Welcome to the AuthorTube News first podcast. Would you like to be included in future AuthorTube Shoutouts? Fill out this form. The only requirement- you have to be an AuthorTuber: https://forms.gle/5Tp4xA1rxEraZ64L7

During this series indie author Tamara Woods and traditionally published Carrow Brown will be taking on hot topics in the publishing world to help to make their writing lives and yours-better.

Can changes with Amazon publishing boost the indie author’s toolkit? Is all press good press for authors? Learning from someone’s quarter of a million-dollar mistake, or was it a marketing ploy? And is it a waste to create a website as an author?

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Tonight, they discuss the changes in Amazon’s publishing platform, including the extended preorder time from 90 days to one year and they discuss how this will help to even the publishing playing field.
https://amzn.to/2lHYJCF

Remember those memes with companies using food and drink as bookmarks to get people talking? Though negative press can get attention to new authors, it’s not a sure-fire technique. (And for our poor author hearts, use a not food-related bookmark, especially not tacos. Oh the humanity!)
http://bit.ly/2l8jtDf

Bad Reviews Can Boost Sales. Here’s Why
http://bit.ly/2mNtYMD

Why Even A Bad Review Can Help Sell A
Book: 
https://n.pr/2niEWKx
 
When Social Media Goes After Your Book,
What’s the Right Response?
https://nyti.ms/2mNuD0z
 
Then came the story that seemed to set fire to Author Twitter—the woman who blew through a quarter of a million dollars in advances. We had questions. So many questions. The major one—Was sharing this story a marketing ploy to advance her writing coach career? And where were her writing friends?
http://bit.ly/2lK5OT6

And the last story we discuss in this episode was a tweet shared by Moniza Hossain with writing advice. Advice that made our eyebrows raise a bit.
http://bit.ly/2mIjjD1

 ---Upcoming Releases---
At the end of the cast, they gave an AuthorTube Shoutout, where preorders and newly published books by Authortubers are shown some love. In this session:

Amy Tasukada
Launched Sept. 1st:  contemporary gay romance: Year Three (would it be okay to love you? series): A voice actor out of the closet. A boyfriend in the tabloids. Can their love survive the trappings of fame? https://books2read.com/would5
 
Nour Zikra
Oct. 1st: Urban fantasy: Divinity Falling: She didn't sign up to sell souls. He didn't sign up to be human. 
https://amzn.to/2lbwU5x
 
Katlyn Duncan
Oct. 1st: Contemporary Romance: Wrapped Up for Christmas: It’s the most wonderful time of the year… but not for Angie Martinelli…
http://bit.ly/34deOBH
 
Kelly Martin
Oct. 7:  Never Kiss the Dead : horror: The past never stays buried. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
 
Joey Paul
Oct 2nd: Dying Thoughts - Eighth Ending: YA paranormal/mystery: Tara's story ends with a loss she can't come back from.
http://www.books2read.com/DTEE

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Have some news you want to share? Have a hot take that you’d like us to hear? Shoot us an email at: authortubenews@gmail.com.

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Find the AuthorTube News crew in their natural habitat on the internet!

--Find Carrow here:
Website | https://carrowbrown.com
Twitter | https://twitter.com/cawcarrow
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/carrowbrown
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/Carrow-Brown
YouTube | http://bit.ly/2lM1oLE
 
--Find Tamara here:
YouTube | http://bit.ly/TamaraYT
Twitter | http://bit.ly/TWtweets
Newsletter | http://bit.ly/TamaraGazette

Episode 001: Amazon Pre-order Adjustment | Bad Book Reviews | How to Lose Your Advance

Diversity, drama, unpaid authors, oh my! This week emotions are high and we are addressing some big topics floating around in the author community.

Conversations about diversity are making the rounds in Authortube and Authertube News would like to share some thoughts on it. Also, can Dreamspinner Press recover from their shady antics? Tarmara takes a moment to talk about writer burnout and ways to combat it this holiday season. Lastly, is the Audible romance package helping readers while destroying authors?

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Rowan Ellis- Bad LGBT Representation VS No LGBT Representation: https://youtu.be/Ex7MK9hRejc

*Megan Tennant from Cloud Kitten Chronicles: Why I Don’t Write Diverse Books 
https://youtu.be/SyVbdle981U

*Resource recommendation: Writing With Color https://writingwithcolor.tumblr.com/

*Burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder: Dr. Geri Puleo at TEDxSetonHillUniversity
 https://youtu.be/hFkI69zJzLI

*Sarra Cannon from Heatbreathings (YouTube channel, check it out) suggests:
https://heartbreathings.com/how-to-av...

*Book recommendation: The Healthy Writer by Joanna Penn from The Creative Penn.com

*Dreamspinner Press site: ttp://bit.ly/Dreamspinner2
(Please do not send hate towards this publisher. We are reporting on the news about them, not having a call to action to rally against them.)
*TJ Klune’s Blog: http://bit.ly/TJKluneblog
*Mary Winter’s Blog Post: http://bit.ly/2okMCfD
*BA Tortuga blog: http://bit.ly/2mFZT29
*Writer Beware article about Dreamspinner Press: http://bit.ly/WBDreamspinner
*Amazon Sales Rank Calculator by Kindlepreneur: http://bit.ly/Salesrank

Audible Romance Package Issue: http://bit.ly/2M75hFv


 ---Upcoming Releases---
None this episode, but there will be some next time!

*Note: Tamara meant to say Star Trek the Next Generation instead of Star Trek Enterprise. Please don’t take her nerd card. 

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Have some news you want to share? Have a hot take that you’d like us to hear? Shoot us an email at: authortubenews@gmail.com.

---Contact the Staff---
Find the AuthorTube News crew in their natural habitat on the internet!

--Find Carrow here:
Website | https://carrowbrown.com
Twitter | https://twitter.com/cawcarrow
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/carrowbrown
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/Carrow-Brown
YouTube | http://bit.ly/2lM1oLE
 
--Find Tamara here:
Newsletter | http://bit.ly/TamaraGazette
YouTube | http://youtube.com/c/TamaraWoods
Twitter | http://twitter.com/penpaperpad
Facebook: http://facebook.com/TamaraWoodstheWriter
Instagram: http://instagram.com/penpaperpad

Episode 002: DIVERSITY | DREAMSPINNER SCAM | AUTHOR BURNOUT | AUDIBLE PACKAGE

Whew, RWA has gotten even crazier. Even as we were editing uploading this video, the current acting president resigned! We regret that we couldn't add it to this podcast, but it's on the timeline.  

In addition to RWA, we discussed: Goodreads is owned by Amazon, but they don't seem that they are owning these harassment issues. Follow-up on Barnes and Noble's report. Will a new juggernaut replace GoodReads and other predictions for the year 2020 and beyond. And ideas for getting your book out into the community! 

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Copyright your Work
https://www.copyright.gov/registratio...

Generic NDA
http://bit.ly/3094itz
Thank you to Amy "Somebody" who provided us with the link

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Topics:

RWA update
Sources:
Here's the RWA dumpster fire timeline that we created: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Romance Alliance: Twitter: https://twitter.com/theromanceall
Discord: https://t.co/6MI750xgGa?amp=1

The Romance Writers of America website: https://www.rwa.org/Online/About_RWA/...

More about RITA: https://www.rwa.org/Online/Awards/RIT....

A beta reader "accidentally" uploading someone else's book:

Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

Goodreads Harassment: 
Sources: 
Patrick Tomilson's interview:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/32921860

Cat Rambo's tweet: https://twitter.com/Catrambo/status/1...
Her blog: http://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/

B&N settles out of court
Source: 

B&N, Fired CEO Ready to Talk Settlement in Defamation Case
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...

Publishing Industry Predictions 2020:
Sources: 

2020 Book Marketing Predictions, Trends, & Hopes
https://bookmarketingbuzzblog.blogspo...
Self-Publishing Predictions for 2020 and the 20s https://selfpublishingadvice.org/self...

Publishing events 
Source: 
Upcoming Publishing events in 2020
https://whatsnewinpublishing.com/the-...


And again, thank you for sharing your links, tagging us in posts, and keeping up on our toes. Special thanks to Alina Popescu for giving us the scoop!

Welcome to AuthorTube News where two authors find the latest publishing news so you don't have to. Hosted by traditionally published Carrow Brown and indie author Tamara Woods. 


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#RWA #BarnesandNoble #GoodreadsHarrssment

Episode 008: RITAs Cancelled- Is RWA cancelled too? | GoodReads Gone Bad

Welcome to AuthorTube News where two authors find the latest publishing news so you don't have to. Hosted by traditionally published Carrow Brown and indie author Tamara Woods. 

Is transparency a thing now with RWA? Damon Suede has resigned and they're conducting . an audit. And is a docu-series on the horizon for the org? 

In addition to RWA, we discussed Quickreads gives insight into the adults reading habits; Instagram potentially changing up the publishing game; Tamara laments print publishing for a minute; Carrow gets ticked off that Dreamspinner is still out here ripping off authors, and much more.

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Topics:

*RWA update:
Sources:
     Here's the RWA dumpster fire timeline that we created:     https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

     Announcement from the RWA Board of Directors
https://www.rwa.org/Online/News/2020/...

     Pilsbury Audit of RWA letter https://twitter.com/RomancingNope/sta...

     Carol Ritter, who resigned as Executive Director, but is staying on to help “smooth the transition.” https://twitter.com/sparkjoyromance/s...

  The Romance Writers of America website:      
  https://www.rwa.org/Online/About_RWA/... 4265-b7a5-c01fe2bad22c


*Romance Alliance Takes a break  
Source:
     https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xDeW...


*Writers Unite Documentary About RWA  
Sources: 
     Writers Unite: Diversity and Inclusion in Popular Culture” Indiegogo
     https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wr...

  Company's LLC listing: 
  https://opencorporates.com/companies/...


*Instagram and Publishing Trends
Source:
     Social commerce and publishing trends
     https://whatsnewinpublishing.com/a-tr...   overlook-social-commerce-set-to-be-the-most-important-channel-by-2029


* Quickreads survey for adult readers   
Source: 
     People Who Use E-Readers Dive Deeper
     https://www.wired.com/2014/03/ebooks-...
     QuickReads site: 
     https://readingagency.org.uk/adults/q...


* Under Example of Print Publishing Going Down
Source:
     Cosmopolitan Australia No Longer Publishing
     https://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...    closure-announcement-sustainable-a8586756.html


* Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards is open to the public
Source: 
     Writer's Digest website:  
     https://www.writersdigest.com/writers...


*AI In Your Edits
Source:
     How AI Can Support Editorial Teams
https://www.stateofdigitalpublishing....


*Dreamspinner
Sources:
   
     Article written about Dreamspinner and one person who was quoted reaction
     https://twitter.com/tjklune/status/12...

     Letter sent to RWA about Dreamspinner
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12...


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🎉 🎉 AuthorTube News Shoutouts🎉 🎉 : 
Patricia Hoving book Freedom to Rarity launches Jan. 24. 
Preorder: https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Rarity...

T.S. Valmond book Exile (Verity Chronicles Book I) launches Jan. 24. 
Preorder:  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...


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#RWA #Instagram #Dreamspinner