14:48:11 From Beth Barany to Janet Jennings (Privately) : Janet you’re sharing you’re screen. Please stop. Thanks! 14:49:04 From Beth Barany : Hello, everyone we’ll get started in about 11 minutes! 14:49:22 From Rose : I'm here, Beth 14:49:37 From Beth Barany : Hi Rose! :) 14:50:10 From Hugh : Hi, all! 14:51:28 From Beth Barany : https://www.facebook.com/events/917201895023556/ 14:51:41 From Hugh : Can hear you! 14:51:46 From Joe : i can hear you 14:51:47 From Dorothy : I hear ya 14:51:53 From Chris Faulkner to Beth Barany (Privately) : Hello; I can hear ya! 14:52:01 From Janet Jennings : lady J here 14:52:02 From Karen : i hear ya 14:53:41 From Dorothy : I see you fine 14:54:24 From Dave M. Strom : I see you! And hear both of you. I am muted. 14:54:30 From Chris Faulkner to Beth Barany (Privately) : Yep 14:54:41 From Karen : coming in clear 14:54:42 From Dave M. Strom : Yes, I should be muted. 14:55:40 From Dorothy : Saw penny 14:55:41 From Hugh : Yep! 14:55:43 From Dorothy : See you now 14:55:44 From Karen : hi 14:55:44 From Dave M. Strom : yes 14:55:48 From Janet Jennings : yes see penny 14:55:48 From Joe : i see penny 14:55:49 From Chris Faulkner : See all; hear all 14:57:03 From Hugh : Bouncy 14:57:04 From Chris Faulkner : bouncing 14:57:04 From cheryl : bouncing 14:57:04 From heatherdakota : yes, it’s bouncing 14:57:06 From Hugh : EARTHQUAKE 14:57:08 From Dorothy : I see if flickering 14:57:10 From Rose : ahhh!! 14:57:10 From Dave M. Strom : It is bouncing. 14:57:11 From Pattie 's iPhone : yes 14:57:17 From Dorothy : Close outlook if you can 14:57:17 From Joe : like a ball 14:57:18 From Karen : boune 14:57:20 From Kirsten : bouncing 14:57:21 From Dorothy : It's a RAM hog 14:57:24 From Hugh : May want to maximize the window. That may help 14:57:25 From heatherdakota : It also goes full screen for me. 14:57:25 From Beth Barany : Hugh, don’t know say that. 14:57:26 From Joe : boing boing 14:57:36 From Janet Jennings : getting dizzy,...ohhhh l 14:57:50 From Dorothy : Yep, I am in IT 14:57:54 From Joe : i fell off my seat 14:57:57 From Hugh to Beth Barany (Privately) : Sorry. :( 14:58:06 From Dave M. Strom : I always turn off the full screen from the options. 14:58:24 From Dorothy : I still see outlook messages 14:58:29 From Beth Barany to Hugh (Privately) : that’s alright 14:58:30 From Hugh : Penny should try to maximize the powerpoint window. 14:58:32 From Jeanette Koscheski : Greetings to all! 14:58:34 From heatherdakota : Thank you! That helped 14:59:41 From Joe : no worries 15:00:03 From Dave M. Strom : I get bad behavior on my Mac after a while when I have too many tabs in my browsers. 15:00:44 From Hugh : It looks like it's filpping between powerpoint and outlook. 15:00:55 From Dave M. Strom : Turn off outlook? 15:01:02 From Hugh : YEah, close everything but powerpoint 15:01:02 From Kirsten : can you export the powerpoint to a pdf 15:01:28 From Hugh : Always good to have a backup plan. :) 15:01:56 From Dave M. Strom : so I need not record? 15:02:12 From Dave M. Strom : goodie 15:03:36 From heatherdakota : published 15:03:40 From cheryl : published 15:03:42 From tesiadejesus : published 15:03:45 From Chris Faulkner : not published 15:03:47 From Joe : published on amazon 15:03:48 From tesiadejesus : mystery 15:03:49 From melyndabarnhart : Published. Academia. 15:03:50 From heatherdakota : Children’s fiction & nonfiction 15:03:55 From Lea Thomas : Hello everyone. published 15:03:55 From Dave M. Strom : Published in a couple small anthologies. Superhero genre. 15:03:58 From cheryl : fiction/ YA and mystery 15:03:58 From Dianne : not published - contemporary romance 15:04:00 From D. Anne : Not published yet. Paranormal romance 15:04:01 From Hugh : Fantasy. Not published. 15:04:01 From Pattie 's iPhone : published memoie 15:04:05 From Kelly : Published traditional and indie 15:04:06 From Karen : i have an essay published in anthology 15:04:09 From Jeanette Koscheski : prepublished picture books and nonfiction pb 15:04:10 From Laura Breck : Published, romance fiction. 15:04:11 From Joe : i write spiritual fantasy novels 15:04:12 From Lea Thomas : Non-fiction only 15:04:13 From Janet Jennings : Have a book on Amazon. My genre is science fiction/fantasy/urban, etc 15:04:19 From Tikiri : Fiction - genre - To be published this Dec! 15:04:30 From Rose : unpublished, mainstream fiction 15:04:31 From Joe : you are all exciting 15:05:02 From Kirsten : I am unpublished as of this moment 15:06:16 From Dave M. Strom : YES! 15:06:16 From Hugh : YES! :) 15:06:19 From Chris Faulkner : yayy 15:06:26 From heatherdakota : whoop! whoop! 15:11:13 From tesiadejesus : yes 15:12:19 From Beth Barany : we’ll be getting the recording and a copy of Penny’s slides 15:23:40 From Beth Barany : Penny is talking about sales rank for your book. 15:27:16 From Beth Barany : Author Central: authorcentral.amazon.com 15:29:54 From Beth Barany : That’s okay; the hammering is pretty faint. 15:30:01 From ArtistKim : what if you only have a hardcopy book not ebook , does this page still apply? 15:31:24 From Beth Barany : @ArtistKim: You probably put up this kind of metatdata with your print book. CreateSpace? 15:32:07 From ArtistKim : k, i will ask Heather she helped load it, thanks 15:32:24 From heatherdakota : It was in there Kim 15:32:25 From Beth Barany : Great, Kim! :) 15:33:33 From Beth Barany : Yay, Heather! 15:36:34 From Beth Barany : Penny, I can see the yellow arrow pointing at Technology 15:44:02 From heatherdakota : OMG! That’s brilliant! 15:44:18 From ArtistKim : yes! Hi Heather ! 15:44:25 From Kirsten : I love this idea :D 15:44:35 From heatherdakota : :) 15:44:46 From Joe : this is amazing, make them as small novellas 15:44:54 From Janet Jennings : but how can you end one mini book and where to start the next one? 15:45:07 From Joe : preview 15:45:24 From Janet Jennings : hmmm preview? huh,.... 15:45:48 From Jeanette Koscheski : I research topics in children's book titles to see if others have written about my topic I want to write. 15:46:04 From Joe : yeah, I remember seeing in a Terry Pratchett's books 15:46:48 From Janet Jennings : so joe, you can actually stop the mini book in mid stream to begin another one? 15:46:55 From Kirsten : What the name of the book she mentioned? 15:47:35 From Joe : perhaps, ease it into the next one Janet 15:47:45 From Tikiri : Would it not annoy readers to cut a larger story into shorter pieces? I was warned against this. Guess the trick is to ensure good story arc per book? 15:47:49 From Beth Barany : Kirsten, her book is How to sell books by the truckload on amazon 15:48:12 From Janet Jennings : ok joe,.. huh, trying to break the book down into four segments or minis? huh 15:48:50 From Kirsten : Thank you. Also she mentioned a boo about 101 ways to market your book or something like that? 15:48:51 From Joe : you're right Tikiri. I think so Janet.... like it's been done in miniseries movies 15:49:05 From Janet Jennings : see tikiri thats what I was thinking would we make folks mad to not see the ending? 15:49:24 From Laura R : Let her keep going! 15:49:29 From Beth Barany : Penny, stop at 3:54pm for 10-15 minutes of questions. 15:49:47 From Beth Barany : In fiction, Tikiri, it’s called serials. :) 15:50:04 From Rose : Anybody hear of using LibraryThing to have readers review an upcoming book? 15:50:09 From Beth Barany : 1001 Ways to Sell books by John Kremer 15:50:45 From Kirsten : Thank you :D Beth 15:50:57 From Beth Barany to Penny (Privately) : Penny, stop at 3:54pm for 10-15 minutes of questions. 15:51:02 From Laura R : and to be honest, it is a GOOD book 15:51:11 From Beth Barany : Sure thing, Kirsten! 15:51:53 From Janet Jennings : I got John Kremers book! He has a pleutha of ideas about selling books,.. now where did I put it,.. lol 15:51:55 From Beth Barany : Goodreads.com 15:55:37 From Karen : can you explain how royalties work 15:55:47 From Beth Barany to Penny (Privately) : Penny, your screen is black, somewhat 15:55:52 From Chris Faulkner : 100 pgs sounds so small; is this more of an ebook phenom? 15:56:16 From Nadine Travers : Good advice for the end... I put it at the beginning, that was a mistake... Will do it like this for the next one 15:56:45 From Karen : really terrific information 15:56:59 From Tikiri : What is a sere 15:56:59 From Joe : amazing!! 15:57:26 From Tikiri : Oops. What is a serial? Versus for e.g. a trilogy? Thanks. 15:57:41 From Pattie 's iPhone : who has control of price of book on Amazon? 15:57:46 From Janet Jennings : good quesiton Tikiri! 15:58:08 From Tikiri : Thanks Janet.... :) 15:58:20 From Kirsten : Do you have any suggestions on what to provide your email subsribers if your book isn't unpublished and you are still working on the first draft? 15:59:32 From Laura R : What about a niche category, could there be several hundred books with good sales ranks but the majority are much less. Is that a warning sign? 16:00:03 From Rose : I gotta run, my friends :/ Thank you, Penny, for all this invaluable information! 16:00:18 From Janet Jennings : Bye Rose! 16:00:23 From Rose : Bye :) 16:00:23 From Joe : have a beautiful evening Rose 16:00:25 From Nadine Travers : bye Rose 16:00:34 From heatherdakota : bye Rose! 16:01:22 From Kirsten : Bye Rose 16:01:45 From Dave M. Strom : Is Kindle Direct Publishing exclusive to Amazon (only publish there)? I will look into this on my own also. 16:02:01 From Laura R : I use both Librarything and Goodreads to post reviews and to find new authors but Goodreads does have better reach 16:02:17 From Janet Jennings : 50 pages! how! I mean with beginnnig, middle and end? 16:02:19 From Beth Barany to Karen (Privately) : For royalties, are self-pubbed or trad pubbed? 16:02:46 From heatherdakota : It’s like a middle grade reader. 16:02:47 From Tikiri : When is the best time to publish genre fiction - January? For those who got Kindles for Xmas...? 16:03:37 From Chris Faulkner : Are the short reads a good idea? 16:04:58 From Penny : KDP and KDP Select 16:05:07 From Penny : Select is exclusive to Amazon, KDP is not 16:05:12 From Dave M. Strom : AH, I remember that! Thanks! 16:05:20 From Pattie 's iPhone : My pulisher saidthat Amazon controls the price. it was discounted then it returned to full price. Do i contact author central to change back to dicounted price? 16:06:07 From tesiadejesus to Beth Barany (Privately) : Just to let Penny know, there are at least 5,233,760. Because this is what my book is ranked at. It has only been on Amazon since Nov. 2013. 16:06:17 From Laura R : Any thoughts on Kindle Unlimited? Pros/Cons Does it build a fan base? 16:06:51 From Chris Faulkner : Promotions? 16:07:14 From Dave M. Strom : Any advice for short stories (about 5000-6000 words)? 16:08:16 From Trishwich@hotmail.com : Aside from Kindle Select & Regular Kindle, do you have any experience with Nook, Kobo, or Sony? And what do you think of offering digital copies of your books through these venues? 16:08:52 From Chris Faulkner : Promotions on book not yet published; how do you do that? 16:08:59 From Beth Barany to tesiadejesus (Privately) : Is this a question? 16:09:05 From Laura Breck : Does iBooks have their own version of Kindle Unlimited? 16:09:28 From Beth Barany to Dave M. Strom (Privately) : what’s your question? 16:09:45 From heatherdakota : What were some of the other suggestions (besides letters to readers) that we can do to help promote our books, specifically hard copies? 16:09:48 From Janet Jennings : how can you get the book on kindle unlimited? 16:10:14 From tesiadejesus to Beth Barany (Privately) : No. Just to her know. She can change her slide from 4 million to 5 million or more. 16:10:32 From Janet Jennings : I have a book on Amazon for free. How can I start marketing the next book? 16:10:41 From Laura R : Is reaching out to an reader and thanking them for a nice review a good idea? 16:11:54 From Laura R : How many hours a day does a book marketer work? 16:12:08 From Chris Faulkner to Beth Barany (Privately) : Thank you for setting up this very helpful class! 16:12:20 From Beth Barany to Chris Faulkner (Privately) : You’re so welcome! 16:12:41 From Janet Jennings : my book on Amazon is urban fantasy 16:12:43 From Beth Barany to Trishwich@hotmail.com (Privately) : Post your questions here! Thanks 16:13:03 From Trishwich@hotmail.com : Not sure if you got this question. Just thought I’d post it again. Aside from Kindle Select & Regular Kindle, do you have any experience with Nook, Kobo, or Sony? And what do you think of offering digital copies of your books through these venues? 16:14:12 From Penny : penny@amarketingexpert.com ---- www.amarketingexpert.com 16:14:14 From Dave M. Strom : I just bought the kindle book 16:14:55 From Chris Faulkner : This was all so awesome! 16:15:28 From Joe : I thought this was very informative Penny and Beth, much gratitude to you both and all who attended 16:15:29 From Dave M. Strom : I want to push a 2-short story bundle to kindle soon. 16:15:30 From Nadine Travers : Thanks 16:15:33 From melyndabarnhart : Wildly helpful. 16:15:33 From heatherdakota : This has been fabulous! 16:15:39 From Kirsten : Thank you :D 16:15:40 From Karen : between Beth and Penny i feel prepared to publish 16:15:40 From ArtistKim : thank u 16:15:42 From tesiadejesus : Thank you so much 16:15:43 From Kathleen : I missed the first 15 minutes. Will this be recorded? 16:15:44 From Dianne : Thank you. Great information 16:15:46 From Lea Thomas : wonderful! 16:15:46 From tesiadejesus : Very helpful 16:15:46 From Penny : thank you guys!!!! 16:15:48 From Pattie 's iPhone : thank you so much! 16:15:50 From Jeanette Koscheski : Great Info. Thanks! 16:15:51 From Laura R : I learned so much! thank you 16:15:51 From Janet Jennings : gosh I thought I'd missed this webinar! i was so glad I made it! 16:15:59 From D. Anne : Learned a lot. Thanks! 16:16:11 From Trishwich@hotmail.com : Cool. I got here late, but it’s very inspiring. I’ll definitely watch the whole recording. :-) Thanks. 16:16:22 From Dave M. Strom : thank you 16:16:22 From tesiadejesus : Bye 16:16:23 From Joe : bye