EP131: Sam Missingham – A massive boot up the arse for publishing

Sam Missingham fell in love with the quirks of the publishing industry when she started working at The Bookseller over a decade ago. Since then she has worked at HarperCollins as head of audience development, and now runs The Lounge, a marketing resource for writers. With an outsider’s perspective, she has been a pioneer of change in how publishers view digital sales and marketing…

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PODCAST

In this episode you will discover…

Changes in the publishing industry and what lays ahead in the future
How to reach 26 million people with a budget of £150
How organisations like The Alliance of Independent Authors can help you
How you can use The Lounge to market your books
And what it takes to be an “empowered author”.

Here are some of the links we talked about in the show…

The Bookseller: https://www.thebookseller.com/ and https://twitter.com/thebookseller
Futurebook: https://www.thebookseller.com/futurebook/ and https://twitter.com/TheFutureBook
Sam’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/samatlounge
The Lounge: http://www.lounge-books.com/subscribe/ and https://twitter.com/lounge_books
Lounge Marketing: http://www.loungemarketing.com/free-newsletter/
The Alliance of Independent Authors: https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/
Dreadit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Dreadit/

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