This week’s Interesting Links are mostly about writing advice and book marketing. Topics in which I have great interest, needless to say. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
-The most important truths are always the simplest. Figure out what your customers want, and give it to them:\u00a0The Amazon Chief Who Obsesses Over Consumers<\/a>.<\/p>\n -I’ve only ever actually done one of these.\u00a09 Book Advertising Tactics I\u2019ve Tried\u2026 And Which Ones Worked!<\/a><\/p>\n -Speaking of simple truths, this is a really good article for writing advice:\u00a05 Habits Of The World’s Most Successful Writers.<\/a><\/p>\n -To be blunt, I don’t use beta readers. I think beta readers are kind of like training wheels for writers. When you need them, you really<\/em> need them, but eventually you can go faster without them:\u00a0Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Beta Readers Help You<\/a>.<\/p>\n -A guitar teacher becomes a bestselling nonfiction author:\u00a0Secrets Of A Seven Figure Non-Fiction Indie Author With Joseph Alexander<\/a>.<\/p>\n -The nice thing about ebooks is that they stay “in print” forever, so if you don’t have a strong launch, it doesn’t matter. My book FROSTBORN: THE IRON TOWER sold waaaaaay more copies in June of 2016 than when it came out in July of 2014:\u00a0Indie authors: Your Pub Date is Not As Important as You Think<\/a>.<\/p>\n -People keep saying physical bookstores are doomed, but maybe they’re about to be reborn into a new and better form: If You Like Bookstores<\/a>…<\/p>\n -Sometimes people ask me how to publish books on Amazon. Some nice person at Amazon just wrote a comprehensive guide on how to do so: KDP Jumpstart<\/a>.<\/p>\n