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Our views on the last week's industry news...
Self-Publishing Roundtable will be ending on 15 December 2016
Dear listeners, viewers, fans and fellow authors, We regret to inform you that the Self-Publishing Roundtable will be closing for good at the end of this year. Our final episode will be at the usual time on Thursday 15 December. We look forward to seeing you all there...
SPRT #170 – Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 1 December 2016
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Everyone’s favourite Romance author, Zoe York joined us on the News Roundtable Roundup to discuss:
– Didn’t Amazon do well this Thanksgiving?
– Facebook has been exaggerating the truth…
– Barnes & Noble still exists and they’re trying really hard!
– Vulnerability to WordPress has been fixed
– ZOMG The end is nigh! SPRT to end!
SPRT #167 – Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 3 November 2016
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Welcome to the Roundtable Roundup, our monthly podcast (first Thursday of the month) where we invite a guest or two to join us live to discuss the previous month’s news and views from the self-publishing and indie industry.
This week Zoe York joined us to discuss:
– Author Earnings: Indie eBook Market Share is down!
– Will the real Stephen King please stand up
– Reedsy launches free publishing courses
– Changes to the Kindle Publishing Guidelines
– Changes to the Amazon pre-order rules
SPRT #163 – Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 6 October 2016
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Welcome to the Roundtable Roundup, our monthly podcast (first Thursday of the month) where we invite a guest or two to join us live to discuss the previous month’s news and views from the self-publishing and indie industry.
We were joined by Supernatural Thriller and Post-Apoc author, John L. Monk and discussed:
– Amazon bans incentivised reviews
– KU page reads missing
– Harlequin Lawsuit finally sorted
– Ellora’s Cave is closing, but…
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SPRT #158 – Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 1 September 2016
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Welcome to the Roundtable Roundup, our monthly podcast (first Thursday of the month) where we invite a guest or two to join us live to discuss the previous month’s news and views from the self-publishing and indie industry.
Romance author Zoe York joined us tonight to discuss:
– Penguin Random House still claiming that subscription services are hurting authors
– Joanna Penn’s strategy for getting on a bestseller list
– Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author taken to court by Hachette
Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 17 July 2016
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Robert Chazz Chute, Chrishaun Keller-Hanna and Erica Conroy to discuss the below topics:
– Data Guy presents insane Romance data at the RWA conference
– Canadian author committed to the traditional route makes Robert sad 🙁
– Harlequin’s reading app could be a game changer!
Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 3 July 2016
Author Zoe York returned! She joined Chrishaun Keller-Hanna and Erica Conroy to discuss the below topics:
– B&N launches “new” Nook Press
– Spam, spam, spam! From B&N and Books Butterfly
– Samhain Publishing u-turns on closure
– Zoe rants about Neilsen’s Romance (R)evolution conference
– SPRT’s upcoming Mystery / Thriller / Suspense promo 27 – 29 July 2016
Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 19 June 2016
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Welcome to the Roundtable Roundup, our fortnightly podcast where we invite a guest or two to join us live to discuss the latest news and views from the self-publishing and indie industry.
Author Zoe York returned! She joined Robert Chazz Chute, Xavier Granville and Erica Conroy to discuss the below topics:
– Amazon is cracking down on advertising sites
– KDP Accounts being shut down without warning!
– Author Earnings May Report
Fortnightly Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 29 May 2016
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Welcome to the Roundtable Roundup, our fortnightly podcast where we invite a guest or two to join us live to discuss the latest news and views from the self-publishing and indie industry.
Author Zoe York returned! She joined Chrishuan Keller Hanna and Erica Conroy to discuss the below topics:
– Ellora’s Cave are at it again…
– Trad published authors are afraid we’re devaluing their beautiful books!
– Bookbub Ads coming soon
– Another trad pub acquires self-pub company
– Then this from Zoe…
Weekly Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 15 May 2016
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Author Zoe York returned! She joined Chrishuan Keller Hanna and Erica Conroy to discuss the below topics:
– Amazon Marketing Services for all!
– Computer algorithms picking books for publishing
– Booktrope closes its doors
– Goodreads introduces Kindle giveaway program
Weekly Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 24 April 2016
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Author Cate Morgan joined Chrishuan Keller Hanna and Robert Chazz Chute to discuss the below topics:
– Do Presales work for New Authors?
– The Ripped Bodice
– Amazon recruiting publishing companies for Kindle Unlimited
– Smashword’s Annual Survey
Weekly Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 17 April 2016
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Author Michael Anderle joined Chrishuan Keller Hanna to discuss the below topics:
– Gaming the ebook?!
– Follow up on one the Amazon plagiarism story from last week
– New KOBO Author Services
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
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!
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Weekly Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 20 March 2016
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Romance author Trish McCallan joined Erica and Robert Chute Chazz to discuss the below topics:
– Revisiting Kindle Reselling Ebooks
– Audible hopes to go viral
– B&N makes an attempt…
– CNET is publishing short fiction
– Dollar Photo to close
Weekly Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 13 March 2016
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Chrishaun Keller played host today because Blab hated Erica for some strange reason! She was joined by Cate Morgan and D. R. Yurkas to discuss the below topics:
– Amazon aims for scammers but smacks innocent authors too!
– Apple is denied!
– Gdocs / Drive has a neat new trick!
– Something interesting about Kobo’s reader audience
Weekly Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 6 March 2016
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Erica was joined today by Chrishaun Keller and special guest Zoe York to discuss the below topics:
– All things Nook / Barnes & Noble
– Yet another potential scam targeting indie authors
– Amazon including ebooks in Giveaways now