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The Publisher And The Writer
Seana Smith & Jane Curry
17 episodes
8 months ago

Join publisher Jane Curry of Ventura Press and Jane Curry Advisory and author Seana Smith as they explain the inside story of writing and publishing books.


We cover traditional publishing and self-publishing, with insight, advice and inspiration for all unpublished writers.


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Join publisher Jane Curry of Ventura Press and Jane Curry Advisory and author Seana Smith as they explain the inside story of writing and publishing books.


We cover traditional publishing and self-publishing, with insight, advice and inspiration for all unpublished writers.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show more...
Books
Arts,
Business,
Fiction,
Entrepreneurship
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10. How To Self-Publish 2
The Publisher And The Writer
29 minutes 13 seconds
1 year ago
10. How To Self-Publish 2

Jane Curry and Seana Smith take a deeper dive into self-publishing, using Seana's self-published books as examples.

  • Seana’s first self published book, made the mistake of not researching what people want to read. Did not sell at all well. And was pulled. 
  • So the next project was better researched and planned, Wildly Weird But Totally True: Australia.
  • Commissioned a cover, and layout, which didn’t work well.
  • Learning curve, it started selling when I began running adverts on Amazon.
  • All the ways Amazon earns money; printing books, sales commission, advertising, Kindle downloads.
  • Ingram also does print on demand, how Amazon interacts with them. 
  • Once books start selling on Amazon, Amazon helps you sell more. 
  • Amazon advertising, pay per click, but impressions are not paid for.
  • The joy of checking daily sales.
  • Jane’s now running advertising for some of her books via Simon and Shuster. Leaning int o the algorithm.
  • Next came Wildly Weird But Totally True: Animals but it has not sold well, probably because there is a lot of competition in that area.  
  • But remember, there are many books on Amazon that sell no copies.


Find full show notes on the website.


Buy Going Under

In Australia: Going Under is available in bookshops and online stores in Australia and on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

In the USA: https://www.amazon.com/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

In the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

Going Under Audiobook: Going Under on Audible, narrated by Seana Smith, click here.

Going Under on Spotify: Listen to Going Under on Spotify here.



Jane Curry Links

  • Jane Curry Advisory: www.janecurryadvisory.com
  • Ventura Press: www.venturapress.com.au


Seana Smith Links

  • Seana Smith website: www.seanasmith.com
  • Sober Journeys website: wwwsoberjourneys.com
  • www.instagram.com/seanasmith
  • www.instagram.com/sober_journeys
  • https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatdidyoureadtoday/

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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Publisher And The Writer

Join publisher Jane Curry of Ventura Press and Jane Curry Advisory and author Seana Smith as they explain the inside story of writing and publishing books.


We cover traditional publishing and self-publishing, with insight, advice and inspiration for all unpublished writers.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.