- Are you running a self-publishing business
or plan on getting into the business of self-publishing?
Then you need these things.
And before we do get all to that,
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Okay so let's just jump right into things here.
You gotta study this business in order to get ahead
in this business.
You needed to become a student of the game.
If you really want to excel at it, you need to learn
from the people that have excelled before you.
So I'm going to give you five audiobooks
based on self-publishing and regardless of your level,
if you're established or a newbie,
these are going to definitely work out really well for you.
In no order of importance, let's start out with number one,
"Successful Self-Publishing" by Joanna Penn.
This is back to the basics.
It is the fundamentals.
And though this book is a little bit older,
again, it has the foundation you need to start
in self-publishing and understanding the business
Is everything up to date?
Not necessarily, but it is enough
to make you dangerous in this business.
And what better person to learn it from
than Joanna Penn, she's a prolific author,
she's a speaker, and she's also, I believe,
coached a number of people in this business.
So I highly recommend you take a look
at it or even listen to it for that matter.
Joanna does a fantastic job at narrating her own audiobook.
Number two, "Release Strategies" by Craig Martelle.
This audiobook is next level strategies
when it comes to launching your book.
He's very deliberate about what he does and how he does it
and the marketing and promotion that he puts behind
each one of his publications.
It's amazing.
And he's a super prolific author.
So to learn from him and his success and apply it
to your own business, you're going to be blown away
at some of the results that he can bring to you.
By the way, Craig Martelle is also the cohost
of the very popular group
over on Facebook called, "20 Books to 50K".
And even though you aren't going to have
Craig narrating this book,
the narrator does a fantastic job of walking you
through things and understanding exactly what you need to do
in order to have a successful launch.
Number three, "Strangers to Super Fans" by David Gaughran.
David Gaughran is a frigging hoot.
I love his content.
If you go watch him over on YouTube,
you'll crack up at some of his stuff.
He's got quick wit
and this is another one that just delivers.
I highly recommend all of his non-fiction books,
but this audiobook in particular is a lot of fun.
It's essentially Tribe Building 101
where you really want to build out your community.
He gets it to where you understand what it takes
to connect with your readers and build a raving fan base.
In fact, they put it best
inside the ad copy for the book, and it says, "Build an army
of passionate readers who do the selling for you."
I wouldn't stop at just that one
for David's books because he has a lot of really good books.
But this audiobook is definitely a keeper.
Number four, "Be a Writing Machine" by M. L. Ronn,
otherwise known as Michael La Ronn,
the host of the uber popular show
here on YouTube called, "Author Level Up".
Michael actually put out a book based
on his beast mode writing
like this guy is absolutely crazy.
Now, I know I've mentioned already
prolific, prolific, prolific, but if you looked
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you will see a picture of Michael La Ronn.
He is that stinking good.
And to learn from him and his process and how he does things
as a writer and continues to write good high quality books,
this is definitely one of the ones you need to get
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And number five, "Amazon Keywords for Books"
by me, Dale L. Roberts.
This is something that it's honestly,
I put my heart and soul into this.
In fact, I even narrated the audiobook
here at a local studio.
And I think that you're going to enjoy this as well.
We go deep dive into the world of keywords
and the Amazon algorithm, and really demystifying
the whole process and breaking it down to where
you can understand this and implement it into your business
if you are self-publishing on the Amazon platform.
In fact, a good friend of mine,
Sylvia Hubbard, even called it the "Keywords Bible",
which I'm not going to call it that I don't want
to sound sacrilegious myself, but I think Sylvia,
I get her intent on this one here.
You will definitely enjoy that.
By the way, all of the links to these audiobooks
are down below, and I told you
if you stuck around to the very end
I'd hook you up with something and that is an Audible
30-day free trial with two free downloads.
In fact, I will even hook you up with a free
copy of "Amazon Keywords for Books".
There's a link down there.
If you're in the US, UK, Germany, and I believe France,
I will put those links down there
and you can always grab a copy of that if you wish.
And hey, speaking of publishing audiobooks,
I mean, because we publish these things,
I'm going to show you how to publish audiobooks
through Findaway Voices over inside this very next video.
And if you've already seen that video,
maybe you should go over and take a look at this one.
YouTube challenges you, they're daring you.
Go for it.