On today’s show I interview Australian-based Argentinian author Cristian Perfumo, a man uniquely placed to inform those of us who are English-speaking about how to sell books in the Spanish-speaking world. He has written books in Spanish and had them translated into English, and has also now started an e-mail list service for Spanish speakers […]
Overcoming Blocks
Episode 31 In this episode I take you through some of the ways I try to overcome blocks, whether they are in writing or in other areas of life. I really suffer from getting blocked. For example at the moment I am blocked in that I have been saying for ages I am going to create […]
How to Price A Book
Episode 30 A topic that I haven’t covered in detail is pricing your book. In general there is no right answer to the question, “What should I price my book at?” Setting an eBook Price There are several rules that are fairly hard and fast, created by Amazon’s pricing structures. For eBooks, you want to […]
Should You Become a Full-time Writer?
Episode 29 In this show I discuss the issue that many aspiring authors will want to consider at some stage: should I become a full-time writer? I’m not talking about becoming a writer working in an organisation like a newspaper here, I’m referring to sitting at home and writing books full-time as your job. But […]
My Top Ten Podcasts
Episode 28 In this mini-episode to cover me over the seasonal period, I go through the top ten podcasts that I listen to. I listen to lots of podcast, at last count I’ve listened to 50 shows on or off in the last year. Here I attempt to compile my current top 10. Note that I’ve […]
Finding Professionals using Reedsy with Emmanuel Nataf
Episode 27 In this show I interview Emmanuel Nataf, CEO and Co-founder of Reedsy, an online marketplace for finding publishing professionals such as editors and graphic designers and illustrators. This company has recently won the Booksellers’ BookTech Company of the Year award at the prestigious FutureBook conference. What exactly is Reedsy and why did you […]