Ranked #1
SFFMP 166: Best Price Points, Does Book Length Matter, and Tips for Selling More Books Wide with Mark Coker
SFFMP 166: Best Price Points, Does Book Length Matter, and Tips for Selling More Books Wide with Mark Coker
One of our earliest guests on the podcast, almost 150 episodes ago, was Mark Coker, the founder of Smashwords. We had hi... Read more
17 Jan 2018
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Ranked #2
SFFMP 178: Making Good Money with Serial Novellas and YA Fantasy with Sarah K.L. Wilson
SFFMP 178: Making Good Money with Serial Novellas and YA Fantasy with Sarah K.L. Wilson
On this week’s show, YA fantasy author Sarah K.L. Wilson joined us to talk about the successful Dragon School serial she... Read more
25 Apr 2018
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Ranked #3
SFFMP 176: Launching Well as a New Author, Writing Quickly, and Keeping the Momentum Going
SFFMP 176: Launching Well as a New Author, Writing Quickly, and Keeping the Momentum Going
This week’s interview features NYT best-selling indie fantasy author Jasmine Walt. She talks about how she burst onto th... Read more
11 Apr 2018
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Ranked #4
SFFMP 215: Working Hard, Ignoring Naysayers, and Becoming a Full-Time Author
SFFMP 215: Working Hard, Ignoring Naysayers, and Becoming a Full-Time Author
For this week’s show, we talked to return guest Jeffery H. Haskell, who first joined us in December of 2017 for the show... Read more
9 Jan 2019
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Ranked #5
SFFMP 204: Selling 10,000 Copies of Your First Novel with Joseph Malik
SFFMP 204: Selling 10,000 Copies of Your First Novel with Joseph Malik
Today, we were joined by fantasy author, Joseph Malik, who published his first novel, Dragon’s Trail, in 2016 and has ma... Read more
24 Oct 2018
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Ranked #6
SFFMP 171: Lindsay’s Launch Numbers (Earned vs Spent), Targeting International Sales, and Increasing Mailing List Open Rates
SFFMP 171: Lindsay’s Launch Numbers (Earned vs Spent), Targeting International Sales, and Increasing Mailing List Open Rates
Our three hosts were by themselves today and answered some listener questions that had been stacking up. They ran the ga... Read more
28 Feb 2018
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Ranked #7
SFFMP 128: Kindle Unlimited, Perma 99-Cents, and ACX vs. Traditional Audiobook Publishers with Anthony J. Melchiorri
SFFMP 128: Kindle Unlimited, Perma 99-Cents, and ACX vs. Traditional Audiobook Publishers with Anthony J. Melchiorri
It’s not every week that we get authors with PhDs in science on the show (though we’ve had a few!), but today Anthony J ... Read more
19 Apr 2017
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Ranked #8
SFFMP 175: The Rapid Release Strategy, Getting Reviews as a New Author, and Where to Spend your Advertising Money
SFFMP 175: The Rapid Release Strategy, Getting Reviews as a New Author, and Where to Spend your Advertising Money
This week, Jo, Jeff, and Lindsay answered listener questions on a variety of topics such as how to spend $1,000 on adver... Read more
4 Apr 2018
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Ranked #9
SFFMP 144: Breaking Six Figures as an Author – What Does It Take?
SFFMP 144: Breaking Six Figures as an Author – What Does It Take?
It’s a long show today, but we covered a lot of ground, so hopefully you’ll find it interesting. We discussed last year’... Read more
9 Aug 2017
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Ranked #10
SFFMP 211: How to Use Your Newsletter to Build Engagement and Fan Loyalty
SFFMP 211: How to Use Your Newsletter to Build Engagement and Fan Loyalty
Not only was this week’s episode jam-packed with newsletter tips for authors but it turned out to be our longest show ev... Read more
12 Dec 2018
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Ranked #11
SFFMP 165: Relaunching a Series, Bookbub Ads, and Does Podcasting Help Authors?
SFFMP 165: Relaunching a Series, Bookbub Ads, and Does Podcasting Help Authors?
A return guest joined us on the show this week, Bryan Cohen, non-fiction author, podcaster, and author of fairy tales an... Read more
10 Jan 2018
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Ranked #12
SFFMP 162: Finding Success in a Niche, When 99-cent Novels Make Sense, and Bucking Cover Trends with Amanda Milo
SFFMP 162: Finding Success in a Niche, When 99-cent Novels Make Sense, and Bucking Cover Trends with Amanda Milo
Our guest this week launched her first novel in April of 2017 to great success. Amanda Milo’s science fiction romance, S... Read more
20 Dec 2017
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Ranked #13
SFFMP 155: What It Takes to Shift from Hobby Writer to Full-Time Author with Ben Hale
SFFMP 155: What It Takes to Shift from Hobby Writer to Full-Time Author with Ben Hale
This week, we chatted with non-fiction and YA fantasy author Ben Hale. A former business owner, he did a lot of research... Read more
1 Nov 2017
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Ranked #14
SFFMP 191: Most Popular Science Fiction and Fantasy Sub-Genres and Analyzing Data Guy’s SWFA Slides
SFFMP 191: Most Popular Science Fiction and Fantasy Sub-Genres and Analyzing Data Guy’s SWFA Slides
On this week’s show, Jeff, Jo, and Lindsay discussed the information on Data Guy’s slides from his 2018 SFWA presentatio... Read more
25 Jul 2018
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Ranked #15
SFFMP 132: Are Spinoffs a Good Idea, Costs of Cover Art, & Marketing Unique Stories
SFFMP 132: Are Spinoffs a Good Idea, Costs of Cover Art, & Marketing Unique Stories
For the first time in a couple of months, Jeff, Jo, and Lindsay didn’t have a guest tonight. They answered listener ques... Read more
17 May 2017
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Ranked #16
SFFMP 170: Keeping an Older Series Selling, Nebula Awards, and What SFWA Can Do for You
SFFMP 170: Keeping an Older Series Selling, Nebula Awards, and What SFWA Can Do for You
On this week’s show, military science fiction author and retired Marine colonel Jonathan Brazee joined us. We talked abo... Read more
21 Feb 2018
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Ranked #17
SFFMP 179: Marketing Wide vs Marketing in Kindle Unlimited + Turning Strangers into Super Fans
SFFMP 179: Marketing Wide vs Marketing in Kindle Unlimited + Turning Strangers into Super Fans
We had a great chat with David Gaughran this week. He’s a historical fiction author who dabbles in science fiction now a... Read more
2 May 2018
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Ranked #18
SFFMP 193: Marketing and Publishing Advice for Newer Authors
SFFMP 193: Marketing and Publishing Advice for Newer Authors
This week, Lindsay, Jo, and Jeff geared the show toward newer authors getting ready to publish their first books or with... Read more
8 Aug 2018
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Ranked #19
SFFMP 133: Serials, Reader Magnets, and When to Jump to Full Time
SFFMP 133: Serials, Reader Magnets, and When to Jump to Full Time
We switched things up this week and had a guest come on and interview us. Lindsay, Jeff, and Jo did their best to answer... Read more
24 May 2017
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Ranked #20
SFFMP 135: Amazon Bestseller Charts, Using Goodreads to Sell Books, and Listener Questions Answered
SFFMP 135: Amazon Bestseller Charts, Using Goodreads to Sell Books, and Listener Questions Answered
Today, the guys answered listener questions, and Jeff and Lindsay interviewed Jo about what he learned at the big Book E... Read more
7 Jun 2017
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