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During this series indie author Tamara Woods and traditionally published Carrow Brown will be taking on hot topics in the publishing world to help to make their writing lives and yours-better.
Can changes with Amazon publishing boost the indie author’s toolkit? Is all press good press for authors? Learning from someone’s quarter of a million-dollar mistake, or was it a marketing ploy? And is it a waste to create a website as an author?
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Tonight, they discuss the changes in Amazon’s publishing platform, including the extended preorder time from 90 days to one year and they discuss how this will help to even the publishing playing field.
https://amzn.to/2lHYJCF
Remember those memes with companies using food and drink as bookmarks to get people talking? Though negative press can get attention to new authors, it’s not a sure-fire technique. (And for our poor author hearts, use a not food-related bookmark, especially not tacos. Oh the humanity!)
http://bit.ly/2l8jtDf
Bad Reviews Can Boost Sales. Here’s Why
http://bit.ly/2mNtYMD
Why Even A Bad Review Can Help Sell A
Book:
https://n.pr/2niEWKx
When Social Media Goes After Your Book,
What’s the Right Response?
https://nyti.ms/2mNuD0z
Then came the story that seemed to set fire to Author Twitter—the woman who blew through a quarter of a million dollars in advances. We had questions. So many questions. The major one—Was sharing this story a marketing ploy to advance her writing coach career? And where were her writing friends?
http://bit.ly/2lK5OT6
And the last story we discuss in this episode was a tweet shared by Moniza Hossain with writing advice. Advice that made our eyebrows raise a bit.
http://bit.ly/2mIjjD1
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At the end of the cast, they gave an AuthorTube Shoutout, where preorders and newly published books by Authortubers are shown some love. In this session:
Amy Tasukada
Launched Sept. 1st: contemporary gay romance: Year Three (would it be okay to love you? series): A voice actor out of the closet. A boyfriend in the tabloids. Can their love survive the trappings of fame? https://books2read.com/would5
Nour Zikra
Oct. 1st: Urban fantasy: Divinity Falling: She didn't sign up to sell souls. He didn't sign up to be human.
https://amzn.to/2lbwU5x
Katlyn Duncan
Oct. 1st: Contemporary Romance: Wrapped Up for Christmas: It’s the most wonderful time of the year… but not for Angie Martinelli…
http://bit.ly/34deOBH
Kelly Martin
Oct. 7: Never Kiss the Dead : horror: The past never stays buried. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Joey Paul
Oct 2nd: Dying Thoughts - Eighth Ending: YA paranormal/mystery: Tara's story ends with a loss she can't come back from.
http://www.books2read.com/DTEE
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Have some news you want to share? Have a hot take that you’d like us to hear? Shoot us an email at: authortubenews@gmail.com.
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Find the AuthorTube News crew in their natural habitat on the internet!
--Find Carrow here:
Website | https://carrowbrown.com
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/carrowbrown
--Find Tamara here:
YouTube | http://bit.ly/TamaraYT
Twitter | http://bit.ly/TWtweets
Newsletter | http://bit.ly/TamaraGazette