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SPF-006: Best selling Indie Author Interview – With Russell Blake
- James Blatch
- Apr 8, 2016
- 2 min read
Russell Blake is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of some 30 – count ‘em! – much loved books and has been featured in the likes of the Wall Street Journal and The Chicago Tribune. He’s become a hugely respected figure in indie publishing circles and together with Mark and James, happily discusses, amongst other things, why marketing a book is quite a different process to writing one, the whole Kindle Unlimited thing and how to be an exceptional author (i.e. one that makes a living from writing).
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Hello and welcome to podcast #6 from The Self-Publishing Formula.
Female: Two writers: one just starting out; the other a best-seller. Join James Blatch and Mark Dawson and their amazing guests as they discuss how you can make a living telling stories. There’s never been a better time to be a writer.
Show Notes
What a new author should focus on.
On marketing books and how that skill set is very different from writing them.
What being the exception to the rule in self-publishing means.
The perma-free strategy and whether Russell is a believer.
Russell’s thoughts on Kindle Unlimited.
On selling in online retail stores other than Amazon.
Kindle Worlds fan fiction and what it’s like to read stories by other writers set in Russell’s world.
Marketing a book that’s in a different genre than your readers / newsletter subscribers are used to, including pricing strategies.
Questions from listeners, including what Russell’s experience working with Clive Cussler was like.
Comparisons between the music business and the traditional publishing business.
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