Learning New Things On the Go (Self-Publishing Podcasts)

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I love learning something new each day. I really do.  And right now, my listening queue is filled with self-publishing podcasts that I listen to while I'm doing the laundry, walking the dog or washing the dishes.

Among my favorite podcasts so far are the following:

Sterling & Stone's Self-Publishing Podcast: 3 Guys That Tell You What Does and Doesn't Work For Them In Self-Publishing
The key here is "for them" because it's based on the experiences of three guys, Johnny B. Truant, Sean Platt and Dave Wright, which is one reason why I loved Write. Publish. Repeat. (The No Luck Guide Required for Publishing Success), their book on self-publishing that's pretty much a no-nonsense guide to self-publishing though it feels like they're just chatting with you casually about it.

Rocking Self-Publishing: Weekly Interviews with Self-Published Authors, Every Thursday
Just what it says - Simon Whistler interviews self-published authors every Thursday.

The Creative Penn 
Joanna Penn is a writer and public speaker behind Creative Penn, and on her podcast, she covers everything from interviews, inspiration, and information on writing, self-publishing, book marketing and creative entrepeneurship.

I'll add a few more as I go along but if you're a self-published author and would like to hear what everyone else is doing and how they're doing it, then definitely check out their podcasts!

Do you listen to podcasts?  What are your favorites?

Where in The World...Are My Books?

I've seen this link floating around and have always made a mental note to look into it.  But like every mental note that never got written down, it disperses into the ether and I'm left with the same question, "where was I?"

So today, while reading Successful Self-Publishing by author and public speaker, Joanna Penn, I found it.  It's called Booklinker.net and you go and add the link to your book on Amazon, and voila! You end up with a global link page to all your books in the worldwide Amazon store.

Someone in Japan wants your book?  Well, they click on that global link and it takes them to Amazon Japan. Same thing happens to someone clicks the link from Germany or Canada - the link will take them to their the respective Germany or Canada Amazon pages featuring your book.

So without further ado, here are the links to a few of my books:

Loving Ashe -  myBook.to/lovingashe 

A Collateral Attraction - myBook.to/collateral

Finding Sam - myBook.to/findingsam

It can also link your Author page globally as well:

Liz Madrid - Author.to/LizMadrid