Going wide with my audiobooks, market data and the roller coaster of emotions that is sending your book to your critique partners.

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On the podcast today, I dicuss going wide with my audiobooks: changing their ACX exclusive status to non-exclusive and bringing them to more e-retailers and libraries via Findaway Voices.

On ACX you can now do so after 90 days. And Findaway Voices has a template which you can just copy and paste. In addition, I talk about some market data I found in the US and in France about the audiobook market. I also refer and quote from an interview on audiobooks with Nana Malone. She also talks about her writing process and being herself a book cover model (including her own at some point) because there was no/not enough pictures of dark-skinned Black women to represent her characters on covers. And then I go a bit deeper into bringing my French audiobooks to the French-speaking audiobook market.

When it comes to struggles and smiles in my writing and self-publishing week: it includes the roller coaster of emotions that is sending the first 1/3 of #TheLeftoverBride to my critique partners. I’ve been hard at work and am currently polishing the rest of the novel but it is a lot of feelings. 🙂 And more!

Here are the links I mention during this episode:

• Interview with Nana Malone on Kobo Blog: Nana Malone on solving problems and playing to her strengths (https://www.kobo.com/blog/nana-malone-on-solving-problems-and-playing-to-her-strengths)
• Findaway Voices: How to convert your book from exclusive to non-exclusive with ACX  (https://support.findawayvoices.com/portal/en/kb/articles/how-to-convert-your-book-from-exclusive-to-nonexclusive-with-acx)
• ACX – An Update from ACX (https://blog.acx.com/2021/01/20/an-update-from-acx/)
• Audio Publishers Association Press Release: Audiobooks continue their market rise with 16% growth in sales. (https://www.audiopub.org/uploads/pdf/2020-Consumer-Survey-and-2019-Sales-Survey-Press-Release-FINAL.pdf)
• Syndicat National de l’Édition: Le livre audio, une nouvelle dimension au plaisir de lire https://www.sne.fr/actu/le-livre-audio-une-nouvelle-dimension-au-plaisir-de-lire/
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Dear Raccoon Author Diary: Facebook Ads, Lucy Score & All the Ideas – The Raccoon Author's Self-Publishing Diary

A few days in this Raccoon Author’s self-publishing life. 🦝On September 8, I’m once again trying to figure out what the heck is happening with my Facebook Ads account (the saga continues…), while also revising, answering tax questions, working on BookSprout and replying to readers.Then on September 12, my brain goes from AuthorScale to listening to Lucy Score on the SPA Girls Podcast, to Gallup Strengths, writing through emotions, feeling seen by another author’s process… and, obviously, coming up with even more ideas for future podcast episodes.Because apparently I needed more ideas. Links mentioned in this episode:Skye MacKinnon talking about her AuthorScale / trial reel results on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3EIiGsEcIgSPA Girls Podcast — EP546: Interview with Lucy Score: Breaking Out / Advice For New Authors🦝 More behind-the-scenes Raccoon Author content on Patreon / Elodie’s Writing Nookhttps://www.patreon.com/c/elodieswritingnook⁠The Raccoon Authorhttps://elodienowodazkij.com/the-raccoon-author/You can also email me at elodie@elodienow.comHappy writing, and happy, happy reading. 🦝

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