Welcome to Paul's Podcast Diary for Saturday 25th August, 2018.
This diary charts my self-publishing journey – the ups the downs, the successes and the failures.
Everything goes into this diary, week-by-week, but you'll also find it a source of great tips, resources, tools, podcast recommendations and so on.
If you're new to the podcast and want to easily access the back catalogue of podcast diaries, in chronological order, please check out this page.
If I ever miss something out, or you'd like more information, just drop me an email at paul@paulteague.com.
This Week's Talking Points
1) This is how you become a Patreon supporter without having to use a Facebook login:
2) Facebook ads alternatives:
Adroll: https://www.adroll.com/
Perfect Audience: http://www.perfectaudience.com/
3) PublishDrive – great for avoiding the horrible Google Play books interface: https://publishdrive.com/ [My referral link]
4) My two books listed on Publica:
I now have a #scifi and a #Thriller listed with @Publica … The future is here 🙂 pic.twitter.com/v7xP8Bqi8N
— Paul Teague (@PaulTeagueUK) August 22, 2018
5) My Twitter post about appearning at this year's Historical Novel Society Conference 🙂
I'm doing a talk at the @histnovsoc event this weekend, at which the original Ross Poldark is making a guest appearance. Bit worried about attendees mistaking me for the new Ross Poldark when I arrive 🙂 pic.twitter.com/u6GfXSQagg
— Paul Teague (@PaulTeagueUK) August 22, 2018
6) I've now sold books via Kobo in 56 countries:

This Week On Social Media
Look who called shotgun when they discovered I had Self Publishing Journeys with @PaulTeagueUK queued to play on the commute home. pic.twitter.com/1BZrILDbx1
— Edwin Downward (@edwindownward) August 19, 2018
This Week’s Self-Publishing News
The Alliance of Independent Authors news update: https://selfpublishingadvice.org/self-publishing-news-how-we-read/
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