Episode 97: Ron Vitale [Take Two]

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Episode 97, release date Monday 8th January, 2018

Ron Vitale caught my attention on Twitter at the beginning of 2017 because of an excellent post that he made on his blog outlining in great detail his indie-author outgoings and income.

Few authors dare to share this information, but Ron broke it all down in great detail holding back nothing in the process.

When Ron got in touch with me to share the details of his latest book launch – revealing every detail of costs, what worked and what didn't – I couldn't resist catching up with him to find out how it had gone.

Unfortunately, the launch failed to ignite for Ron – but he walked away with some great learning points to fuel his future career as an indie author.

Find out more about Ron:

1) Ron's website: https://www.ronvitale.com/

2) Follow Ron on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ron.Vitale.Author/

3) Follow Ron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ronvitale

4) Ron's Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Ron-Vitale/e/B004W0MQPG/

5) Ron's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronvitale

6) Follow Ron on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4078431.Ron_Vitale

7) Ron's post on Digital Book World Indie 2017: https://www.ronvitale.com/blog/2017/1/21/our-time-to-rise-digital-book-world-indie-2017-wrap-up

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Talking points:

1) Ron's blog post outlining all the details of his book launch: https://www.ronvitale.com/blog/2017/11/23/how-to-learn-from-a-failed-book-launch

2) Ron's 2017 ‘review of the year' blog post: http://www.ronvitale.com/blog/2017/12/10/self-publishing-full-expenses-and-sales-report-with-an-analysis-from-2011-2017

3) Business Musings: Writing to Market by Kristine Kathryn Rusch: http://kriswrites.com/2015/11/18/business-musings-writing-to-market/

4) Brian Meek's Amazon Ads book:

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5) Brian Cohen's Best Page Forward service: http://www.bestpageforward.net/

6) Jim Kukral's Happy Book Reviews service: http://happybookreviews.com/

7) Book promo sites:

Robin Reads: https://www.bookbub.com/partners

BookBub: https://partners.bookbub.com/

FreeBooksy: https://www.freebooksy.com/for-the-authors/

8) GenreCrave: http://www.genrecrave.com/

This Week’s Self-Publishing News

The Alliance of Independent Authors news update: https://selfpublishingadvice.org/self-publishing-news-leaping-into-2018/