How to Get Your Audiobook Customers to Buy Your Other Books! – by Neil Plakcy
A personal connection, and some crafty add-ons to the end of your audiobook(s) will keep readers coming back for more!
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Politician Arrested in Murder of Journalist Who Wrote About Him – In The News – 09/09/2022
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Galileo Manuscript, Hailed as a Treasure by the University of Michigan Library, is FAKE – In The News – 08/25/2022
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“Hey, why don’t you copy that other company that screwed me over? After all, their services were FREE!”
This guy! Sheesh… Some authors NEVER LEARN!!!
Why BookLocker is the Best Book Publisher for New Authors – by Rickey Pittman
Too many new authors have been robbed by vanity presses who have charged naïve authors thousands of dollars. BookLocker’s fees are so low that some authors are skeptical. However, you should not be…
School Board Member Alleges Publishers Add “Bonus” (free) Offensive Books to Library Orders – In The News – 07/29/2022
MORE: Facebook stops paying news publishers; Amazon and big publishers tries to get out of lawsuit; Flame war at The New Yorker; Maryland’s ‘unconstitutional and unenforceable’ ebook law will cost the state $300K in legal fees incurred by the Association of American Publishers; and Update on Publishers vs. Internet Archive lawsuit.
“Help! I’m locked out of my account in my publisher’s system!”
“I cannot access my author’s account or books in (Amazon’s) KDP. My account is locked out. I have had a terrible experience and have been trying to access my books for almost a year now…”
“Why won’t my publisher give me a list of all the retailers selling my book?”
“My publisher can’t give me that list (??) and said it’s a bad idea anyway. What do you think is going on?”
Amazon is Picking and Choosing Which Books to Ban – In The News – 07/15/2022
MORE: Author tries to stop cancel culture from banning Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence; Story hour drag queen admits drag is a political tool being used to destabilize children’s early understanding of sex; Journalist back on Twitter after suing the company for censorship; Another parent is silenced when trying to read a book to the school board because the book, available to children, is considered p*rn; Ohio college hasn’t paid libeled bakers and they now owe millions more in interest; and Professor sues university over free speech
