Self-publishing Roundtable

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

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 :P

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

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.

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!

Pulp Speed isn't a new concept but the name might well be. It was coined by Dean Wesley Smith and essentially means: sitting down and writing lots of words and stories. Also known as putting your arse in the chair and writing. Dean went a little bit further with his definition and created pulp speeds -- similar to Star Trek's warp speeds -- so people can say they're at pulp speed one or whatever. This is a popular yet controversial topic but considering all of the hype around 21 day / monthly challenges (Chris Fox, etc) that are currently circulating we thought we should dedicate a podcast episode to it. So we invited two authors Jim Johnson who runs a Google+ Group called Pulp Speeders and is currently completing a 3 Novels in 3 Months Challenge; and Ivy Sinclair who wrote: How I wrote 28,000 words in two days. Two authors who are definitely writing at pulp speeds and we asked them what pulp speed is, how to achieved it and how to get to the next speed...

Kevin Tumlinson is at a point in his life where he doesn't need a house. Instead he and his wife are downsizing everything to live the life of gypsies--travelling around in an RV while Kevin writes his books. Not only is Kevin a self-publisher and a podcaster, he's also the founder of a company that provides author services. Happy Pants Books provides authors with: copywriting and design services, web development, ghostwriting, translation, transcription, and marketing strategy! This week we asked Kevin what the little voices in his head actually said to get him to pack up his life and move into an RV? As well as the services his company provides to authors and about his fiction writing.

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

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

In a perfect world every author would have at least one best-seller... This week we talked with Patty Jansen, a sci fi and fantasy author who knows this isn't a perfect world and has planned accordingly. We discussed the three year long-term plan she has put in place in order to earn a decent living off her writing. As well as that we also found out about one of the weapons Patty has in her marketing arsenal--multi-author cross promos--and how to use them.