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?
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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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