Sometimes in publishing it’s not what you don’t know that gets you into trouble, it’s what you don’t know you don’t know. One thing a lot of authors don’t know to even ask about is metadata. Hold on to your horses, ladies and gentlemen, because today we are going to nerd out about metadata with Joshua Tallent. Joshua is a metadata nerd who got his start in publishing making ebooks for a …

Chad Allen is a writer, speaker, editor, and writing coach. A 20-year publishing professional, he has worked with such bestselling authors as Michael Hyatt and Mark Batterson. He is the creator of Book Proposal Academy, an online course and mentoring and community hub for writers.   Questions: What is a book proposal? What is Pub Board? How to Get A Publishing Board To Buy Your Book …

Note: This outline was used to record the episode. Its included here to help search engines categorize the audio. Esther’s Story: Esther Had a Tough Marketing Position Not in favor with the King. He hadn’t asked for her in 30 days.  Had a big ask. His law could not be overturned. Even approaching the king was dangerous.  What does she do?  She doesn’t ask right away, even when the …

Susan Stewart is senior nonfiction editor with Elk Lake Publishing and has published three books, including the award-winning Formatting e-Books for Writers: Convert Your Word File to Kindle.  Questions: Why is writing so physically draining? What can authors do to have better energy while writing? What are some of the things that drain authors energy? High Energy Time for High Energy Tasks Let …

Is your platform at risk of being destroyed by big tech companies? In this episode, find out what is happening and what to do about it.  What is happening  Big tech companies are censoring, shadow banning, and suspending accounts of Christian authors.  There is a chance you may already be algorithmically shadowbanned and not know it.  What is shadow banning?  This is when a …