SPF-141: Author TV – Building Readership with YouTube – with Garrett Robinson & Ant

James Blatch
Oct 12, 2018
1 min read

Video is another way authors can reach out to their audiences and build relationships with new readers. James chats with two authors who are doing just that via YouTube and live streaming service Twitch.

This week’s highlights include:

On whether YouTube works for authors commercially
Getting feedback on creative writing ideas via YouTube
Garrett and Antoine’s different approaches to the subject matter for their videos
And their different reasons for having YouTube channels
Switching from an employee mindset to an entrepreneurial one
Earning income based on YouTube views
The importance of playlists for YouTubers
The benefits and drawbacks of using ads on YouTube
Do video viewers convert to book buyers?
Using Twitch to live-stream writing a novel
On the tech used for videos and audio. (Spoiler: James develops a case of mic envy.)