Our Favorite Tools

On this week’s episode, Zach and J. flip the script on their Choose Your News segment, putting J. in the driver’s seat and having him read headlines to Zach. And in the main topic, they go over their favorite productivity tools. Thanks to our newest Patron: Chad Lutzke, Philip Harris, Kevin G. Summers, Leenie Brown Get exclusive bonus content by supporting The Career Author Podcast on Patreon at www.thecareerauthor.com   News Links: The Skull and Bones of YouTube https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/authors-can-take-advantage-of-piracy-via-youtube 5X the Fire and Fury http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/13/media/a-higher-loyalty-publisher-book-sales/index.html AI – Amazon Internet https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/17/17249090/amazon-internet-web-browser-app-android-india Amazon vs. Comic Book Man https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/76598-comics-retailers-are-optimistic-despite-market-changes-sales-declines.html  Interesting but not newsworthy: https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/04/red-hot-chili-peppers-bassist-flea-is-publishing-his-memoir-this-fall/   Our Favorite Tools: Slack - http://www.slack.com Google Drive - http://drive.google.com J.'s free Google Calendar and Gmail guide - http://theauthorcopilot.com/calendar Scrivener - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/ Bookfunnel - http://www.bookfunnel.com Vellum - http://www.vellum.pub Draft2Digital Formatting - https://www.draft2digital.com/blog/draft2digital-introduces-professional-quality-ebook-templates/ Dragon Dictate - https://www.nuance.com/dragon.html Grammarly - http://www.grammarly.com Zach’s Noise Canceling Headphones - https://amzn.to/2JVWvH7 Zach’s Ergonomic Keyboard - https://amzn.to/2Hc1QZb Zach’s Ergonomic Mouse - https://amzn.to/2Ha1ZfC Zach’s iPad Keyboard Case - https://amzn.to/2H9ZwWv Zach’s Laptop Cart - https://amzn.to/2qJ0nCl Other Links: The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield - http://books2read.com/u/4NRKg6 Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts by Ryan Holiday - http://boo