Episode 26: Self-Publishing ft Jack Pierce – Putting Yourself Out There


In this episode, Phil and Steve interview horror author, Jack Pierce. Jack’s podcast is Terror Trax, and we invited him on to talk about self-publishing. You’ll notice we veer away from the topic quicker than usual, but we do tend to gravitate around that concept. So different from the norm, eh?

This episode was edited by DamJankostovski.

References

  • Terror Trax Podcast
  • Self-Publishing: the publication of media by its author without the involvement of an established publisher.
  • Penman’s Copyright (myth): Summed up in “I wrote this story, therefore I own it and don’t need to copyright it.”
  • Chris Chan (Internet famous): A summary of his story and what happened to him; he fused pikachu and sonic the hedgehog to make “his own” character.
  • The Indie Band Bible (Book) by Mark Makoway
  • Long-tail Effect: The long tail is a business strategy that allows companies to realize significant profits by selling low volumes of hard-to-find items to many customers.
  • The Recommended Horror Authors by Jack Pierce:
    • Thomas harris – Hannibal
    • Clive Barker – Hellraiser, Candyman
    • Michael Crichton – Jurassic Park
  • On Writing (book) by Stephen King
  • RE: Phil’s mention of Watson in Sherlock stories (Article): Wordplay: The 23 Ejaculations of Sherlock Holmes
  • Substack.com: Subscription-based writing community
  • Wattpad.com: Twitter/Youtube for writers
  • Nobody Wants To Read Your Sh*t – Steven Pressfield
  • Bookbub.com – A book discovery service that was created to help readers find new books and authors.
  • TheFussyLibrarian.com – Another book promotion site
  • Sales Velocity – A measurement of how fast you’re making money
  • Write Publish Repeat (Book) by Sean Platt & Johnny B. Truant
  • Adblock: A middle-of-the-road free adblocker plugin.
  • KDP Select (Amazon Program): KDP Select is a program available to all authors willing to grant Amazon exclusive rights to sell their ebook through the Kindle store only.
  • ACX.com – Upload your book so they’ll convert it to an audiobook for you

You can find more from Jack at Terrortrax.com/listen

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