In this episode we cover: 

• What genres are better suited to being wide vs in KU
• Best methods for managing all the distributors
• How to grow your audience wide
• Different approaches for different platforms

This week’s question is: what kind of research do you do for your books?

Recommendation of the week is: My courses

If you want to improve your sensory writing or create better villains, then I have a course for you. Get a whopping 30% discount using the code REBELSUMMER only valid until the end of July

Learn more about Monica at:

Go Wide, Grow Wide

Rebel of the Week is: Karla Hailer  

If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to rebelauthorpodcast@gmail.com

2 new patrons this week, welcome and thank you to Meg Cowley and Stella Bixby. A big thank you to my existing patrons as well. If you’d like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack

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In this episode we cover: 

• What is storybrand?
• How writers can incorporate storybrand into their marketing
• Mistakes people make with storybrand
• The key elements of storybrand including a worked example
• How to incorporate storybrand into your side hustles

This week’s question is:  Are you wide or in KU and why?

Recommendation of the week is: Wide for the Win by Mark Lefebvre

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Links and events I mentioned are:

The Rebel Author Diaries Anthology Submissions are now open

Find out more here.

Find out more about Amy on:

Instagram: @amymertz / @ifcstudios

ifcstudios.com/rebel

Rebel of the Week is: Dharma Kelleher

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3 new patrons this week. A huge welcome and thank you to Nathan Scammell, Heather Adame Saenz and Moninder Gainda. And of course, a big thank you to all my existing patrons. If you’d like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content, you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack

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Hello Rebels, welcome back to The Rebel Author Podcast episode 29. Today’s podcast is with Joni Di Placido from Kobo. We’re talking about how to work with and sell more books on Kobo.

Episode Show Notes

In the episode, we discuss:

• How to sell more books wide
• Common misconceptions about Kobo
• Tips and tricks for selling more specifically on Kobo
• Mistakes to avoid with Kobo
• Finding and reaching more Kobo readers

This week’s questions is:

What wide marketing tricks do you use?

Book recommendation this week is The Anatomy of Prose ebook and paperback on all bookstores now.

Click the link here.

Preorder the Workbook here.

Find out more about our guest on Kobo’s website:

www.kobo.com/writinglife

https://twitter.com/KoboWritingLife

https://www.instagram.com/kobo.writing.life/

Listener Rebel of the Week is Renee Gallant Junior

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