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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
Join our community of subscription authors: https://www.facebook.com/groups/subscriptionsforauthors
Free storytelling insights delivered to your inbox each week: https://storytellersruletheworld.com/
And join Ream, the all-in-one publishing platform by fiction authors for fiction authors: https://www.reamstories.com
Review/rate Storytellers Rule the World on your favorite podcast app. You can also find the episode transcripts here: https://storytellersruletheworld.com/podcasthome
Thank you so much for tuning into the show! Always feel free to reach out to the team at [email protected]
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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
Join our community of subscription authors: https://www.facebook.com/groups/subscriptionsforauthors
Free storytelling insights delivered to your inbox each week: https://storytellersruletheworld.com/
And join Ream, the all-in-one publishing platform by fiction authors for fiction authors: https://www.reamstories.com
Review/rate Storytellers Rule the World on your favorite podcast app. You can also find the episode transcripts here: https://storytellersruletheworld.com/podcasthome
Thank you so much for tuning into the show! Always feel free to reach out to the team at [email protected]