SPRT #139 – State of Self-Publishing Roundtable address

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Because no one wanted to be on the show this week we thought we’d go crazy drunk on air! But none of us wanted to do that so we got together and decided we’d discuss the state of SPRT, the recent changes and additions we’ve made, as well as the multi-author cross promo giveaway. We also decided to torture you further by talking about our individual writing and publishing. Maybe you’ll get to find out what happened to FLOOD–or not 😛

Comic: the pitfalls of having a shiny new beta reader…

A lot of us use beta readers to help us make sure we’ve hit all the right tropes. Find any slow, confusing or clunky bits and for general constructive feedback. They’re a failsafe, a link between author and reader to ensure what we’ve written will be well received by the reader. But on some rare occasions you might find your beta reader isn’t as shiny as you thought…

Weekly Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 10 April 2016

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Author Jim Johnson joined Chrishuan Keller, X and Erica to discuss the below topics:

– Oh B&N you’ve done it again…
– New paying platform for internet content publishers
– Is the Facebook ads 20% text rule on the way out?
– Audible is branching out with podcasts and news
– Value Added Tax (VAT) on eBooks in Europe may be changing!
– Taming the Amazon sales algorithm

SPRT #138 – Reviving a book series after ten years with Libby Hellmann

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Some of us take awhile to write the next book in the series but for crime novelist Libby Hellmann it was ten year between book four and five in her Ellie Foreman Mystery series. It’s not as simple as just writing the next book in the series, there are lots of things Libby needed to consider from if she should to how to bring Ellie to present day.

Libby joined us this week to talk about both the benefits and the challenges of reviving a series after a ten year hiatus and what impact would that time have on the character.

Weekly Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 3 April 2016

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Science Fiction author Jamie Dodge joined Erica today to discuss the below topics:

– Author should tear this plagiarist to shreds
– When original content creators feel sorry for the plagiarist
– James Patterson presents…
– Today an AI writes a novel, tomorrow… the world!
– 22% of eBooks sold in UK are self-pubbed… or are they?
– Colour me crazy!