Podcast Episodes

Minisode: Christmas in July - How to Prepare your book for BIG holiday sales

Season 2

Want to grab your share of holiday sales? Then now is the time to plan! In this special bonus episode, Amy and Penny break down what you need to do -…

4 years, 2 months ago

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How to Get Your Money's Worth When Hiring a Book Marketing Company

Season 2 Episode 15

If you've ever considered hiring a book marketing company, are already interviewing potential teams, or still feeling a bit burned by your last book …

4 years, 2 months ago

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Minisode: Your Website's User Experience Matters

Season 2

Your website says a lot about you, so you really don't want to risk giving potential visitors the wrong impression. But sadly, we see authors miss se…

4 years, 2 months ago

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How Not to Screw Up Your Website

Season 2 Episode 14

We see this a lot:  an author puts a bunch of stuff on their website because they think that’s what goes on a website. But they’re missing the point …

4 years, 2 months ago

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Minisode: The Importance of Online Media Alerts

Season 2

Online media alerts have seemingly taken a back seat in recent years because there's just so much distracting us online - but that's exactly why you …

4 years, 3 months ago

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Do Not Miss This Episode About Pen Names

Season 2 Episode 13

If you are writing under a pen name, or considering one, you won't want to miss this show. Amy and Penny discuss a lot caveats and (avoidable) mistak…

4 years, 3 months ago

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Minisode: Goodreads Reminded Us that Not All Book Promotion is Equal

We got to chat with a team at Goodreads and wow, we got a lot of insight into their future plans, but also, a great reminder about what really moves …

4 years, 3 months ago

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Insider Info on the Current Children’s Book Market

Season 2 Episode 12

Amy volunteered at her kids' book fair this year and came out of the experience with a lot of cool and exciting insight into what kids are looking fo…

4 years, 3 months ago

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Minisode: Why Large Print Books Matter

Season 2

A lot of authors when thinking about “editions” of their books think: audio! Hardcover! Translation! But so few think of large print books - which ar…

4 years, 3 months ago

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The Big TikTok Show

Season 2 Episode 11

 We thought it was time that we did a show on Tiktok, because while I realize it’s not a new-new platform per se, as social media sites go it’s fairl…

4 years, 4 months ago

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