The Career Author Podcast: Episode 17 – The Pete Rose Effect and Outliers

On this week’s episode, Zach and J. discuss the Pete Rose effect, the danger of basing your expectations on outliers, and more:

Zach’s one year anniversary of becoming a full-time writer
A fun new approach to choosing bonus episodes on the Patreon
Amazon launches Prime Reading in China with over 500 Kindle titles
The Indie Author Support Network launches with a goal to unite indie authors and facilitate discussions around problems indies have with companies like Amazon
Why Mark avoids large Facebook groups
Amazon limits reviews on A Higher Loyalty to verified purchases, continuing a trend of special treatment for controversial political books
The Pete Rose effect and confirmation bias
Outliers in the publishing industry and the dangers of basing your strategies or expectations on their success
Why authors rarely make great screenplay writers
How this bias can damage your author career when left unchecked
What you can do to overcome your confirmation bias
What you should base your strategies and expectations on if you want to build a successful author career

The Career Author Podcast is a podcast where co-authors J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon share their struggles and successes as full-time authors, advice for improving your writing craft, and honest discussions of what it takes to build a successful career as an author.

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News Links:

Special Treatment For Controversy

https://gizmodo.com/only-verified-buyers-can-review-james-comeys-book-on-am-1825453226/amp

Chinese Readocracy

https://the-digital-reader.com/2018/04/19/prime-reading-launches-in-china/

Come Together, Right Now, Indie Authors

https://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2018/04/22/giving-a-voice-to-indies/