On this week’s episode, Zach and J. flip the script on their Choose Your News segment, putting J. in the driver’s seat and having him read headlines to Zach. They discuss Amazon Internet, productivity tools for authors, and more:
- The Career Author Podcast hits 50 patrons on Patreon
- Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers is releasing a memoir
- How authors are using YouTube to fight book piracy
- A Higher Loyalty gets 850,000 copies printed on the first run – 5X the original run of Fire and Fury
- Comics retailers are optimistic despite market declines
- J. and Zach’s favorite productivity tools for authors – find the full list of links at the bottom of this page!
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:
The Skull and Bones of YouTube
https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/authors-can-take-advantage-of-piracy-via-youtube
5X the Fire and Fury
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/13/media/a-higher-loyalty-publisher-book-sales/index.html
AI – Amazon Internet
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/17/17249090/amazon-internet-web-browser-app-android-india
Amazon vs. Comic Book Man
Interesting but not newsworthy:
Our Favorite Tools:
Slack – http://www.slack.com
Google Drive – http://drive.google.com
J.’s free Google Calendar and Gmail guide – http://theauthorcopilot.com/calendar
Scrivener – https://www.literatureandlatte.com/
Bookfunnel – http://www.bookfunnel.com
Vellum – http://www.vellum.pub
Draft2Digital Formatting – https://www.draft2digital.com/blog/draft2digital-introduces-professional-quality-ebook-templates/
Dragon Dictate – https://www.nuance.com/dragon.html
Grammarly – http://www.grammarly.com
Zach’s Noise Canceling Headphones – https://amzn.to/2JVWvH7
Zach’s Ergonomic Keyboard – https://amzn.to/2Hc1QZb
Zach’s Ergonomic Mouse – https://amzn.to/2Ha1ZfC
Zach’s iPad Keyboard Case – https://amzn.to/2H9ZwWv
Zach’s Laptop Cart – https://amzn.to/2qJ0nCl
Other Links:
The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield – http://books2read.com/u/4NRKg6
Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts by Ryan Holiday – http://books2read.com/u/3yZq1Z
Write to Market: Deliver a Book That Sells by Chris Fox – http://books2read.com/u/4NRMjG
The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know by Shawn Coyne – http://books2read.com/u/49PEvW
Authors on a Train – http://www.authorsonatrain.com Sell More Books Show Summit – http://www.sellmorebooksshow.com/summit