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- 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?
1 hr 5 min - 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?
1 hr 8 min - 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
45 min - 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
1 hr - 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
57 min - 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
52 min - 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
43 min - 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
52 min - 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
38 min - 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
55 min
About Free Advice Friday
From the publisher's feed
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…
how the industry works? Free Advice Friday, hosted by Amy Collins, teaches the ins and outs of book sales, marketing, and distribution as well as answers your publishing questions.