Amazon cuts its fees for self-publishing filmmakers, politics makes for great book sales, and the 101 course is still open.
Amazon cuts its fees for self-publishing filmmakers, politics makes for great book sales, and the 101 course is still open.
We catch up with the creator of the 20 Books to 50K author movement at LBF ’19 who explains how he smashed his original goal as an indie author and the implications of his own personal journey for other writers looking to self-publish.
Reedsy Discovery is announced, Lana Del Ray self-publishes her poetry, and SPF heads for LBF.
In this week’s podcast episode Mark Dawson hosts a masterclass on Amazon Ads, explaining how indie authors can use them to sell books and boost their visibility and platform.
Darren Hardy is the manager of Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), the organisation that’s changed the lives of thousands of indie authors across the globe. With some twenty years in the business, he’s played a key role – and had a unique view of – the digital publishing revolution.
As you’ll hear, he’s still impassioned about his work at KDP. That’s in part to the organisation’s constant focus on innovation for their authors and readers (there are some great examples of that in this episode). Darren also delivers some practical tips for new authors on how to ensure a smooth start to their self publishing journey – and how to pique the interest of Amazon. Whether you’re an established indie author or just starting out, you’re going to find this episode both fascinating and useful.
Notes for this episode:
* Darren’s beginnings with Amazon and his move into KDP.
* How Amazon has changed since Darren joined the team.
* How Amazon keeps its culture of innovation going.
* On whether Amazon’s customer is the reader or the writer.
* Recent innovations include Kindle Direct Publishing for paperback.
* On whether the perception about self-publishing has changed.
* How are information about self-publishing has spread…or not.
* Darren’s thoughts on how new authors should publish.
* Errors to avoid in self-publishing.
* How authors can get Amazon’s attention.
Resources and links mentioned this episode:
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
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You can win a scholarship to Mark Dawson’s acclaimed premium course “Facebook Ads for Authors” by spreading the word about this podcast.
Visit selfpublishingformula.com/contest to enter.