Free Advice Friday

Amy Collins from https://www.newshelves.com/ answers your questions each week

Topics today include:

Custom service for Amazon KDP

Where besides Amazon can I sell my book?

How to make a marketing plan that lasts all year ?

Do reviewers expect our book for free?

What is your opinion for listing your price for .99?

Hacks for people working a full time job

Putting the title on social media before its published. I'm worried it will get stolen.

How to have my book carried in another country?

What resources to get your book into libraries

How do you figure out what is free and which is premium?

What system do you use for follow ups?

Mentioned in this Episode

https://www.newshelves.com/store/

www.realfastlibrarymarketing.com/amy

www.alli.com resources for auditors

Today Amy talks about the Library market:

1. Does your book PCIB code?

2. Is their writing on your spine?

3. Is it priced competitively?

4. Is it available from the wholesaler the library uses?

5. Is it availble in Ingram?

6. Did you give it enough time?

Check out Amy's courses at

https://www.thebookdesigner.com/shop/

Free Advice Fridays spends this Episode answers questions about publishing terms and developments.  ISBNs, bookstores, Amazon…. You name it, Amy helps you understand it. 

Do you know you are talented and want to use that talent to make more income? It is possible to use your writing skills to supplement and increase your profits. Amy interviews Julie Ann Eason from Thanet House Press.

Nancy Christie joins Amy Collins and discusses the different ways that authors and writers can get "stuck and how to overcome the dreaded "rut." 

Topics:

What's the difference between and author and a writer?

Do most authors get in ruts?

How do you make time for writing?

What type of ruts do you get into with marketing?

What is the bare minimum for marketing your book?

The importance of making it easy to be found

Who were Nancy's mentors?

The importance of writing groups

Check out Nancy at www.nancychristie.com

Rut-Busting Book For Authors

David Chilton, the premiere name in self-publishing joins Amy Collins to share the key new book marketing developments coming up in 2019. Audio books, podcasts, radio, pitching media, corporate sales… David covers a HUGE amount of topics that will make a big difference in an author's sales.

Michael LaRonn joins Amy Collins to discuss the ins and outs of setting up a You Tube channel.  Why authors should have a You Tube Channel, how to set one up, what to do with it once you have one... Michael and Amy cover it all!

School librarians make hundreds of decisions every day. They are surrounded by teachers, parents, school administrators, and kids all needing help with books and materials. This episode, Amy Collins interviews a school librarian who gives us the REAL scoop on how books get chosen for libraries and what authors and publishers need to know before approaching the school librarian.

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.