class action lawsuit? What is hybrid publishing and should I consider it? I've been approached by a foreign literary agency about translating my book. What should I do? Should I create a coloring book companion to my children's book? Also ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway joins Multimedia Manager Howard Lovy in an update on the latest news from the indie author-publishing world. They discuss the latest offering from PublishDrive, an update on the Libraries vs. Publishers feud, and Amazon One-Tap Reviews. And More! Find more author advice, tips and tools at our Self-publishing Author Advice Center: https://selfpublishingadvice.org, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at http://allianceindependentauthors.org. Now, go write and publish! About the Hosts Michael La Ronn is the author of over 30 books of science fiction & fantasy and authors self-help books. His books include the Galaxy Mavericks series and Modern Necromancy series. You can now find his new writing course on Teachable. Orna Ross launched the Alliance of Independent Authors at the London Book Fair in 2012. Her work for ALLi has seen her named as one of The Bookseller’s “100 top people in publishing”. She also publishes poetry, fiction and nonfiction, and is greatly excited by the democratising, empowering potential of author-publishing. For more information about Orna, visit her website: http://www.ornaross.com Dan Holloway is a novelist, poet and spoken word artist. He is the MC of the performance arts show The New Libertines Earlier this year he competed at the National Poetry Slam final at the Royal Albert Hall. His latest collection, The Transparency of Sutures, is available on Kindle.  

In another first for the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), and as part of its 2019-2020 season of broadcasts, ALLi launches the first Self-PublishingPoetry Podcast. For poets, this is a safe online space to read and perform, to get advice about online poetry publishing and creative enterprise, and to get more attention. On the #AskALLi Self-Publishing Poetry Podcast, find: advice on how to self-publish poetry books for pleasure and profit discussion about writing and publishing options for poets readings from self-publishing poets in a segment called Indie Poetry Please!  Tune in for discussions on a different theme each month with a focus on developing prosperity for poets through community building and self-publishing. Find more author advice, tips and tools at our Self-publishing Author Advice Center: https://selfpublishingadvice.org, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at http://allianceindependentauthors.org. About the Hosts Orna Ross Orna’s work for ALLi has seen her repeatedly named one of The Bookseller’s “Top 100 people in publishing.” She launched at the 2012 London Book Fair, after taking her rights back from Penguin in 2011 and republishing her books herself, with the titles and treatment she’d originally wanted. Orna writes award-winning poetry and fiction, runs a Patreon page for poets and poetry lovers as well as an active author website. She is on a mission to help eradicate creative poverty through digital publishing and enterprise. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram: @ornaross. Dalma Szentpály Dalma Szentpály co-hosts the Self-Publishing Poetry salon. She works at PublishDrive as a self-publishing professional and has been a lifelong lover of poetry. A native Hungarian, she started learning about lyricism from poetry giants like Attila József and János Pilinszky but also recited brooding lines of verse from international poets like Pablo Neruda or Anna Ahmatova. In university, she fell in love with W.B. Yeats and Emily Dickinson and wrote her thesis about the “villanelle” form in Sylvia Plath’s poetry. As a university lecturer and an event manager at an independent bookstore in Budapest Dalma encouraged readers to re-engage with poetry. Check out her blog post about contemporary poetry trends here: https://publishdrive.com/publishing-poetry-2018/. Find Dalma on Twitter and LinkedIn.  

Writing for fun and for money is definitely possible, as I discuss with Jason Brick in today's interview. He writes flash fiction for fun and takes high-paying freelance writing jobs for income and shares tips for both. In the intro, highlights from the Audio Publishers Association survey [Publishing Perspectives]; PublishDrive announces Abacus, a tool for […] The post Flash Fiction And Making A Living As A Writer With Jason Brick first appeared on The Creative Penn.

Our host Gerald Everett Jones puts podcasting in the context of social media outreach for authors and editors. He focuses on how to engage your audience by avoiding the pitfall of Look at Me! and emphasizing Think About This! #amwriting #selfpub #podcast This entertaining half-hour episode also has wicked banter with Gerald's fellow wizards, journalist Cheyenne Cockrell and sci-fi guru Thomas Page. Gerald Everett Jones is author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts. NOTE: Since this episode was recorded, the Pronoun.com service has been discontinued. Smashwords continues to be a major player in the EPUB space, and PublishDrive is growing fast. To find out more about how to break into print (or electrons!), visit https://getpublishedradio.com. You can subscribe to our podcasts for free on major distribution services, including iTunes Store, Google Play, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, Stitcher, Feedburner, and Spotify.

Bestselling author William Bernhardt (The Last Chance Lawyer) discusses the latest news that writers need to know, offers writing tips, and interviews David Gaughran, author of BookBub Ads Expert and the blog Let's Get Digital.News:1) Barnes & Noble earnings are flat, Amazon closes pop-up stores, Draft2Digital adds Google Play, PublishDrive adds Amazon Ads, Reedsy adds the Discovery program, and BookBub adds Chirp, a service to help writers promote audiobooks.2) A plagiarism scandal erupts in the world of romance fiction. Is Amazon to blame?3) Quillbot is a web-based program that offers to improve your writing. Can artificial intelligence give you sizzling style?Writing Tips1) A Twitter-storm arises and a forthcoming debut young adult author accused of racial insensitivity withdraws her book. Given the hyperactive online ecosystem in today's world, how can a writer avoid problems like this? And how should you deal with it if it arises?Interview:David Gaughran is an Irish author of fiction and nonfiction and an expert on online book marketing. He discusses his new work, BoobBub Ads Expert and how you can use BookBub, Amazon Ads, and other online opportunities to effectively increase the sales of your books.William Bernhardt's new novel, The Last Chance Lawyer, can now be pre-ordered online in ebook, print, and audio. This is the first novel is a new series of legal thrillers featuring lawyer Daniel Pike. The book will be released March 19, 2019.David Gaughran will be one of the featured presenters this year at WriterCon 2019, an annual writers conference in Oklahoma City held over Labor Day weekend. For more information, visit writer con.org.

If you've been running your author business for a while, you can start to feel like you're in a rut, or that you've hit a plateau in terms of sales. So how do you move into a new phase? I discuss this and more with Tara McMullin today. In the intro, I mention PublishDrive's announcement […] The post How To Take Your Creative Business To The Next Level With Tara McMullin first appeared on The Creative Penn.

The CEO of PublishDrive explains how the ebook aggregation service can help indie authors sell more books.

Christine "Chrissy" Munroe is Director of Kobo Writing Life, a digital self-publishing platform from Rakuten Kobo who partnered with Walmart to provide Walmart eBooks and a co-branded app. Before joining Rakuten Kobo, Munroe was a foreign book scout and literary agent in New York.  So why should an author go direct with Kobo (and the other retailers) rather than use an aggregator to distribute ebooks? The answers are personal, says Munroe, and you'll find out that with Kobo you don't just get direct to Kobo; you get personal feedback from their in-house marketing staff, you get your ebook in independent bookstores via the American Booksellers Association, an opportunity to distribute to libraries with Overdrive (also owned by Rakuten) with a more favorable royalty split then going through an aggregator, and many more perks we'll explore in the podcast. After hearing this conversation, you may end up deciding to upload your book directly to the big five (Amazon, Kobo, Apple, B&N, and Google Play) rather than reaching these sales channels with an aggregator.  If you own your book ISBNs you can easily make the switch and experiment. There are definitely pros and cons, which you already realize if you've listened to the podcast episodes with the aggregators (Smashwords, StreetLib, Draft2Digital, PublishDrive, Scribl). We also discuss marketing opportunities with libraries, how merchandizing between Kobo, libraries, and aggregators work, the Walmart eBookstore experience for customers, and the Kobo Plus subscription program for the Netherlands and Belgium with bol.com and how English-language authors can reach this market (and why you'd want to). Also find out about their partnerships with Reedsy, Damonza, NetGalley, and other services that help authors with editing, design, formatting, and marketing.

PublishDrive is an ebook aggregator that serves self-publishers and small presses. The company is based in New York City and Budapest, Hungary. Kinga Jentetics is co-founder and CEO of the company, which competes favorably with other aggregators in distribution, royalties, reporting, analytics, and an easy-to-use author-publisher interface.   PublishDrive made a recent deal with Chinese e-commerce giant Dangdang to sell English-language ebooks, which gives your ebook access to a readership with enormous growth. We discuss the Chinese market and other emerging markets for English-language ebooks, which I think you'll find enlightening and may cause you to aim to toward growing your platform in those directions. The company makes use of new tech like artificial intelligence (AI) to inspect your book for formatting errors and copyright infringements and this also includes review by one of their staff for a quality end product. We also talk about other partnerships with online retailers, marketing and merchandising tools, and how featured books are chosen.  Jentetics got the idea for the company as she struggled to publish her master's thesis on how music influences the perception of a country. She gathered together a tech team and has grown the platform with the help of a Google Developers launchpad grant. Visit the Author Friendly Podcast for links and show notes.

In the last ten years, we've seen incredible growth in digital book sales (ebook, print-on-demand, and streaming audio) throughout the developed English language markets of USA, UK, Canada, and Australia. But in the next 10 years, the huge growth markets will be those international markets that are just getting started. As Jeff Bezos likes to […] The post Global Publishing With Kinga Jentetics From PublishDrive first appeared on The Creative Penn.

Kinga Jentetics is CEO and founder of PublishDrive, a passionate Forbes 30 under 30 to help authors sell more books globally with the best self-publishing experience. You can learn more about Kinga here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kingajentetics/ This episode is brought to you by Authors Unite. Authors Unite provides you with all the resources you need to become a successful author. You can learn more about Authors Unite and join the free community at http://authorsunite.com/. Thank you for listening to The Business Blast Podcast! Tyler --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/authorsunite/support

In this episode I talk to Mark Coker who is the head of Smashwords, the biggest and longest-established of the eBook aggregators.   It is the last (for now) of the eBook aggregator interview series.  It's been a long ride.  I've you've missed the other shows here are the links to them: PublishDrive with Kinga Jentetics Discovering Streetlib with Giacomo D’Angelo Pronoun with Justin Renard (UPDATE NOv 17: THEY ARE NO LONGER TRADING) How to Use Draft2Digital with Dan Wood   You can find the transcript of this show at: http://beginselfpublishing.com/smashwords-mark-coker

Kinga Jentetics is the Co-Founder of PublishDrive. In this interview, she tells us about the story behind the founding of her company, and gives an overview of the startup: from the bookstores that they serve, to payment methods. Kinga also provides information on the profile of authors and readers, and also which genre(s) are doing well on the platform. You can learn more about Kinga and PublishDrive at www.gaatha/co/kinga

An eBook aggregator service takes your eBook and submits it to multiple eBook stores, such as Apple, Nook and Kobo. The reason why these services are useful is it means you don't have to manage several different system dashboards and in some cases it allows you to get into stores where there isn't even a direct route for self-publishers into that store (for example Google Play). I must admit that I thought Smashwords and Draft2Digital were the only major eBook aggregator companies, but after joining the International Indie Authors Facebook group, I heard about a whole host of new and international companies, primarily PublishDrive, Streetlib and Pronoun. I've decided to try and get representatives from these companies on to the show to learn a bit more about them. This week I talk to Kinga Jentetics from PublishDrive. You can find show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/publishdrive-kinga-jentetics

Ep#35: Self-Publishing Advice Podcast: Indie Author Fringe Highlight with Kinga Jentetics & Orna Ross In this live 20 minute presentation from BEA, Orna Ross and talks with Kinga Jentetics of PublishDrive about book distribution world wide. Our weekly Self-Publishing Advicebroadcast is brought to you by ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors. This Indie Author Fringe Highlight  is one of four regular shows, which include an ALLi Member Q&A, a beginners' salon and an advanced self-publishing salon.   Find more author advice, tips and tools at our self-publishing advice center, www.selfpublishingadvice.org. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at www.allianceindependentauthors.org.   If you're not familiar with our Fringe event, it's three-times a year, online conference for self-publishing authors, brought to you by the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), and fringe to the major global publishing fairs; London Book Fair, BookExp, and Frankfurt Book Fair. ALLi brings together the most up-to-date self-publishing education and information available and broadcasts it to authors everywhere. Running 24 sessions over 24 continuous hours allows our members, and other authors round the globe, to attend sessions, no matter where they’re located. For more information, visit our Conference Home Page.   Now, go write and publish.   Host Bio:   Orna Ross launched the Alliance of Independent Authors at the London Book Fair in 2012. Her work for ALLi has seen her named as one of The Bookseller’s “100 top people in publishing”. She also publishes poetry, fiction and nonfiction, and is greatly excited by the democratising, empowering potential of author-publishing. Connect with Orna on Twitter @OrnaRoss