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Sell books the smart way. Five years ago releasing a book as an indie author meant uploading it, then begging everyone you knew to buy it. That method simply doesn't work anymore. Fortunately, there's a better way. Amazon has spent billions of dollars over the last decade building the world's best sales engine. They use machine learning to sell massive piles of books, and that engine is just waiting for you to tap into it. This is the book that will teach you how.
Join three literary scholars and award-winning professors as they introduce you to dozens of short masterpieces that you can finish - and engage with - in a day or less. Perfect for people with busy lives who still want to discover-or rediscover-just how transformative an act of reading can be, these 36 lectures range from short stories of fewer than 10 pages to novellas and novels of around 200 pages. Despite their short length, these works are powerful examinations of the same subjects and themes that longer "great books" discuss.
This award-winning, best-selling self-publishing guide has been re-released as a new updated and expanded 2nd edition, with 75,000 words of essays, articles, and how-to guides, as well as contributions from 30 best-selling indie authors including J. Carson Black, Bob Mayer, Debora Geary, Mark Edwards, and many more. And now it is available in audiobook format for the very first time.
Do you want to sell more books and reach more readers? Do you want to discover how to build an author career for the long-term as well as spike your book sales right now? If you don't know much about marketing, don't worry. We all start with nothing. There are short-term tactics for those who want to boost immediate sales, but the focus of the book is more about instilling values and marketing principles that will help your long-term career as a writer.
Expanding on the author's highly successful process for doubling daily word counts, this audiobook - a combination of reworked blog posts and new material - offers practical writing advice for anyone who's ever longed to increase their daily writing output.
In Dialogue, Robert McKee offers in-depth analysis for how characters speak on the screen, on the stage, and on the page in believable and engaging ways. From Macbeth to Breaking Bad, McKee deconstructs key scenes to illustrate the strategies and techniques of dialogue. Dialogue applies a framework of incisive thinking to instruct the prospective writer on how to craft artful, impactful speech.
Sell books the smart way. Five years ago releasing a book as an indie author meant uploading it, then begging everyone you knew to buy it. That method simply doesn't work anymore. Fortunately, there's a better way. Amazon has spent billions of dollars over the last decade building the world's best sales engine. They use machine learning to sell massive piles of books, and that engine is just waiting for you to tap into it. This is the book that will teach you how.
Join three literary scholars and award-winning professors as they introduce you to dozens of short masterpieces that you can finish - and engage with - in a day or less. Perfect for people with busy lives who still want to discover-or rediscover-just how transformative an act of reading can be, these 36 lectures range from short stories of fewer than 10 pages to novellas and novels of around 200 pages. Despite their short length, these works are powerful examinations of the same subjects and themes that longer "great books" discuss.
This award-winning, best-selling self-publishing guide has been re-released as a new updated and expanded 2nd edition, with 75,000 words of essays, articles, and how-to guides, as well as contributions from 30 best-selling indie authors including J. Carson Black, Bob Mayer, Debora Geary, Mark Edwards, and many more. And now it is available in audiobook format for the very first time.
Do you want to sell more books and reach more readers? Do you want to discover how to build an author career for the long-term as well as spike your book sales right now? If you don't know much about marketing, don't worry. We all start with nothing. There are short-term tactics for those who want to boost immediate sales, but the focus of the book is more about instilling values and marketing principles that will help your long-term career as a writer.
Expanding on the author's highly successful process for doubling daily word counts, this audiobook - a combination of reworked blog posts and new material - offers practical writing advice for anyone who's ever longed to increase their daily writing output.
In Dialogue, Robert McKee offers in-depth analysis for how characters speak on the screen, on the stage, and on the page in believable and engaging ways. From Macbeth to Breaking Bad, McKee deconstructs key scenes to illustrate the strategies and techniques of dialogue. Dialogue applies a framework of incisive thinking to instruct the prospective writer on how to craft artful, impactful speech.
Launch to Market provides a simple system to plan, track, and execute your book launch. It covers the basics of marketing in an easy-to-understand way, complete with exercises that will prepare you for your best launch ever. You'll see real sales numbers from an author who just did exactly what you're trying to do, with takeaways that will show you exactly how I did it.
Build an outstanding outline every time! Fool Proof Outline can help anyone quickly go from idea to first draft. Fool Proof Outline is filled with just the right amount of brainstorming prompts, both challenging you to engage readers emotionally and propelling your novel toward completion. Character, plot, and scene questionnaires are also included to keep you focused one step at a time.
The fastest way to succeed as an author is to write more books. How do you do that with a day job, family, school or all your other time commitments? The secret I,s efficiency. 5,000 Words Per Hour will help you maximize your writing time by building effective habits that both measure and increase your writing speed. Create an effective writing habit. Track and improve your WPH.
When it comes to writing books, are you a "plotter" or a "pantser"? Is one method really better than the other? In this instructional book, author Libbie Hawker explains the benefits and technique of planning a story before you begin to write. She'll show you how to develop a foolproof character arc and plot, how to pace any book for a can't-put-down reading experience, and how to ensure that your stories are complete and satisfying without wasting any time or words.
This high integrity system is a laser-focused approach that teaches authors not only how to effectively get book reviews on Amazon, but how to get them in quantities that matter. Using a combination of free web tools and effective marketing tactics, this five-step technique saves authors time and frustration, by walking them through a process that begins with a Google Search, and ends with an Amazon ebook page, full of reviews.
Have you launched a novel, or many novels, only to have them land with a whimper? Have you had a great-selling book or series slowly fade away to obscurity? What if you could relaunch those books, turning your backlist into a great source of income?
I wrote this book following two months of intensive research and tweaking to establish myself on Goodreads. It's a difficult site to get used to and many authors give up and move on to other things. But Goodreads presents massive opportunities to authors. There are over 20 million members (and rising, fast) and they are all passionate readers - the very people authors need.
This audiobook makes it quick and easy to authors to understand how to use Goodreads and how to use it as part of their author platform.
It has great reviews and the personal messages I get from grateful authors are very touching.
I believe it will do well as an audiobook because it does very well on both the Kindle and print platforms and audio will give authors who travel, commute, or do a lot of waiting an opportunity to take in the knowledge without having to invest their precious time in absorbing yet another book! I've taken myself to audiobooks and podcasts because, as an author, I have such a big backlog of books to read and review that reading now seems like work. Audio is more fun, somehow, and I'm building my audiobook collection as quickly as I built my Kindle collection! From research, other authors are doing the same.
I really tried to listen to the Audible version of this book but found the narrator so difficult to listen to that I could not get beyond listening to the Preface ... I did really want to but found her voice, intonation so annoying, it was like chalk on a chalkboard.
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What did you like about this audiobook?
I'm optimistic that I will enjoy this book when I read it, and find value in the content. However, I couldn't get past the first chapter listening to the terrible narration.
How has the book increased your interest in the subject matter?
The insider perspective on using Goodreads as an author is something I am looking forward to reading.
What did you find wrong about the narrator's performance?
Think of any skit you've ever seen where someone pretends to be in a high school play or is otherwise an inexperienced actor - it sounds like that. Reading out loud and sounding so stiff with forced intonation.
Most of this book is a sort of "Goodreads for dummies." If you're familiar with Goodreads, most of the information won't be helpful.
There are a few tips about book promoting, which is what I wanted. But a lot of it was "how to use Goodreads" rather than "how to utilize Goodreads as an author."
This book tells you how we can use Goodreads, the website for readers to promote your book. It is easy to read and insightful.
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I thought I knew all about Goodreads, but after listening I realized there's so much more!
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