Training #649 — News & Ask us Anything
We opened this training with some industry news, then ran long on questions from the room, including one submitted ahead of time that turned into the most practical stretch of the session.
In the news:
- Kobo's asset-less pre-orders — open a pre-order without a placeholder manuscript or cover, plus when a pre-order is a good idea at all and what missing your date costs you
- IngramSpark's Covered — digital review copies in front of booksellers and librarians, after Edelweiss raised its fees
- Lulu Direct Buy and Ingram's Share & Sell — a buy button for your own site with no store to run, and what it takes to make direct sales worth a reader's leap of faith
- The open letter to the FTC — Amazon buying rare and out-of-print books to scan for AI training
- BookBub's “New in Kindle Unlimited” — a curated page, refreshed weekly
Questions we answered:
- Where should a children's author be, if not Facebook and Instagram?
- Is YouTube worth it, and how long should the videos be?
- How soon in the author journey should you build a website?
- How do you find an illustrator, and work with them once you have?
- How do you prompt for consistent character illustrations?
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