Free Advice Friday

By Amy Collins

A weekly advice show to independent publishers and indie authors. Do you have a question about book publishing, book sales or marketing? Have you been stymied by book distribution and want to learn ho... more

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FAQs about Free Advice Friday:

How many episodes does Free Advice Friday have?

The podcast currently has 50 episodes available.

Free Advice Friday episodes:

April 28, 2020 This Week is ALL About Editing
JoEllen Taylor from FirstEditing.com joins us to answer your questions about editing, book production, and publishing your own book.
How much does an editor charge?
Do you need a proofreader?
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1h 5min
February 28, 2020 Answers From a Book Agent Paula Munier
Carrie Barnum is sitting in for Amy and is joined by Paula Munier

Why you need to show the agent you have an audience.

Are there specific agents that authors should be seeking out to query that type of book?

Submitting a book proposal

Do you have a specific word count that you would keep in mind?

What came first, the agent or the author?

Why you should embrace technology.

Should I mentioned any book awards to an agent?

I've been rejected 100 times, what am I doing wrong?

What point of view should I write in?

A question we have is my agent did not find a home for my novel. So I self published it and I did receive some success. Should I write a sequel to my first novel, and possibly self published again, or just go and do something completely different?

Can an author with some self publishing success pitch themselves to a publisher?

How do you shift from if you have an author who has a book and wants just to kind of shift over into screenplays and script?

What is the average turnaround?

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1h 8min
February 21, 2020 Using Amazon Ads to Sell Your Book
This week we answer your publishing questions such as:

How do you tell if you're listed with any wholesalers?

Amazon Ads

How do I get into Barnes and Noble or small book shops?

Can I tweak the title and subtitle when publishing a new addition?

How to engage with people when you have 10 minutes?

Does the title page of your book have to match the cover of your book?

Is it time to retire the book when it's no longer selling?

When is BookBub worth it?

Book Pricing

Amy's Resources
www.newshelves.com
bestsellerbuilders.com/insider
Amy's YouTube Channel

You can get your questions answered by going to www.amysadvice.com
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45min
February 14, 2020 Amy and Jane Friedman Answer Questions
You can get your questions answered by going to www.amysadvice.com
This Week Amy and Jane talk about:
Rewriting and ending after getting your rights back

The rule of sustainability

Any software or any advice you have about tracking sales outside of IngramSpark?

Draft to Digital

Getting ghosted by Agents

What do you do to make the most of the media that you've gotten

Check out Jane at www.janefriedman.com

Amy's Resources
www.newshelves.com
bestsellerbuilders.com/insider
Amy's YouTube Channel
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1h
February 07, 2020 Choosing the title of your book
Happy Valentine's Day.
Today Amy Answers Your Publishing Questions Including:
Choosing the title of your book

How do I find a BiSeq?

How to use BiSeq codes.

Subtitles

Co-authors

Practical ideas of how you work with a VA?

Naming a Series of books

Tammy has the copyright registration in her name, but if she decides to incorporate, does she need to transfer the copyrights to the corporation named?

Amy's Resources
www.newshelves.com
bestsellerbuilders.com/insider
Amy's YouTube Channel

You can get your questions answered by going to www.amysadvice.com
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57min
January 31, 2020 When should your cover be finished?
You can get your questions answered by going to www.amysadvice.com
This Week Amy Answers Your Questions About:
Book Releases

What do I do with additional reviews?

Tribune Content Agency

When should your cover be finished?

Three visuals for your author page

What copyright date to use?

Job hunting guide

Publishing a small book

www.newshelves.com/people

Selling overseas

Amy's Resources
www.newshelves.com
bestsellerbuilders.com/insider
Amy's YouTube Channel

...more
52min
January 24, 2020 Testing Reviews and Alogorithms
Remember you can get your questions answered by going to www.amysadvice.com
This Week Amy Talks About:
What she's testing in regards to reviews.

www.hiddengems.com

Being an international author

What exactly is a booklet?

Tail Flick

Book Awards

Amazon Algorithm.

Placing reviews in books

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43min
January 17, 2020 Brand Usage Rules at Amazon
You can get your questions answered by going to www.amysadvice.com
This Week Amy Talks About:
A book Life's 90 Days at a Time

What to do at the beginning of a book's life.

Getting into the Library of Congress

Brand Usage Rules at Amazon

Keeping your book in stock

Artwork for headshots

Word counts

dabuttonfactory.com

Amy's Resources
www.newshelves.com
bestsellerbuilders.com/insider
Amy's YouTube Channel

...more
52min
January 10, 2020 Developing Personal Relationships with Your Listeners
How important is Net Gallery?

What about bookfunnel.com?

Using Last Pass

hooksounds.com

Using discussion groups to find your customers, and developing personal relationships with your readers.

Proconnect Newsletter

ISBN Questions

Amy's Resources
www.newshelves.com
bestsellerbuilders.com/insider
Amy's YouTube Channel

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38min
January 03, 2020 Taking a Look At Using Email with Daniell Hall
Amy is joined by Daniel Hall from Real Fast Results Podcast.

Mailchimp terms are changing and prices are going up. Daniel likes Aweber and discusses the services he uses.

Book cover tips

Press Releases

Selling a pre course

Webinars check out www.webinars.com/tydigital

Are podcasts worth it? Check out www.schoolofpodcasting.com

Amy's Resources
www.newshelves.com
bestsellerbuilders.com/insider
Amy's YouTube Channel

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55min

FAQs about Free Advice Friday:

How many episodes does Free Advice Friday have?

The podcast currently has 50 episodes available.