The Global Author Podcast for Writers: Recent Episodes
Connor Whiteley
Podcast for writers and authors focusing on global wide publishing, book marketing, writing, human branding and more...
On the final episode of this podcast for writers and authors, we look at the business decisions and the reasoning behind why I'm stopping the podcast so you can learn about decision-making as an author.
In the personal update, I mention a very useful pacing tip too.
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The New Year is a great time for writers and authors to look forward to what they want to achieve in their author business. In this great episode, you'll hear about my plans for 2022, including tips to you and to give you some ideas about things you might want to try this year.
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With the year coming to an end, it is always a great idea to look back and reflect what we've achieved and plan what we want for 2022. So in this business focused episode for writers, I'll explain what I did this year and you can learn from it.
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For lots of writers, their story is just a precious book than they love. There is nothing wrong with this thinking but it limits authors and writers so they don't see the amazing opportunities their book offers them in terms of licensing. This is an eye-opening episode.
Note: I am NOT lawyer and none of this in professional or legal advice.
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Comparing yourself to other writers is NEVER a good idea, and this episode explains why and how to avoid it. This is a must listen for authors and writers!
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There are many amazing benefits of writing short stories from a craft and business standpoint, so in today's episode we look at what they are. I cannot recommend this enough!
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Podcasting can be a great book marketing tool, but it isn't for everyone. In this great podcast episode for writers, you'll heard some important things to think about when considering if you want to do your own podcast as part of your book marketing strategy.
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Originally titled "Magic of Having Lots of Assets For Writers", this is a great business episode for writers because it explains how collections, boxsets and other products work so you recreate more products to sell to readers without necessarily writing more (you still should though!). If nothing else, listen to this episode to get inspiration!
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Continuing with our look at short stories, we know they're amazing and in this great podcast episode for writers, you'll get to learn how to make money with short stories by self-publishing them. They're slightly difference to "normal" books so this episode is packed with great information.
In the personal update, I tell you about a powerful writing technique and touch on how to use it: it's called the Rule of Three, and it's amazing.
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Whenever I talk about Kickstarters, I always get lots of questions and it all comes down to some harmful myths. So in this podcast episode for writers, you'll hear about some myths and what's the truth about Kickstarter for writers. This is a great podcast episode.
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Writing involves a lot of mindset stuff so in today's episode we look at the why coping author models is deadly and how it can destroy your author career. Then we look at some healthier ways to learn from others. You'll love this episode!
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There are lots ways to think about writing. A bunch of words. A magic bakery. A house with rooms to rent. But another amazing way to think about writing is an investment for the future. In this great episode, I explain what this means and why writing is a magical thing for the future.
In the personal update, you'll hear about short stories, writing workshops and a Kickstarter from top writers.
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After a very strange experience as a reader that made me want to avoid an author and never read something of theirs again, I wanted to do an episode that overviews why authors need to be professional. This is critical and it can mean great things for you in the long terms.
In the personal update, I talk about the importance of not relying on one distributor, having multiple streams of income and letting your creative voice play.
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This questions starts so many arguments in the author community so this fascinating podcast episode is filled with great information about what determines the length of a short story and more. Highly recommend you listen to this!
In the personal section, I talk about the new amazing feature from Bookbrush!
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In August 2021, I set myself the challenge of writing 30 short stories in 30 days. In this episode, I talk about why I did it, how it benefited me and my author business and most importantly how it can help you. I highly recommend doing this challenge for yourself! It's great fun!
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This great episode tells the story of how I got my book back from my publisher so I can now indie publish it and make a LOT more money indie than with them. Then I share some lessons you can take away from my experience!
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Due to personal reasons, I forget about recording the episode originally planned for this week. So we're talking about craft this week. That original; episode WILL be happening next week.
Author Voice is a critical writing techniques that is a very powerful marketing tool for your backlist and future books. When you understand author voice you can start to sell a lot more books.
In the personal update, I talk about professional writer tips and more useful things.
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Lots and lots of writers sign bad publishing contracts and end up losing their books for the life of copyright. But this doesn't have to be it, you can get your books back!
In this great episode, you'll some of the basic ways how to get your book back from publishers with a host of resources to help you too.
In the personal update, I talk about short stories, the different qualities of ideas and writing (The fruit tree idea) and more interesting things writers can learn from.
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Studying other writers might not sound interesting but it's one of the most important things you can do in your writing career. It can make you a lot more money in the long run and allow you to sell more books. In this great episode, I explain why it's critical and how to do this.
You do NOT want to miss this episode if you want to become a long term, professional writer!
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Filled with great craft tips and advice, this writing episode is a goldmine of craft tips for all writers that I want to reflect on after writing my latest book. Enjoy!
In the personal update, I share lots of tips about the benefits of novellas and some thoughts on being flexibility and attitudes towards new author tools.
This is a great episode!
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Streaks are extremely powerful for writers and authors so in this podcast episode, I'll explain how you can use them in your author business to improve and write more!
This is a great episode.
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Lots of authors and writers want to blog as part of their book marketing. But they make so many common mistakes and they forget two very important things.
In this great book marketing podcast episode, you'll hear about 3 blogging basics and two important things you need to bear in mind. I highly recommend this episode.
In the personal update, you'll hear about why letting your creative voice play and have fun is so important in writing. Including some funny personal examples from this week.
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Returning to YouTube as a podcasting platform topic, in this great book marketing episode, you'll hear about the results of my experiment so far and why I'm doing it the way I am.
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Inspired by a comment by a high level author, this great podcast episode shows why writing is political even by accident. From book distribution to the characters and plots we use in our books. But also why this doesn't matter.
This is a great thought provoking episode!
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When an author or writer has a podcast, they don't think about putting it on YouTube. That's a mistake I think.
In this great book marketing episode, you'll hear why YouTube could be another great source of listeners as well as places like Spotify, google and apple podcasts and many more.
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Life can throw writers and authors a lot of curve balls. Sometimes these are minor. Sometimes they're major and require us to change our businesses quickly so we can survive.
In this writing business episode, you'll hear why flexibility is needed in the author business and why it's so important?
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I absolutely love Kickstarter. It's a great way for authors to make more money and get new readers. But lots of authors don't see Kickstarter as a marketplace for their books. I want to change this!
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In this great episode for writers and authors, you'll learn about what is the bank over rank author mindset and why it's important?
This could be a mindset changing episode!
In the personal update, I talk about why it's important for authors to read outside their genres and some of the benefits.
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After attending a great talk at London Book Fair Online 2021, I am SO excited for the future of publishing.
In this great podcast episode for writers, you'll hear about the amazing opportunities Spotify gives us in the future and how to maximise our royalties.
This is an episode you do not want to miss!
In the personal update, I talk about fiction writing and most importantly why it's important to have direct sales setup once you have a large(ish) audience.
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I truly love preorders and I know they're an great book marketing strategy. But can you use them?
In this great episode for writers and authors, you'll hear about and why you can use them as part of your book marketing strategy.
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In this last book metadata episode, you'll learn how book metadata can be great in helping you to sell more books all over the world and why it's critical to become a global author.
In the personal update, you'll hear tips to help you deal with a life roll and pre-orders.
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Adding Book Metadata to these areas can help your book to become more discoverable to readers. Possibly leading to more sales overtime. But so many authors (including me at one point) get this so wrong and it makes them look unprofessional and needy.
In this great book marketing podcast episode, you'll hear how to add book metadata and book keywords to these areas to help your book's discoverability.
YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS!
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Writing good dialogue is so important in fiction writing and a lot of early writers (including me at one point) make so many mistakes that can jerk readers out of your story.
This podcast episode for writers and authors will give you some great tips about writing better dialogue.
In the personal update, you'll get tips on writing nonfiction and why your podcast (if you have one) or videos should be on YouTube.
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Returning to human branding for writers and authors, you'll hear about two very important things that can make you look unprofessional and dodgy as an author.
You need to avoid these two pitfalls!
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The Born On Page 1 Problem is very important for early writers as it can make your book and characters flat and boring.
But what is this problem and most importantly, how do you fix it?
If you want to improve your fiction writing and become a better writer, you need to listen now!
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Depth in writing is so important for writers but earlier writers don't know what this is and why it's so important.
In this episode, you'll hear why this is critical for your fiction writing with an example so you can see depth in action.
THIS IS A MUST LISTEN!
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Writing relatable characters in your fiction is so important. It's the difference between someone enjoying or hating your book.
So in this podcast episode for writers and authors, you'll hear about their so important with a few tips to help you do this.
In the personal update, I give you a brief history on why the science fiction genre is so small compared to other genres, and some other tips.
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Book metadata isn't as sleek as amazon ads but it's so important.
So, in this episode for writers and authors, you'll hear about why this is so important and how to use it.
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Adding emotion to your writing is so important but it's extremely difficult.
So, in this podcast episode for writers and authors, I'll explain how you can add romantic elements to your fiction writing.
Regardless of the genre you write, you will get something out of this episode!
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Your blurb is one of the most important parts of your book marketing. It can make or make a book sale.
So in this podcast episode for writers and authors, you'll hear some extremely helpful tips for your blurbs!.
YOU CANNOT MISS THIS EPISODE!
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In March 2021, I did a Kickstarter and I learnt a lot!
In this podcast episode for writers and authors, you'll hear what I did right and wrong and how I plan to improve for the future.
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Whether you decide to go for a traditional publishing contract or not, you will needs to know about these 5 main clauses in contracts that can cost you a LOT of money and your IP. This is a must listen episode for writers and authors!
In the personal update, I talk about two amazing things that has happened to me this week, and I briefly talk about my Kickstarter and a so-called 'failure'
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Note: I am NOT a lawyer and this is NOT legal or professional advice.
Copyright is one of the most important business topics, writers and authors need to know about because this is how we make our money.
So, in this episode, I explain how the basics of copyright and intellectual property.
YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE!
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Like so much on the author journey, human branding is about mindset.
In this episode for writers and authors, you'll hear about the human branding mindset and other mindset things that relate to the author journey. You need to listen to this!
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(I know I say episode 39 in the show but this is episode 38!)
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Let's face it, creating a human and personal brand doesn't make us money directly but creating an online courses makes you money and helps to build a brand. So, this branding episode for writers and authors will be great for people who want money and to build a brand at the same time!
In the personal update, I talk about my new Kickstarter and some tips!
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Returning to human branding, authors and writers need to build a human brand that readers want to connect with and buy your books and using personal tags is a great way to do this!
In this episode for writers and authors, you'll see why this is great fun and why you might want to use it.
In the personal update, you'll heard about shorter books might be another good idea for author income and building your author backlist.
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If you want to self publish audiobooks then you need to use Findaway Voices.
In this episode, you'll hear why Findaway Voices is great and why you should use them.
In the personal update, you'll hear a great productivity hack for your writing.
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My favourite self-publishing eBook distributor has to be Draft2Digital so in this episode, you'll see why I love it and why it's great for authors. Especially, if you want to sell more books all over the world.
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Kobo Writing Life is a great platform for authors and writers and in this episode you'll learn what it is and why it's great for authors. Plus, I give you tips and tricks to sell more on the platform.
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I see so many authors refusing to put their books on other platforms for people to enjoy and BUY for little reasons. So, in this episode, you'll hear about the reasons why should be on every platform. Including common reasons authors don't put their books on platforms and a great global author saying at the end.
In the personal update, you'll hear about the importance of networking and building partnerships in the author community.
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As you know I love Ingramspark and I think it's a great platform for global authors and writers, but it's a pain at first.
So, in this episode, I give you a step by step guide to publishing your book on Ingramspark and you'll learn tips and tricks too.
Also, the video the main segment was adapted from has received a LOT of praise from other authors.
LISTEN NOW TO HEAR ABOUT THIS GREAT PLATFORM!
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In the author community, there is a lot of debate about pre-orders and why you shouldn't use them.
In this episode, you'll see why you need to use them in your book marketing and how they can help you to reach more readers and sell more books.
In the personal update, you'll hear about my pre-orders and formatting adventures!
LISTEN NOW TO HEAR ABOUT THIS GREAT TOPIC!
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In this episode, you'll see how you can use global pricing to sell more books, reach more readers and most of all, help you to become a global author.
Whether you're new to self-publishing, writing or book marketing, you should find this episode useful.
Listen now to hear about this great topic!
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Putting your words and work out into the world is scary but in this episode I'll give you some great and unexcepted reasons for why you need to write and publish your book. You'll inspired by today's episode.
In the personal update, I give you tips on writing including the importance of depth and pacing, and writing new editions of nonfiction books.
Listen now to hear about this great topic!
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Building upon the last episode, I want to show you my creative business plan for 2021 to give you some ideas for 2021. (and what to look forward to!)
Listen now to find out more!
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With the new year in just a few days, it's important that writers and authors start to think about what they want to achieve in 2021.
So, this episode quickly and easily breaks down how to plan for 2021.
Listen now to start planning!
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Of the self-publishing myths, this myth about there being too many books in the world is pointless.
Therefore, in this episode, I debunk the myth and courage you to write your books and put them out into the world.
In the personal update, I talk about the importance of finishing energy and more...
Listen now to learn more about this great topic!
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Ingramspark is an amazing publishing platform that allows you to publish your print books wide so libraries, bookstores and more can access them.
However, there are two massive problems that authors find when it comes to publishing on Ingramspark.
In this episode, you'll learn the best tools to use to prepare your files for Ingramspark, allowing you to publish easily with them.
Listen now to learn about this great platform and solutions!
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With the audiobook market growing rapidly, audiobooks are becoming a great source of income for writers and author, but they're Expsensive to produce. A great alternative is self-narration and if you love audio like I do. I really recommend making an audio booth to sound you sound professional. Best part is it's cheaper than you think!
Also, I talk about other audio options for you to consider in case you want to try audio out before committing to an audio booth.
In the intro, I talk about the improvement of craft over time, Joanna Penn's new book and more.
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There are many tools a global author can use to reach a global audience and one of the most basic is picking extra international book categories.
In today's episode, I tell you why these can be powerful and how to add these categories on Ingramspark, KDP/ Amazon and Google Play.
This is a great episode!
In the personal update, I share a lot of pieces of information that you should find useful. Like: using Public Lending Rights schemes to make extra money with your writing.
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All to often writers have a great idea when they're writing their book, then they throw it away.
This can really damage your book and if you trust this emergence then you books can improve, it can be more fun and lots of great benefits.
Plus, in the personal update, I give you some extra craft tips.
Listen now to learn about trusting emergence...
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In this episode, I talk about one method that's free and very easy to do to help build your human brand.
This method is by taking a stand for what you believe in.
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The times are full of uncertainty so as business owners, authors and writers need to plan.
In this episode, you'll learn about how to plan for difficult times using my real life examples of the second UK lockdown and how I planned for the US election.
I did this episode before the US election results were released.
In the personal update, I give lots of writing tips.
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Just like a book, a Kickstarter needs to be promoted.
Hence, in this episode, I explain how to promote a Kickstarter.
(These methods work with books as well!)
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Barnes & Noble has been in trouble for years and I really hope that Barnes and Noble survives, and I want to support this retailer as much as I can.
However, after listening to an interview with their CEO James Daunt at Frankfurt 2020. I am in doubt.
In today's episode, you hear about the interview and my own thoughts and feelings about what the CEO said, and what this could mean for authors.
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Subscriptions models are growing in popularity, more and more readers are exclusively buying from subscription models.
Yet authors and publishers are resisting this market change.
In today's episode, you'll learn why authors need to use subscription services as part of their author business and the reasons why.
I got this information from my own reader experience and the Frankfurt Book fair 2020 with leading professional.
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As you know by now, in September 2020, I did a Kickstarter and in this episode, I tell you what went well and how I could improve for next time.
Hopefully, you will learn a lot from this episode.
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A massive question on writers' and author's mind is how to make readers engaged and turn them into fans or highly engaged readers.
This is where the amazing 7 11 4 rules comes in.
I love this episode and hopefully you will learn a lot!
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Doing video is scary.
Hence, why in this episode, I give writers and authors tips about how to do well on video for Kickstarter or anything else.
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Continuing with my love for Kickstarter, this episode focuses on the key aspects of making a good Kickstarter.
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Kickstarter is an amazing opportunity for writers, old and new, to make extra money with your writing.
In today's episode, you'll learn about what Kickstarter is and why it is an amazing thing for writers.
I love today's episode!
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eBook boxsets are great for readers and writers.
In this episode, you'll learn why you should consider doing them and how to make boxsets.
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Most writers want to know how to write faster, so this episodes gives you a few tips and tricks about how to write faster.
Also, I explain why pacing yourself can make you more productive in the long term.
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I hear this question so much and I hate it.
So, in this episode, I'll put this myth to bed and explain why not having a writing degree is probably better for you.
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As writers and authors, we all get extremely busy. This is even before we consider the day job, families, school, etc.
This is where the 20% rule comes in and hopefully you should find it extremely helpful.
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Your book title is extremely important to your book's success so in today's episode you'll learn why a book title is important and how to make a good book title.
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Being a breakout success in publishing, whether you're indie or traditionally published, is everyone's dream but it's a lie.
In today's episode, I explain why this idea is a lie and why you probably don't want to be a breakout success.
As you might be better off growing slowly and NOT breaking out.
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We are all business owners and some writers find this difficult. Hence, the boat metaphor is an amazing way to visual the author business and where you want to get to.
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Writer's Block is a massive problem for some writers so today you'll learn about how to deal with writer's block for fiction and non-fiction writers.
In the personal update, I talk about why I'm interested in human branding and why I think it's vital for the future.
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Global Publishing is a vital mindset that authors need to have for the future because the US book market isn't growing very much or at all, so this episode explains the importance of global publishing and thinking beyond the US book market for your author business.
In the personal update, I explain what The Global Author brand is about.
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The choice whether to be traditionally published or self/ indie publish is a very personal choice and each type of publishing has its own advantages and disadvantages. Hopefully, after today's episode you will aware of these disadvantages, because I promise you traditional publishing is far from perfect.
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