#PublishingReinvented 170: Better Categories & A Free Month on NetGalley + Spotify Audiobook Shenanigans
Publisher Rocket
Dave Chesson, who created Publisher Rocket is a good friend and a gold mine of advice for indie authors.
We don’t normally include affiliate links, but in this case we want to give a boost to Dave’s new version of Publisher Rocket. We own two copies. It’s that useful.
Publisher Rocket here is the ONLY tool that will not only show you which categories you should target in KDP, but also what 1-2 keywords you should use as part of your 7 internal Kindle Keyword strategy. Find these internal keywords in your Bookshelf in KDP by clicking the small box with three dots to the right of the title.
With the latest update to Publisher Rocket, you can now go to any category you want to target, and it will automatically suggest some keywords that you can use for those 1-2 keywords.
All you have to do is go to Publisher Rocket, find your category, then select the “Keywords” button on the far right.
The offer today is that if you buy Publisher Rocket after clicking the above link within the next three days you can get a free month on NetGalley from BooksGoSocial. We will track all sales using the above link and give away a free month on NetGalley to you if you buy it. Come direct to me at: lob@yourasms.com to claim your free NetGalley place.
A month on NetGalley is selling at $99 on our site here. This is a 2 for 1 offer! Get Rocket and get a month on NetGalley free! You can claim your reward any time in the next 12 months.
Spotify AudioBooks Anyone?
Spotify will offer free access to 150,000 of its premium subscribers in the UK and Australia for up to 15 hours of audiobook content per month at no additional cost. More countries to follow.
No compensation plan for authors is available. All of the major book publishers, including Penguin Random House, have entered into the new limited streaming deal. Titles on offer include JK Rowling’s new Robert Galbraith mystery, Richard Osman’s The Bullet That Missed and the memoir from U2’s lead singer.
So, is there a problem? Yes, Spotify has ruined the income stream of many smaller and mid level music artists.
Spotify pays millions to top artists such as Ed Sheeran while leaving 90 per cent of artists to get by on a relative pittance. A musician whose song streams 100,000 times receives just £300 under the Spotify music royalty algorithm. Introduce similar rates for authors, and the result would be mass impoverishment.
“This isn’t a launch moment for the publishers,” writer Kim Scott told the New York Times. “It’s a Pandora’s box.” What do you think?
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