The Dragon Page "Cover to Cover" Podcast
1) Cover to Cover #470: Amazon vs Hachette, or Authors Are Doing It For Themselves
Mike and Mike talk more about the fight between Amazon and Hachette, continuing from Show 468 and including comments from your feedback via Facebook. They talk more about how different authors are ...Show More
Cover to Cover #470: Amazon vs Hachette, or Authors Are Doing It For Themselves
25:15 | Jun 30th, 2014
2) Cover to Cover #469: Talking with Kevin J. Anderson
Kevin J. Anderson joins Mike and Mike to talk about his newest novel, The Dark Between the Stars. It's the first of his new series, "Saga of Shadows", which takes place 20 years after the events of hi...Show More
3) Cover to Cover #468: Amazon vs Hachette, Or Who Moved My Marketing?
The contract dispute between Amazon and Hachette has Mike Stackpole a little fired up, and the conversation revolves around the details some of the blowback that midlist and new authors are feeling be...Show More
4) Cover to Cover #467: Talking About "Reading Rainbow"
Sam Roberts joins Mike and Mike to talk about LeVar Burton's Kickstarter efforts to bring "Reading Rainbow" to new audiences using newer technologies and methods that weren't available when the show w...Show More
5) Cover to Cover #466: Changes in Book Selling
Mike and Mike recap the technological and book-selling shift since they last talked shop in 2012, including the shift from big format bookstores to local stores & specialty stores that promote events ...Show More
6) Cover to Cover #465: Catching Up and Moving Forward
Mike and Mike pop in for a quick visit, and have fun with not remembering anything they talked about or did for the show 2 years ago. They chat about what's been going on since then, and the change...Show More
7) Cover to Cover #464: Understanding Character Growth
Discussing the News: Mike S talks about Amazon's Kindle Select program that allows Kindle owners to borrow ebooks, and the payment method they're using to compensate authors for the loans, but it's an...Show More
8) Cover to Cover #463: Techniques for Managing the Details
Mike S also recommends that everyone go out and purchase digital picture frames, scan in the covers of all their books, sit it on your shelf and have it display your book covers as slideshows. Writ...Show More
9) Cover to Cover #462: Deconstructing the Story
Mike S points out that the real kidney punch to B&N was done by Apple a few weeks ago with their ebook textbook deals, and the guys talk about how these deals could change how teachers teach and how p...Show More
10) Cover to Cover #461: Building Your Audiences
Discussion: Mike S talks about the importance of developing a private audience, separate from the groups you're cultivating on Twitter, Google+, Facebook, and other social networks. What's your fav...Show More