This is the final part of Brian Rathbone’s very helpful 7-part Fireside Chats. Learn about Search Engine Optimization for your book’s site, helpful websites, Google Insight and much more. Listen now [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download the episode or subscribe to our feed. In Summary Rathbone dropped technical tips, shared links to freeware [...]

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Our Fireside Chat–about all things publishing related–continues as Brian Rathbone delivers the sixth part of the series. Listen now [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download the episode or subscribe to our feed. In the 6th part of the series Brian continues his discussion of editing, publishing, GoodReads, people to make contact with, and [...]

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  Listen now to part two of Brian Rathbone’s Fireside Chat [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download the episode or subscribe to our feed.   Part 2 Give it to them free and then they will buy it… In this episode: More about engaging fans and building a lasting platform. Book scan = cash [...]

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J. Daniels Sawyer has graciously agreed to give us more in a live show on our Blog Talk Radio Show on October 29th at 6:00 pm PST.  Set your reminder now. Click here! Can’t wait? Listen to Podioracket’s short special interview with J. D. We hope you will enjoy and support Mr. Sawyer by purchasing [...]

Have you listened to the excellent Blog Talk Radio- Podioracket interview yet? Dragon Moon Press associate publisher Gabrielle Harbowy answered our questions and announced a special offer for Podioracket.com listeners. She has opened manuscript submissions for the next two weeks to our listeners. Make sure you check out the show, get your manuscript prettied up, [...]

Amazon Responds to Competition and Pressure from Publishers by Brian Rathbone Standards are often set by industry leaders, and Amazon has certainly set the pace for ebook pricing and distribution in the past, but pressure from publishers and competition in the marketplace seem to have the online retail giant reconsidering its policies. Amazon and MobiPocket, [...]

Authors need every way possible to connect with fans. In addition to Podiobooks.com, which gives free, serialized podcasts of full novels, other electronic methods are making books more available and cheaper. Podiobooks.com recently formed agreements with Smashwords so that ebook versions could be purchased if the authors made them available. A small but growing number of Podiobooks.com authors have [...]

Thanks so much, Rhonda and Heather, for having me on today as a guest blogger at Podioracket.com and thanks so much for all that you do on behalf of authors, readers, and listeners. You guys are amazingly generous, and I hope you know how much we all appreciate you. Thanks so very much! So, yes, [...]