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Series: Issue #17 - September 2022

Technology
Natalie Hobbs

Which Serial Fiction Platform Is Right for You?

Natalie Hobbs Authors can publish their stories in many different ways beyond an entire novel released on a one certain date. Serial platforms, websites where authors can release stories by episode or chapter instead of as a complete collection, are

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From the Managing Editors
Nicole Schroeder

Editor’s Letter: Back to School

A few weeks ago, I spent an afternoon shopping for school supplies with my younger sister. She’ll be a freshman in college this year, attending the same university I did, and while I’m helping her prepare—showing her around campus, explaining

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Marketing
Alice Briggs

Ten Tips: Amazon A+ Content

Alice Briggs Since early 2021, indie authors have had the ability to create Amazon A+ Content to help promote their books. This bonus content on a book’s product page had already been available for traditional publishing houses for some time

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Process Improvement
From the Publisher
Chelle Honiker

To Change or Not to Change

I’ve been a bit of a process improvement nerd since my days with a company that was chasing the illustrious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The award is the nation’s highest presidential honor for performance excellence. Our strategy for winning

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Female wearing vibrant unicorn mask jumping against wall
From the Industry
Craig Martelle

Chasing the Unicorn

Your Best Book Is Always Yet to Come Craig Martelle What is the best story you ever wrote?  My answer will always be the next one. I have those that are good, and those I consider the best so far,

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Dear Indie Annie
Indie Annie

Dear Indie Annie: Mash-up in Mainz

I have a great idea, or at least I think it is, for a series of books that would be a mash-up of a couple of other famous series. I wouldn’t use the same characters or world, but the plots

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Mindset
Angie Martin

The Silent Struggle: Ways to Manage Mental Health

Angie Martin With one in five Americans dealing with mental health problems, mental well-being is becoming a bigger and more important topic than ever before. Mental illness has been suggested to share a link with creativity, with famed cases such

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Writing
Jennifer Mitchell

Help Your Superhero Novel Soar to New Heights: Tropes to Know

Jenn Mitchell From the golden age of comics to modern-day Marvel movies, countless caped crusaders and super villains have kept our pulses pounding with their daring and dastardly deeds, leaving us breathless and clamoring for more. Traditionally, Superhero fiction has

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Tik Tok Marketing Podcast
Podcasts
Chelle Honiker

TikTok Marketing Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tiktok-marketing-podcast/id1523057898 Wondering how you can use TikTok to promote your brand? Take a deep dive into organic TikTok marketing strategies and paid TikTok advertising campaigns with hosts Sam Kaufman Joel Lowinger. The two founded TikTalkMarketingAgency.com, the only agency devoted entirely

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Creator Generation Podcast
Podcasts
Chelle Honiker

Creator Generation

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creator-generation/id1467880508Want to gain traction with your video content? Check out Creator Generation from Changer Studios. This weekly podcast features “top online video creators and experts sharing their tips, insights and stories for working on YouTube, TikTok and the world’s biggest

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Events
Susan Odev

SPS Live from a Volunteer’s Point of View

Susan Odev When Mark Dawson made his clarion call for volunteers to help backstage and front-of-house for the Self Publishing Show Live event, held June 28 and 29 in London’s South Bank, I hesitated to raise my hand.  The inaugural

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Podcasts
Chelle Honiker

Digital Marketing Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-digital-marketing-podcast/id373596600 Level up your digital marketing with interviews of experts, the latest industry news, tools, and techniques. This weekly podcast is an ad-free show that strives to be entertaining as well as informative. It’s hosted by author Daniel Rowles and

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Business
Chelle Honiker

The Transformative Power of Transmedia Storytelling

Chelle Honiker In 2019, actor Henry Cavill brought monster slayer Geralt of Rivia to life in the series adaptation of The Witcher on Netflix. Thus, a new segment of fans was introduced to the elements of Andrzej Sapkowski’s world from

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Health & Wellness
Angela Archer

Four Simple Ways to Stress Less

Angela Archer According to Zippia (https://zippia.com), a job recruiting site, 83 percent of US workers experience work-related stress. But what is stress, and what’s the difference between normal stress, burnout, and depression?  Stress is about feeling overwhelmed, as though you

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IAT Roundup
Nicole Schroeder

Book Influencers Help Turn a New Page in Publishing

Nicole Schroeder Nestled in her New England home, independent bookseller Kaitee Yaeko Tredway spends time each week arranging stacks of books and displaying them against a variety of backgrounds. She snaps several photos and writes out creative captions to pair

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Business
Megan Linski-Fox

The Indie Author’s Recipe for Cross-Genre Success

Megan Linski-Fox You’ve committed what is considered the grave sin of indie publishing—you’ve written a book that doesn’t cleanly fit into any specific genre or category. Hosts of fellow writers would tell you to immediately abandon the project because attempting

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