Description: 3rd Annual Reverse Harem Panel – Advanced Business Practices for 2023
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Bio: Alex Lidell Alex Lidell is an Amazon top 100 author. She writes Reverse Harem Romance and Romantic Suspense. Before going indie, she was published by Penguin in YA fantasy. Easily bribed into a writing craft/writing business conversation with the lure of coffee. Bio: Melanie Harlow USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Melanie Harlow writes sweet, sexy, feel-good romance. She lifts her glass to readers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit. http://www.alexlidell.com
Bio: Britt Andrews Britt began writing after being laid off during the first wave of the pandemic. In three short years, she’s gone from the brink of home foreclosure to earning over seven figures in royalties. She writes Paranormal Reverse Harem and Fantasy romance which are always spicy but also heavy on humor and real-life topics like body acceptance, mental health acceptance and awareness, and neurodivergence representation. Please, come introduce yourself! http://www.brittandrewsauthor.com
Bio: Alisha Williams Writer, Alisha Williams lives in Alberta, Canada, with her husband and her two daughters. She has three crazy kitties who she loves. When she isn’t writing or creating her own graphic content, she loves to read books by her favorite authors. She writes mostly reverse harems in contemporary, Omegaverse, and paranormal romance. But also write MM, FF, and MF!
Bio: Melissa Storm New York Times bestselling author Melissa Storm is an industry veteran with more than 13 years of experience under her belt. She currently juggles four active pen names (including Molly Fitz and SK Prince) and also serves as CEO of Novel Publicity. http://www.novelpublicity.com
Bio: Reese Rivers Reese Rivers is an RH Romance International Bestselling author. Her Butterfly Duet was the #1 book in the Amazon store in Australia and Canada and #2 in the United States. She has also been a Kindle Allstar award winner 14 times. Her 8 books in this genre have over 26,000 reviews. http://www.reeserivers.com
20Books Vegas 2023 Day 1 – 3rd Annual Reverse Harem Panel20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Description: 3rd Annual Reverse Harem Panel – Advanced Business Practices for 2023
Disclaimer: The views of 20Books Vegas 2023 guest speakers are their views alone and do not represent the views of 20Booksto50k(R) or the conference or the conference organizers.
Bio: Alex Lidell Alex Lidell is an Amazon top 100 author. She writes Reverse Harem Romance and Romantic Suspense. Before going indie, she was published by Penguin in YA fantasy. Easily bribed into a writing craft/writing business conversation with the lure of coffee. Bio: Melanie Harlow USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Melanie Harlow writes sweet, sexy, feel-good romance. She lifts her glass to readers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit. http://www.alexlidell.com
Bio: Britt Andrews Britt began writing after being laid off during the first wave of the pandemic. In three short years, she’s gone from the brink of home foreclosure to earning over seven figures in royalties. She writes Paranormal Reverse Harem and Fantasy romance which are always spicy but also heavy on humor and real-life topics like body acceptance, mental health acceptance and awareness, and neurodivergence representation. Please, come introduce yourself! http://www.brittandrewsauthor.com
Bio: Alisha Williams Writer, Alisha Williams lives in Alberta, Canada, with her husband and her two daughters. She has three crazy kitties who she loves. When she isn’t writing or creating her own graphic content, she loves to read books by her favorite authors. She writes mostly reverse harems in contemporary, Omegaverse, and paranormal romance. But also write MM, FF, and MF!
Bio: Melissa Storm New York Times bestselling author Melissa Storm is an industry veteran with more than 13 years of experience under her belt. She currently juggles four active pen names (including Molly Fitz and SK Prince) and also serves as CEO of Novel Publicity. http://www.novelpublicity.com
Bio: Reese Rivers Reese Rivers is an RH Romance International Bestselling author. Her Butterfly Duet was the #1 book in the Amazon store in Australia and Canada and #2 in the United States. She has also been a Kindle Allstar award winner 14 times. Her 8 books in this genre have over 26,000 reviews. http://www.reeserivers.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXPLets Talk Author Nation with Joe Solari20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2024-07-21 | Captain's Log: Live! A conversation with Joe Solari about Author Nation, November 11-15 at Horseshoe Casino and Resort, right on the Strip in Las Vegas.Successful Indie Author Five Minute Focus - Moving to a New Place20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-12 | Moving to a new location 1. The Successful Indie Author YT channel youtube.com/channel/UCzcTmrqr-q4r2Y1mjVb0Ibw 2. The Successful Indie Author FB group facebook.com/groups/successfulindieauthor 3. Same time 4. Same quality content:) 5. Same format (kind of)20Books Vegas 2023 Day 1 – The Art of the Book Pitch20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
The Art of the Book Pitch
Keyword: Craft Basics
Speaker: Jonathan Maberry
Description: For writers wanting to go hybrid or traditional, this program shares insider tips, creative games, and methods for pitching to agents, editors, and Hollywood producers.
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Bio: Jonathan Maberry
JONATHAN MABERRY is a New York Times bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, 4-time Scribe Award winner, Inkpot Award winner, anthology editor, writing teacher, and comic book writer. His works include the Joe Ledger thrillers, Rot & Ruin, Kagen the Damned, Ink, X-Files, V-Wars, Glimpse, Black Panther, Captain America, Wolverine, Punisher, Bad Blood, The Wolfman, NecroTek, Mars One, and many others. He is the president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers and is the editor of Weird Tales Magazine. jonathanmaberry.com
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Building a Fandom
Keyword: Basic Marketing
Speaker: Britt Andrews
Description: Join Britt Andrews as she explains how in three years, she's cultivated a group of loyal super-fans and seen her annual earnings hit multiple six figures. Learn how to turn a reader into a fan and you'll be able to open new doors to generate revenue and eliminate the never-ending cycle of rapid releasing.
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Bio: Britt Andrews Britt began writing after being laid off during the first wave of the pandemic. In three short years, she’s gone from the brink of home foreclosure to earning over seven figures in royalties. She writes Paranormal Reverse Harem and Fantasy romance which are always spicy but also heavy on humor and real-life topics like body acceptance, mental health acceptance and awareness, and neurodivergence representation. http://www.brittandrewsauthor.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 2 – Indie Author Print Strategies20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Indie Author Print Strategies
Keyword: Basic Marketing
Speaker: David Sheets
Description: Printing a book is incredibly important to publishing. POD is a good start, but should not be an author's only strategy. Every author needs to learn printing basics, terminology, and packaging strategies that will produce books that excite readers.
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Bio: David Sheets Dave Sheets has spent more than 24 years in the publishing industry working with many of the top book publishers, distributors, and printers in the industry, followed by owning a publishing services company working with independent authors. He has served clients in various sales and marketing roles throughout his career, learning to actively listen to his clients in order to provide creative solutions for their needs. Every year, he continues to work with hundreds of authors helping to create books that entertain and inform readers across the globe. believersbookservices.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 2 – Advanced Amazon Ads & Strategies – Part 120Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Advanced Amazon Ads & Strategies – Part 1 (the nuts & bolts)
Keyword: Advanced Marketing
Speaker: M.A. Rothman
Description: This session is intended to give you insight on how Amazon's Marketing Service (AMS) works, how you can influence its effectiveness and how you can use other marketing tools to help get the most out of your marketing dollar.
Last year (2022) this was a standing room only session and we barely had time to cover the material, so this year we have a bit more (updated) material to cover but it's now organized in two chunks to better allow time for questions and to more fully cover elements that prior attendees wanted to know about.
Session 1 is about the mechanics of the Amazon algorithm, training it, what to do, what NOT to do. The goal is to teach you how to understand what's going on in AMS and train your situation to most effectively use it.
Session 2 is about practical examples and a focus on how to create your own recipes for success.
These are advanced sessions, so we will not focus on basic concepts like ACoS and CTR/CPC etc, I will strive to make the more complex things understandable and the goal overall is to make you understand how to tailor your situation to most effectively use AMS for your genre/country store/etc. I will also cover, but only briefly, how other marketing methods (e.g. using Meta's ad platform) can be used to train the AMS algorithm and get the most out of your marketing spend.
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Bio: M.A. Rothman M.A. ("Mike") Rothman, has always been a creative type with a strong background in science and math. He's used those strengths to great effect in Silicon Valley over a 30+ year career and after selling over 1,000,000 copies of his books worldwide, he's somehow stumbled into an accidental writing career. http://www.michaelarothman.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 3 – The Importance of Eggs Benedict to Your Career20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
The Importance of Eggs Benedict to Your Career
Keyword: Untangling Your Mind
Speaker: James A. Owen
Description: You’ve done the work - but now you have to sell it. That means learning to value what you do, and present it properly, so that others will, too.
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Bio: James A. Owen James Artimus Owen is part artist, part writer, and all heart. He has written and illustrated the Mythworld series, two dozen Starchild comics, available as The Twentieth Anniversary Nearly-Complete Essential Starchild, The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica (and coloring books featuring illustrations from these novels), and The Meditations which evolved from his popular talk “Drawing Out the Dragons.” James promises friends and fans that “more good trouble is afoot” with many more projects in the works.
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 2 – Captivating Consumers with Audiobook Marketing20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Sound Strategies - Captivating Consumers with Audiobook Marketing Panel
Keyword: Panel
Speaker: Ali Hammond, Anne Fonteneau & Cole Antos
Description: Sound Strategies: Captivating Consumers with Audiobook Marketing The audiobook market is booming! What can you do to market your audiobooks? Join key players in the industry as they discuss strategies authors can use. They'll also touch on the role publishers play when marketing audiobooks. From organic marketing to paid support, they'll cover holistic marketing for the audiobook market. Come with questions!
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Bio: Ali Hammond Ali Hammond has over 15 years of experience in the book industry, with a background spanning the US and Australia. Currently the Head of Merchandising at Chirp Audiobooks, Ali focuses on supporting publishers and authors to promote their audiobooks, and helping readers find their next great book to enjoy. She lives in NYC and spends her free time exploring her never-ending list of restaurant recommendations and reading from her never-ending TBR pile. chirpbooks.com
Bio: Anne Fonteneau Anne joined Blackstone Publishing in 2001 where she was quickly promoted to Head of Retail Sales, successfully developing new selling avenues, which quadrupled within 5 years. She has continued to manage Digital Sales for Blackstone Publishing – the fastest growing portion of the company – since 2008, before becoming the Chief Sales Officer. Leading her team in adapting to an ever-changing marketplace, she enjoys finding new ways to connect customers and partners with the enriching world of books. Born in France, Anne embraces her heritage by cooking French cuisine for friends. blackstonepublishing.com
Bio: Cole Antos Nicole (Cole) is a growth marketing leader whose background spans entertainment and e-commerce. Before joining Podium she won various media awards working for clients such as Hulu and Sony Pictures, and the title of Cannes Young Lion.
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Memberships & Subscriptions
Keyword: Helpful Author Tools
Speaker: Emilia Rose
Description: Subscriptions and memberships make authors over twenty million dollars a year and are growing over twenty percent annually. Learn how to start and supercharge your author subscription, create super fans through connecting directly with your readers, and build recurring revenue without the use of ads.
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Bio: Emilia Rose I write spicy romance about obsessed bad boys and insecure heroines. My favorite things to talk about are subscriptions, serializing novels, and why Attack on Titan is the best story ever created. Ask me all about subscriptions and how to publish on Ream. emiliarose.com
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AI – Boogeyman or Not?
Keyword: Helpful Author Tools
Speaker: Michael Anderle, Melle Amade, Elizabeth Ann West, and Joanna Penn
Description: AI – Boogeyman or Not?
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Bio: Michael Anderle Michael Anderle is a bestselling author of science fiction (The Kurtherian Gambit series with over a million books sold) and fantasy (Oriceran Universe) books. He self-published his first book in November of 2015, and was a 5-figure a month author within 90 days. He started the 20Booksto50k(TM) group which has approximately 32,000 members. LMBPN Publishing (his company) is now publishing 400 books a year in science fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy, litRPG, action-adventure and some romance. You won’t find his name on the romance books. http://www.lmbpn.com
Bio: Melle Amade Melle is a USA Today bestselling author of fantasy romance who has also spent her career translating complex technology for the lay person, working with organizations such as NASA, Northrop Grumman, and Hewlett Packard. As the Co-founder of AI4CES, Melle continues to leverage technology to drive meaningful change in a variety of industries including publishing, healthcare, and education. She believes we are at a pivotal moment in history, where the incredible potential of AI is set to revolutionize the way we work and live. Melle is passionate about helping people navigate this shift and harness the power of AI to achieve their goals. ai4ces.mykajabi.com
Bio: Elizabeth Ann West Elizabeth Ann West first published with KDP in 2011. She also runs FutureFictionAcademy.com and has published over 25 books. Forums, groups, and in between, "EAW" has been a source of reliable technical information for authors for over a decade. http://futurefictionacademy.com
Bio: Joanna Penn Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F. Penn. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. http://www.thecreativepenn.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 1 – Make More Fans (and Money) with Live Events20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Make More Fans (and Money) with Live Events
Keyword: Advanced Marketing
Speaker: Ben Wolf
Description: Do you suck at online marketing? Are you extroverted and good at sales? It’s time to do some live events with your books. In this session, 6-figure author/publisher Ben Wolf shares his best secrets for maximizing live events for authors (plus Q+A)!
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Bio: Ben Wolf Ben Wolf is a multiple-award-winning author of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, YA, and children’s books. He does upward of 30 live events annually and has built his fan base through grassroots in-person connections since 2014. Find him at www.benwolf.com
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Unleashing the Writer Within – Motivation & Productivity
Keyword: Untangling Your Mind
Speaker: Sarah Noffke
Description: Explore motivation, productivity & the metaphysical dimensions of the writing process. Learn to overcome obstacles that hinder your potential, while discovering strategies to maximize output. Unlock your inner voice & unleash boundless creativity.
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Bio: Sarah Noffke Sarah Noffke is a prolific USA Today Best-Selling Author, who writes YA and NA science fiction, fantasy, paranormal and urban fantasy. Most of her stories draw on her experiences living on the West Coast, growing up in Texas or traveling the world.
Her passion for art, culture and literature drives her to create stories that are full of whimsey, humor and philosophy. Her books appeal to readers who enjoy an escape, a bit of magic mixed with science and the unexpected--like a dragon who tells bad jokes and has a video game addiction, but fights for justice.
Noffke's books are top rated and best-sellers on Amazon. Her books are available in paperback, audio and in Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch and Italian. To stay up to date with Sarah, please visit her website and subscribe to her newsletter: www.sarahnoffke.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 2 – TikTok & Video Repurposing for Beginners20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
TikTok & Video Repurposing for Beginners
Keyword: Basic Marketing
Speaker: James Blatch & Cecelia Mecca
Description: James Blatch from the Self Publishing Formula and romance author Cecelia Mecca will discuss ways to make busy authors' short-form video efforts worthwhile highlighting TikTok and repurposing video to meet various book marketing goals.
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Bio: James Blatch James Blatch is the co-host of The Self Publishing Show, one of the leading podcasts in the indie space. He is also a co-founder of The Self Publishing Formula, along with Mark Dawson. SPF provides high-quality online training for authors.
James is a former BBC Defence Reporter. He reported on the UK military from, among other places, HMS Invincible (Operation Desert Fox), Kuwait (Ali Al Salem allied air base), the Arctic Circle as well as covering the UK air offensive during the Kosovo Conflict in 1999.
Bio: Cecelia Mecca Cecelia Mecca is the bestselling author of steamy historical romance and also writes contemporary small-town romance as Bella Michaels. Armed with a Ph.D. and lots of chai, she’s written everything from her original 11-book Border Series to Order of the Broken Blade with its secret knightly order, to Cecelia’s co-authored Scottish time travel series, Highlander’s Through Time and Enchanted Falls, Cecelia loves transporting readers to another time and place. In Kingdoms of Meria, Cecelia takes readers to a place they’ve never been before. Her brand new series, Brotherhood of the Border, is a Border Series spin-off which takes place thirty years later. http://www.ceceliamecca.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 1 – Podium Audio – Creating Bestsellers in the Audio Market for Indie Authors20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | (Please use headphones/earbuds, change device, or use a sound booster app if you have sound issues) Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Podium Audio – Creating Bestsellers in the Audio Market for Indie Authors
Keyword: Audio
Speaker: Victoria Gerken & Kate Runde of Podium
Description: Podium Audio
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Bio: Victoria Gerken Victoria Gerken is a publishing industry veteran having worked in various jobs at Alfred A. Knopf (Random House, Inc) and is now the Publisher at Podium. Publisher, Acquisitions at Podium Audio http://www.podiumaudio.com
Bio: Kate Runde Kate has been in the author relations business for almost two decades, and since 2019, she has been at Podium where she leads the Acquisitions team. Prior to joining Podium, she served as the Director of Publicity for Vintage/Anchor Books at Penguin Random House, where she worked with hundreds of bestselling and award-winning authors on their communications strategies, book media campaigns, branding, and specialized, large-scale initiatives for high profile thought leaders.
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 1 – How to Become a Plot Magician20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
John Truby - How to Become a Plot Magician
Keyword: Craft Basics
Speaker: John Truby
Description: The biggest factor that distinguishes the top 1% of professional authors - who make the lion’s share of sales – from everyone else is the ability to create complex plot.
Even established writers know only a small percentage of the hundreds of plot techniques that go into writing a bestseller, book after book. In this class you will learn powerful professional techniques to turn you into a plot magician able to compete with the top 1% of writers in the world.
Result: dramatically increase your readthrough rate, sell more books, and make serious money.
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Bio: John Truby John Truby is Hollywood’s premiere story consultant to major studios like Disney, Pixar, Sony Pictures, Fox, HBO, the BBC, Universal, Canal Plus, Globo, and MTV. He has taught his ANATOMY OF STORY class and his Genre classes to over 50,000 students worldwide, including top novelists, screenwriters, and TV writers. Writers who have taken his courses have generated more than $20 billion at the box office. That’s because Truby goes beyond the simplistic 3-act structure and hero’s journey to teach the special story techniques that only the top professionals know and use. His Blockbuster story software is the preeminent story software in the world. truby.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 3 – Do You Want It Bad Enough?20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Do You Want It Bad Enough?
Keyword: Untangling Your Mind
Speaker: Becca Syme
Description: What's the relationship between motivation and skill to author success? After coaching 6000+ authors, success coach Becca Syme will break down the science of motivation and the process of skill development for writers.
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Bio: Becca Syme Becca Syme is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and holds a Master’s degree in Transformational Leadership. She has coached 5700+ authors using success alignment and predictive reasoning to help authors write and market better-faster. http://betterfasteracademy.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 2 – 10 Things You Never Knew About Draft2Digital20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
10 Things You Never Knew About Draft2Digital
Keyword: Helpful Author Tools
Speaker: Mark Leslie Lefebvre
Description: D2D has been around more than a decade and helped over 275,000 authors publish nearly one million books. But even the most seasoned writers forget some of the tools, options, and opportunities you can use to optimize your publishing success.
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Bio: Mark Leslie Lefebvre Mark has worked in the industry as a bookseller, writer, consultant, and author advocate for over 30 years. The former Director of Self-Publishing & Author Relations for Kobo, he is currently the Director of Business Development at Draft2Digital. http://markleslie.ca
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Selling Direct – Let Your Superfans Pay You More
Keyword: Business Basics
Speaker: Damon Courtney
Description: Do you already have a nice backlist and your own superfans? Then, why are you still giving their money to someone else?! Let Damon Courtney, the creator of BookFunnel, show you how to get start selling direct and let those fans pay YOU.
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Bio: Damon Courtney Damon Courtney (writing under the alias Damon J. Courtney) wrote an epic Fantasy series that he desperately wanted to give to the world (whether they liked it or not). He had already published two books, and now the third and final book in his (to him) magnificent trilogy was complete.
But, how to find readers…
Self-publishing gurus (then as now) were preaching the importance of building a mailing list and a reader magnet. “Give them a taste of your writing,” they said. “Send them the first book in your series for free,” they said. “Email them a zip file,” they said!
Wait, a zip file?? Was that really the path new readers would have to traverse in order to read his “free” book? Who was going to figure that out?? There had to be a better way—a simple, direct method to help people get a book to their favorite e-reader or app with super-friendly help available if they had any trouble. That’s what the world needed!
Alas…it didn’t exist.
The world cried out for a hero. Indies needed a way to deliver their books without the shackles of the bookstores. Older folks everywhere needed knowledgeable experts to help them understand how their Nook Glowbright Kindle worked! Two decades in software development had prepared Damon for just this task. And, best of all, he would have it ready to go in just a couple of weeks. Ten months later, BookFunnel was born. bookfunnel.com
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Explore the Magic of Urban Fantasy!
Keyword: Craft Basics
Speaker: Sarah Noffke
Description: Discover the core elements behind success in this genre. From worldbuilding to compelling characters, engaging plots & magic systems, unlock the secrets to crafting stories that captivate readers. Elevate your writing to new realms of profitability.
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Bio: Sarah Noffke Sarah Noffke is a prolific USA Today Best-Selling Author, who writes YA and NA science fiction, fantasy, paranormal and urban fantasy. Most of her stories draw on her experiences living on the West Coast, growing up in Texas or traveling the world.
Her passion for art, culture and literature drives her to create stories that are full of whimsey, humor and philosophy. Her books appeal to readers who enjoy an escape, a bit of magic mixed with science and the unexpected--like a dragon who tells bad jokes and has a video game addiction, but fights for justice.
Noffke's books are top rated and best-sellers on Amazon. Her books are available in paperback, audio and in Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch and Italian. To stay up to date with Sarah, please visit her website and subscribe to her newsletter: www.sarahnoffke.com
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Horror Panel
Keyword: Craft Basics, Panel
Speaker: Jonathan Maberry, Steve Diamond, Lee Mountford & J. Thorn
Description: Horror Panel
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Bio: Jonathan Maberry Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, 4-time Scribe Award winner, Inkpot Award winner, anthology editor, writing teacher, and comic book writer. His works include the Joe Ledger thrillers, Rot & Ruin, Kagen the Damned, Ink, X-Files, V-Wars, Glimpse, Black Panther, Captain America, Wolverine, Punisher, Bad Blood, The Wolfman, NecroTek, Mars One, and many others. He is the president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers and is the editor of Weird Tales Magazine. jonathanmaberry.com
Bio: Steve Diamond Steve Diamond is a Horror, Fantasy, Thriller, and Science Fiction author for Baen, Aethon, Primordial Press, Gallant Knight Games, and numerous other small publications. His most recent works are a collection of short fiction, WHAT HELLHOUNDS DREAM, a Dark Fantasy/Horror novel co-written with Larry Correia, SERVANTS OF WAR, and the Supernatural Thriller novel RESIDUE. He is also the co-host of the writing advice podcast, The WriterDojo. authorstevediamond.com
Bio: Lee Mountford Lee Mountford is a horror author from the North-East of England. His first book, Horror in the Woods, was published in May 2017 to fantastic reviews, and his follow-up book, The Demonic, achieved Best Seller status in both Occult Horror and British Horror categories on Amazon. He is a lifelong horror fan, much to the dismay of his amazing wife, Michelle, and his work is available in ebook, print and audiobook formats. In August 2017 he and his wife welcomed their first daughter, Ella, into the world. In May 2019, their second daughter, Sophie, came along. Michelle is hoping the girls don’t inherit their father’s love of horror, but Lee has other ideas… leemountford.com
Bio: Melanie Harlow USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Melanie Harlow writes sweet, sexy, feel-good romance. She lifts her glass to readers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.
Bio: J. Thorn J. Thorn has published two million words and has sold more than 185,000 books worldwide. He is an official member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association, and the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers.
J. co-founded the Writers, Ink podcast with J.D. Barker, and has interviewed some of today's most successful authors including Matthew McConaughey, James Patterson, Dean Koontz, Seth Godin, Joyce Carol Oates, Hugh Howey, Andy Weir, Jodi Picoult, Nicholas Sparks, Lee Child, Stephen Pressfield, Chuck Palahniuk, and many more.
Thorn earned a B.A. in American History from the University of Pittsburgh and a M.A. from Duquesne University. He is a husband, father, full-time writer, part-time professor at John Carroll University, founder of The Author Life Community, podcaster, FM radio DJ, musician, and owner of the Three Story Method Editing Agency. creativeaidigest.beehiiv.com
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The Cover (R)Evolution
Keyword: Business Basics
Speaker: Andrew Dobell
Description: Meeting reader expectations is critical for a successful author career. This presentation will highlight why authors should think about the marketing first, ways to bake the marketing into the story, and the importance of knowing your niche.
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Bio: Andrew Dobell Told through the lens of creating covers for his own books, author and cover artist, Andrew Dobell will discuss the difficulties of creating a successful cover, how to work with your cover artist to get the best possible outcome for your book, and finally, take a look at the AI revolution and his advice regarding its use in covers. http://www.andrewdobellauthor.co.uk
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B&N/NOOK is Alive & Well
Keyword: Basic Marketing
Speaker: Susan McCulloch
B&N and NOOK are in resurgence thanks to book-loving leadership at the top. Find out what's new and exciting with this very important channel (for both print and digital), and get to know B&N Press, Barnes & Noble's self-publishing platform.
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Bio: Susan McCulloch Susan McCulloch is the Senior Director of NOOK and Barnes & Noble Press. She is an industry veteran, having spent her entire career in publishing—a career that spans traditional, digital, and indie channels. What’s kept her grounded is a love of reading, and a sense of gratitude for being able to work with the like-minded wonderful people who make books, from authors to publishers to the myriad of behind-the-scenes magicians.
I would love to connect with anyone wanting to know more about B&N Press, Barnes & Noble's self-publishing platform, or about NOOK and the business of selling eBooks. http://www.barnesandnoble.com
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Making Indie Films
Keyword: Craft Basics
Speaker: Jynafer Yanez & Jonathan Yanez
Description: Making Indie Films
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Bio: Jynafer Yanez Co-founder and executive of Archimedes Books, a publishing imprint and a media management holding company that oversees Wolf Pack Entertainment Co., a full-service production company.
Jynafer manages brands, authors, and projects that have the potential to reach global audiences on multiple platforms through a variety of services. http://www.archimedesbooks.com/jynafer
Bio: Jonathan Yanez International best-selling author. Multi award winning filmmaker. Wolf Pack Entertainment More animal than man, he bleeds caffeine and...
Ah, I'm just kidding. It sounded cool though, right? I write because that's what I was born to do and I freaking love doing it When I'm not writing crazy stories, I'm spending time with my wife and two little space marines getting into mischief. wolfpackentertainment.co
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Screenwriting
Keyword: Panel
Speaker: Niall Leonard, John Truby, Steven L. Sears, Ines Johnson & T.D. Donnelly
Description: Screenwriting Panel
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Bio: Niall Leonard A native of Northern Ireland, Niall Leonard's career as a screenwriter on UK network TV included episodes of Hornblower, Wire in the Blood, Ballykissangel and Monarch of the Glen. As a sideline he proofread his wife Erika's first novel, the erotic romance Fifty Shades of Grey, the publishing phenomenon of 2012 that sold tens of millions of copies worldwide and became a blockbuster movie franchise. Niall's experience as a screenwriter came in handy when he stepped in to adapt the sequels, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, for Universal Pictures. Since then, Niall has published novels of his own, starting with the Crusher trilogy in 2012, the historical thriller M, King's Bodyguard in 2021, and most recently the twisted thriller A Heart Within The Beast, a contemporary retelling of Dante's Inferno. Niall is currently working on the sequel to M, King's Bodyguard. http://www.niallleonard.com
Bio: John Truby John Truby is Hollywood’s premiere story consultant to major studios like Disney, Pixar, Sony Pictures, Fox, HBO, the BBC, Universal, Canal Plus, Globo, and MTV. He has taught his ANATOMY OF STORY class and his Genre classes to over 50,000 students worldwide, including top novelists, screenwriters, and TV writers. Writers who have taken his courses have generated more than $20 billion at the box office. That’s because Truby goes beyond the simplistic 3-act structure and hero’s journey to teach the special story techniques that only the top professionals know and use. His Blockbuster story software is the preeminent story software in the world. truby.com
Bio: Steven L. Sears Steven L. Sears is an author, screenwriter, producer, and actor whose work spans several decades in television, film, animation, digital media, and game play. His work in Television includes freelance and staff positions on over twenty-five different series. As an Author, his work includes the non-fiction book THE NON-USER FRIENDLY GUIDE FOR ASPIRING TV WRITERS as well as many short stories in anthologies such as JEFF STURGEONS LOST CITIES OF EARTH and ALIENS VS PREDATOR: ULTIMATE PREY. Co-Writing with Times Bestselling Author Kevin J. Anderson, their graphic novel STALAG-X is currently in development as a major motion picture. http://www.stevenlsears.com
Bio: Ines Johnson Lover of fairytales, folklore, and mythology, Ines Johnson spends her days reimagining the stories of old in a modern world. She writes books where damsels cause the distress, princesses wield swords, and moms save the world.
Bio: T.D. Donnelly Thunder Road Entertainment T.D. Donnelly has been a working screenwriter for 28 years. He has collaborated with Clive Cussler, Ray Bradbury, Robert Kirkman, Stan Lee, and each and every studio in Hollywood. He's written Sahara, Conan the Barbarian, The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, and worked as a script doctor on projects such as Uncharted, Cowboys and Aliens, and Marvel's Doctor Strange. Partnered with several colleges and Film Independent, he teaches screenwriting and writing productivity with his courses: Superdraft, Deep Story, and Deep Character.
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Bio: Stephanie Beard Podium Audio Stephanie Beard has spent the past decade working in acquisitions, rights and the adaptation market. Previously, she helmed the rights department at Sourcebooks, where she helped grow the core business as well as launched an in-house film and TV licensing program which included a first look deal with Sony Pictures TV. Additionally, she served as the Executive Editor and Rights Director at Turner Publishing, where she founded Keylight Books which focused on finding stories for print and screen. podiumaudio.com
Bio: Chip MacGregor Chip MacGregor is the president of MacGregor LIterary, Inc., a full-service literary agency located on the left coast. He has been working in the publishing industry for three decades, and made his living as a freelance writer and editor for several years. He is the author of numerous books, including a couple of bestselling nonfiction titles, and formerly served as a publisher with Time-Warner. http://www.macgregorliterary.com
Bio: Maggie Marr Maggie Marr is the USA Today Best Selling Author of over 20 books including Books To Film & TV What Every Author Needs to Know. A former film agent she founded Maggie Marr Legal PC a boutique entertainment law firm dedicated to the needs of creators. http://www.maggiemarr.net
Bio: Cassie Hanjian I’m always looking for compelling prescriptive nonfiction with new or counterintuitive ideas that will help improve readers’ lives for the better. Specializing in the areas of mind/body/spirit, health and wellness, self-help, inspiration, and Christian interest, I am committed to helping thought leaders with revolutionary concepts develop literary content that lasts the test of time. manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/cassie-hanjian
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Introduction to Direct Selling for Authors – Crowdfunding vs. Subscriptions
Keyword: Business Basics
Speaker: Russell Nohelty
Description: Introduction to Direct Selling for Authors – Crowdfunding vs. Subscriptions
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Bio: Russell Nohelty Russell Nohelty (www.russellnohelty.com) is a USA Today bestselling fantasy author who has written dozens of novels and graphic novels including The Godsverse Chronicles, The Obsidian Spindle Saga, and Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter. He is the publisher of Wannabe Press, co-host of the Kickstart Your Book Sales podcast, cofounder of the Writer MBA training academy, and cofounder of The Future of Publishing Mastermind. He also co-created the Author Ecosystem archetype system to help authors thrive. You can take the quiz to find your perfect ecosystem at www.authorecosystem.com or find most of his writing on his Substack at authorstack.substack.com. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and dogs.
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Don’t Tell Your Story – SHOW IT!
Keyword: Craft Basics
Speaker: Maxwell Alexander Drake
Description: Join award-winning author Maxwell Alexander Drake as he presents "Don't Tell Your Story, Show It!" During this class, you will gain insight into how to put your story together in a compelling way that will have your readers turning page after page.
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Bio: Maxwell Alexander Drake Starving Writer Studio Maxwell Alexander Drake, or Drake as he prefers to be called, is an award-winning Science Fiction/Fantasy author and Graphic Novelist. He is best known for his fantasy series, The Genesis of Oblivion Saga.
He teaches Creative Writing all around the country at schools, libraries, writers’ conferences and fan events such as Comic-Con International in San Diego, Gen-Con in Indianapolis and Origins Game Fair in Columbus GA. www.maxwellalexanderdrake.com
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Mystery Panel
Keyword: Panel
Speaker: Adam Fuller, Jonathan Maberry, Diane Capri, Cheryl Bradshaw & Colette Clark
Description: Mystery Panel
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Bio: Adam Fuller Adam Fuller is the author of mysteries under the name D.D. Black. His Thomas Austin series is currently one of the top-selling crime series in the world. Previously, he wrote thrillers under the name A.C. Fuller. He's in the process of launching Evening's Empire, an epic fantasy world 4 years in the making. ddblackauthor.com
Bio: Jonathan Maberry JONATHAN MABERRY is a New York Times bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, 4-time Scribe Award winner, Inkpot Award winner, anthology editor, writing teacher, and comic book writer. His works include the Joe Ledger thrillers, Rot & Ruin, Kagen the Damned, Ink, X-Files, V-Wars, Glimpse, Black Panther, Captain America, Wolverine, Punisher, Bad Blood, The Wolfman, NecroTek, Mars One, and many others. He is the president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers and is the editor of Weird Tales Magazine. jonathanmaberry.com
Bio: Diane Capri Diane Capri is Licensed to Thrill, and thrill she does. Diane's Hunt for Jack Reacher series began with Don't Know Jack and continues thrilling readers around the world. She is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author and has sold more than three million books. All of Diane's books have garnered #1Bestseller spots on Amazon, Kobo, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble and more. Capri has been nominated for several awards, including the International Thriller Award, and is the recipient of the Silver award for Best Thriller e-Book from the Independent Book Publishers Association Bio: Melanie Harlow USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Melanie Harlow writes sweet, sexy, feel-good romance. She lifts her glass to readers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit. dianecapri.com
Bio: Cheryl Bradshaw Cheryl Bradshaw is a New York Times and 11-time USA Today bestselling author writing in multiple genres, including mystery, thriller, romantic suspense, supernatural suspense, and poetry. She is a Shamus Award finalist for best private eye novel of the year, an eFestival of Words winner for best thriller, and has published over fifty books since 2011.
Bio: Colette Clark My real name is Adrienne Cobb writing historical mysteries as Colette Clark. http://www.coletteclark.com
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Making That Emotional Connection in Romance
Keyword: Romance
Speaker: Victorine Lieske
Description: Writing romance can be tricky. You must make your reader believe that your characters are falling in love. It doesn’t work to show surface attraction. Your characters must make an emotional connection in the midst of internal conflict.
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Bio: Victorine Lieske Victorine self-published her first book, Not What She Seems, in April of 2010. In March of 2011, Not What She Seems began its 6-week run on the New York Times best-selling eBook list. By May 2011 she had sold over 100,000 copies. Victorine’s first romantic comedy novel hit the USA Today bestselling books list in January 2015. http://victorinelieske.com
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Expand Your Distribution to Reach a Wider Audience
Keyword: Audio
Speaker: Anne Fonteneau, Susan McCulloch, Rebecca L. Colbert, Alexandra Hammond & Greg Boguslawski
Description: Are you a self-published author looking to take your writing to a broader audience?
Join us for an enlightening and interactive panel discussion where you'll gain invaluable insights into the art and science of expanding your audio distribution to reach a wider and more diverse audio listeners.
In today's ever-evolving publishing landscape, the ability to reach a broader audience with your audiobooks is crucial for self-published authors seeking success. Our panel of seasoned industry insiders will delve into the strategies, tactics, and tools that can elevate your audiobook's reach and impact. Whether you're a seasoned author or just starting your writing journey, this panel is your gateway to unlocking new opportunities and maximizing your book's potential.
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Bio: Anne Fonteneau Anne joined Blackstone Publishing in 2001 where she was quickly promoted to Head of Retail Sales, successfully developing new selling avenues, which quadrupled within 5 years. She has continued to manage Digital Sales for Blackstone Publishing – the fastest growing portion of the company – since 2008, before becoming the Chief Sales Officer. Leading her team in adapting to an ever-changing marketplace, she enjoys finding new ways to connect customers and partners with the enriching world of books. Born in France, Anne embraces her heritage by cooking French cuisine for friends. blackstonepublishing.com
Bio: Susan McCulloch Susan McCulloch is the Senior Director of NOOK and Barnes & Noble Press. She is an industry veteran, having spent her entire career in publishing—a career that spans traditional, digital, and indie channels. What’s kept her grounded is a love of reading, and a sense of gratitude for being able to work with the like-minded wonderful people who make books, from authors to publishers to the myriad of behind-the-scenes magicians.
I would love to connect with anyone wanting to know more about B&N Press, Barnes & Noble's self-publishing platform, or about NOOK and the business of selling eBooks. http://www.barnesandnoble.com
Bio: Rebecca L. Colbert A native Las Vegan and former University English teacher, Rebecca has been with the Las Vegas Clark County Library District for 20 years. With over 2 million volumes, the Library District is the 13th largest in the United States and Rebecca manages an annual collection budget of over ten million dollars.
Bio: Alexandra Hammond Ali Hammond has over 15 years of experience in the book industry, with a background spanning the US and Australia. Currently the Head of Merchandising at Chirp Audiobooks, Ali focuses on supporting publishers and authors to promote their audiobooks, and helping readers find their next great book to enjoy. She lives in NYC and spends her free time exploring her never-ending list of restaurant recommendations and reading from her never-ending TBR pile. chirpbooks.com
Bio: Greg Boguslawski Greg Boguslawski has been working in publishing for nearly two decades and has a passion for books and collaborating with creative minds. As Executive Vice President at Blackstone Publishing Greg works with dynamic and talented teams responsible for acquiring, developing, selling, and promoting books that resonate with a diverse readership. His innovative approach to publishing has helped Blackstone become one of the premier independent publishing houses in the country with a recent focus on international distribution, non-traditional sales channels, and expansion in the education and independent bookseller markets. He actively engages with books clubs, literary festivals, regional trade shows, and programs emphasizing the importance of literature as a source of entertainment, knowledge, and connection. Outside of his professional endeavors, Greg finds joy in exploring the world of local wineries in Southern Oregon alongside his wife. He is an avid sports enthusiast playing golf, tennis, and pickleball, or attending and supporting his kids at their sporting events.
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 1 – Cover Art & Author Branding20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Cover Art & Author Branding
Keyword: Business Basics
Speaker: Gene Mollica & Sasha Almazan
Description: Explaining the steps needed to tap into the US Self-Publishing Market and social media platforms… using powerful visual branding. Visual branding, audience building, increasing sales!
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Bio: Gene Mollica Cover Designer and Photographer. Owner of Gene Mollica Studio, LLC. Co-owner G•S Design and Photography, LLC. genemollicastudio.com
Bio: Sasha Almazan Sasha Almazan and Gene Mollica co- owners of G & S Cover Design Studio, LLC.Working in a wide range of genres and project scopes, G&S Cover Design Studio is celebrated among major publishers and independent authors.
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 3 – Crafting Magic Systems for LitRPG Novels20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Crafting Magic Systems for LitRPG Novels
Keyword: Craft Basics
Speaker: Clark R. Rowenson
Description: If you're writing LitRPG, you WILL have a magic system in your story, possibly several systems. Let's talk about what you need to make your systems work properly, support the story, and deliver the reader experience you're after.
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Bio: Clark R. Rowenson Fascinated by magic since pine cones could be fireballs, Clark R. Rowenson is an award-winning author, blogger, and writing coach that studies magic building like others study oil-painting. If you sit down with him and be ready to talk about magic! crrowenson.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 2 – Working with Your Significant Other20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Working with Your Significant Other Panel
Keyword: Panel
Speaker: Steven L. Sears, Sharon Rice-Weber, Rebecca Moesta & Jessica Brawner
Description: Working with Your Significant Other Panel – Creative differences, benefits, and avoiding divorce.
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Bio: Steven L. Sears Steven L. Sears is an author, screenwriter, producer, and actor whose work spans several decades in television, film, animation, digital media, and gameplay. http://www.stevenlsears.com
Bio: Sharon Rice-Weber Sci-fi con vet and keeper of NY Times best-selling sci-fi author, David Weber. youtube.com/watch?v=VDpBvuzfKMM
Bio: Rebecca Moesta Rebecca Moesta (pronounced MESS-tuh) is a freelance editor, co-publisher at WordFire Press, and bestselling author. She writes SF/F and nonfiction books for writers, both solo and with her husband, Kevin J. Anderson. Her work includes novels in Star Wars, Star Trek, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer universes, her Crystal Doors and Star Challengers trilogies, and nonfiction books Million Dollar Professionalism for Writers and Writing as a Team Sport: The Complete Writer’s Guide to Collaboration. Currently, she’s working on several new books for writers. http://www.wordfire.com
Bio: Jessica Brawner Jessica Brawner sprouted in the wilds of South Texas and plotted ways to spend her life traveling the world. She has been remarkably successful at that endeavor, and is currently based in the Los Angeles area. http://www.jessicabrawner.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 3 – Building Brand Loyalty During Market Shifts20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Don’t Panic! - Building Brank Loyalty During Market Shifts
Keyword: Advanced Marketing
Speaker: Celeste Barclay
Description: In a sea of books during a typhoon, how do you get readers to take the bait, so you can reel them in? Discover ways to create brand loyal readers who will want and will find your books during unexpected and uncontrollable market and industry shifts.
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Bio: Celeste Barclay Celeste Barclay is the author of over 50 historical and contemporary romances. She's the current President of Novelists, Inc. (NINC), the premier organization for professional novelists. She loves to discuss the ever-changing world of publishing. http://www.celestebarclay.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 1 – To Be A Young Author20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
To Be A Young Author
Keyword: Untangling Your Mind
Speaker: M.C. Beeler
Description: I will be talking about what it means to be a young author, taking control of your future, and being confident in where you are in your career (subject to change to better wording).
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Bio: M.C. Beeler. Half Sun Press. M.C. Beeler, raised in northern Indiana, lives in a small city just close enough to be considered part of the Chicago-land area. A proud Marquette University alumni, she works in robotics during the day and spends her evenings spinning tales with talking animals and flying fairy-winged toads. On the off chance that she isn’t stationed at her writing desk, she can be found glued to whatever Nintendo console she can get her hands on working to sustain her self-proclaimed title of “Pokémon Master”. You might also find her snuggling with her golden doodle or hitting the slopes during the winter season (aka her favorite season) either snowboarding or skiing. http://www.margaretcbeeler.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 1 – The 5 Places You’ll Make Money During a Kickstarter Campaign20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
The 5 Places You’ll Make Money During a Kickstarter Campaign
Keyword: Business Basics
Speaker: Russell Nohelty
Description: The 5 Places You’ll Make Money During a Kickstarter Campaign
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Bio: Russell Nohelty Russell Nohelty (www.russellnohelty.com) is a USA Today bestselling fantasy author who has written dozens of novels and graphic novels including The Godsverse Chronicles, The Obsidian Spindle Saga, and Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter. He is the publisher of Wannabe Press, co-host of the Kickstart Your Book Sales podcast, cofounder of the Writer MBA training academy, and cofounder of The Future of Publishing Mastermind. He also co-created the Author Ecosystem archetype system to help authors thrive. You can take the quiz to find your perfect ecosystem at www.authorecosystem.com or find most of his writing on his Substack at authorstack.substack.com. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and dogs. authorecosystem.com
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Bio: Jamie Brooks I worked for a large corporation as a Systems and Data Specialist for many years. I am now working for established authors in outsourced Amazon advertising. I use advanced, coded, data gathering and handling techniques to farm keywords, set and tune campaigns. I hope sharing at the conference will help authors earlier in their journey understand more about the Amazon machine. Writing a good book is an accomplishment from hard work, getting traction with readers should not be like hiking up a hill with a backpack full of rocks.
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 3 – Foreign Rights20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Foreign Rights Panel
Keyword: Panel
Speaker: Chip MacGregor, Judith Anderle & Marc Reklau
Description: Foreign Rights Panel
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Bio: Chip MacGregor Chip MacGregor is the president of MacGregor LIterary, Inc., a full-service literary agency located on the left coast. He has been working in the publishing industry for three decades, and made his living as a freelance writer and editor for several years. He is the author of numerous books, including a couple of bestselling nonfiction titles, and formerly served as a publisher with Time-Warner http://www.macgregorliterary.com
Bio: Judith Anderle Chief Commercial Officer, LMBPN Publishing LMBPN is the publishing company for the Kurtherian Gambit, Oriceran, Protected by the Damned and other Universes. The company publishes hundreds of books annually and ancillary rights, including translation, audio, television, and motion picture rights are available for many of those books.
The LMBPN Rights Team handles requests for foreign and domestic publication rights including translation, audio, television, motion picture, radio, and other formats. http://lmbpn.com
Bio: Marc Reklau Marc Reklau is the author of 13 books. His books have reached more than 1 million readers and have been translated into more than 20 languages including Spanish, German, Japanese, Thai, Indonesian, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, and Korean. marcreklau.com
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Bio: Brad West Brad West is one of the creators of Vellum, and has been building ebooks and taking them apart for over 10 years. https://vellum.pub
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 2 – Bestselling Genre Beats20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Melanie Harlow - Bestselling Genre Beats
Keyword: Craft Basics
Speaker: John Truby
Description: Rule #1 for authors: the storytelling business worldwide is all about buying and selling genres.
To write a bestseller and build your own unique story brand, you need to execute your genres better than anyone else working in your forms. That means mastering the plot beats and techniques in a way the reader has never seen before. In this class you will learn the most important plot techniques for the 10 genres that make up 99% of storytelling today:
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Bio: John Truby John Truby is Hollywood’s premiere story consultant to major studios like Disney, Pixar, Sony Pictures, Fox, HBO, the BBC, Universal, Canal Plus, Globo, and MTV. He has taught his ANATOMY OF STORY class and his Genre classes to over 50,000 students worldwide, including top novelists, screenwriters, and TV writers. Writers who have taken his courses have generated more than $20 billion at the box office. That’s because Truby goes beyond the simplistic 3-act structure and hero’s journey to teach the special story techniques that only the top professionals know and use. His Blockbuster story software is the preeminent story software in the world. truby.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 3 – Book Marketing You Actually Love Doing20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Book Marketing You Actually Love Doing
Keyword: Basic Marketing
Speaker: Bryan Cohen
Description: Fear of Missing Out has sent far too many authors down the path of frustrating, poorly-converting tactics. In this presentation, Best Page Forward's Bryan Cohen discusses how to have more fun and get far better results.
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Bio: Bryan Cohen Bryan Cohen is the CEO of Best Page Forward, which writes blurbs, teaches Amazon Ads, and manages ads for the author community. He's sold over 150,000 books, had over 1,000,000 podcast downloads, and is a member of the Amazon Ads Educators. http://www.bryancohen.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 2 – How to Scale Your Shopify Store20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
How to Scale Your Shopify Store & Generate More Profit in the Direct Sales Model
Keyword: Advanced Marketing
Speaker: Pierre Alex Jeanty
Description: You got your Shopify store set up; you know how to run ads & collect emails. Becoming profitable, optimizing, and scaling will be the challenge. In this session, we will discuss how to optimize your store to grow and become successful.
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Bio: Pierre Alex Jeanty Pierre Alex Jeanty is a USA Today Best Seller, a 7-figure author, and marketing enthusiast who specializes in selling direct to readers. He writes poetry & self-help primarily and is dedicated to being an educator in the self-publishing world.
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 2 – Analyze, Improve & Scale Facebook Ads20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Malorie Cooper - Analyze, Improve & Scale Facebook Ads
Keyword: Advanced Marketing
Speaker: Malorie Cooper
Description: In this session, you'll learn the primary markers of a good ad, how to measure performance, and tactics for tuning up an ad and scaling it up toward $100/day spend with at least 2x return.
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Bio: Malorie Cooper Malorie Cooper is an NYT and USAT bestselling author who has made her living the past seven years writing and selling books. Now she helps other authors achieve the same dream.
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 2 – How to Sell Direct to Your Readers Using Shopify20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
How to Sell Direct to Your Readers Using Shopify
Keyword: Business Basics
Speaker: Pierre Alex Jeanty
Description: Learn how to use the power of e-commerce to sell your books to gain more control, more income, and build a stronger list of buyers. In this session, Pierre will cover how to sell direct to your reader.
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Bio: Pierre Alex Jeanty Pierre Alex Jeanty is a USA Today Best Seller, a 7-figure author, and marketing enthusiast who specializes in selling direct to readers. He writes poetry & self-help primarily and is dedicated to being an educator in the self-publishing world.
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 2 – Make Millions with Facebook Ads20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Make Millions with Facebook Ads – Not for Beginners!
Keyword: Advanced Marketing
Speaker: Steve Higgs
Description: Make Millions with Facebook Ads – Not for Beginners!
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Bio: Steve Higgs I think of myself as one of the lucky people who has made this into a career. It took me five years to write my first book and then I wasted a year and a half trying to get a publishing deal before I stumbled into the concept of self-publishing. I didn't even know it was a thing. Book 1 went live in June 2017 and buoyed by the excitement, I wrote book 2 in five months. I sold about $18.00 worth of books by the end of the year.
I quit my job in September 2019, just eight weeks after attending my first 20Books conference. By then I had fifteen books under my belt, was taking $5000.00 a month, and had been grinding flat out for many months to get to a point where I could go full-time. By dedicating myself to always learning one more thing and to focus hard on marketing and selling my books, I have been able to generate a seven-figure income. I have written more than eighty books, I have a small press that will generate circa $250000.00 this year, a translation service, four assistants, and I am still just scratching the surface of what is possible.
Come and chat to me about how to make it as an author.
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 2 – Facebook Ads20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
Facebook Ads
Keyword: Marketing, Craft of Writing
Speaker: Cameron Snow
Description: Explaining the basics and advanced tactics of how the Facebook sales campaign and algorithm works. Understanding the ins and outs of what makes a strong Facebook ad in the first place and how to scale without breaking your ads.
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Bio: Cameron Snow Founder of Authors Direct Sales, a coaching program and course that helps authors take their backlist books off of KU and sell them directly. Over the past 4 years, I've coached more than 300 businesses on scaling with organic traffic and paid ads before choosing to work exclusively with authors. authorsdirectsales.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 3 – How to Market to Genre & Tropes20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
How to Market to Genre & Tropes
Keyword: Basic Marketing
Speaker: Malorie Cooper
Description: In this session, Malorie will walk you through how to analyze your genre(s) to find the top tropes, see how others are conveying them to readers, and how to tune your cover, title, subtitle, series name, blurb, categories, and keywords.
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Bio: Malorie Cooper Malorie Cooper is an NYT and USAT bestselling author who has made her living the past seven years writing and selling books. Now she helps other authors achieve the same dream. http://www.thewritingwives.com
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 2 – The Bigger Picture – Selling Mysteries Direct20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
The Bigger Picture – Selling Mysteries Direct
Keyword: Advanced Marketing
Speaker: Cheryl Bradshaw
Description: The Bigger Picture – Selling Mysteries Direct
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Bio: Cheryl Bradshaw Cheryl Bradshaw is a New York Times and 11-time USA Today bestselling author writing in multiple genres, including mystery, thriller, romantic suspense, supernatural suspense, and poetry. She is a Shamus Award finalist for best private eye novel of the year, an eFestival of Words winner for best thriller, and has published over fifty books since 2011.
Read Craig Martelle's Successful Indie Author series: SIA1 - Become a Successful Indie Author: https://BookHip.com/CWTBQTN SIA2 - Release Strategies: https://BookHip.com/JNPQGGH SIA3 - Collaborations: https://BookHip.com/GTTPPHP SAI4 - Write Compelling Fiction: geni.us/WriteCompellingFiction SIA5 - Pricing Strategies: https://BookHip.com/NBHKFXP20Books Vegas 2023 Day 1 – The Secret to Facebook Ads20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events2023-12-07 | Hit subscribe, like, and comment to see more videos. Thank you for watching.
The Secret to Facebook Ads
Keyword: Basic Marketing
Speaker: Cameron Snow
Description: Overview of what to try and how, new ideas, and thinking differently. Making the most of FB ads and driving more than just sales.
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Bio: Cameron Snow Founder of Authors Direct Sales, a coaching program and course that helps authors take their backlist books off of KU and sell them directly. Over the past 4 years, I've coached more than 500 businesses on scaling with organic traffic and paid ads before choosing to work exclusively with authors. authorsdirectsales.com