Storytellers Rule the World

How Your Main Character Can Have 1 Million Followers


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A new trend is emerging out of Eastern Asia that may have big impacts on the world of publishing. It’s called VTubing. And today we are talking all about the rise of making your fictional characters famous on social platforms, how to approach setting up a subscription for beginners, crushing it on Kickstarter/crowdfunding for special bookish projects, and opening a mobile bookstore with the amazing author Z. Knight.

Z. Knight’s Links:

https://authorzknight.com/

https://www.patreon.com/authorzknight

EPISODE OUTLINE:

0:00 - 2:00 Introduction and Context

2:00 - 5:20 From Indie Games to Indie Publisher to Indie Author

5:20 - 6:47 How Z Got Started with Subscriptions

6:47 - 8:44 What Z Learned When Starting Subscriptions

8:44 - 12:15 What Z Knight Learned from Starting her own Publishing Company

12:15 - 17:47 How Z Started a Mobile Bookstore

17:47 - 19:38 Trigger Cities from Spotify, Trigger Cities for Books

19:38 - 21:53 How Z Got Her Kickstarter to Fund Successfully

21:53 - 25:38 Selling Your Readers On Unique Projects (Special Editions, etc.)

25:38 - 30:40 Finding Readers through Live-streaming

30:40 - 32:51 Getting Your Character 1 Million Followers on the Internet

32:51 - 35:44 The Ideas Segment: Study Rooms for Your Readers, Twitch meets LitRPG and GenZ

35:44 - 38:09 Why Experimenting is Key as An Author

38:09 - 39:58 VTubing as an Author or as one of Your Characters

39:58 - 41:47 Livestreaming is Mainstream for Storytellers and a Gen Z Audience

41:47 - 44:32 The Start-up Creating Audible for Latin America

44:32 - 49:59 How Z. Knight Is Building Her Subscription

49:59 - 54:00 How Z Knight Finds Readers for Her Books

54:00 - 55:56 Conclusion

Interesting Links:

Trigger Cities Spotify: https://playlistpush.com/blog/trigger-cities-bot-cities/

Graphic Novel/Comic Book Market Size: https://bit.ly/3LW6pJa

Audible for Latin America: https://beek.io/en

Picture of Michael’s Bus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFN7M2ED1lE

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Storytellers Rule the WorldBy Emilia Rose and Michael Evans

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