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SFFMP 207: Podcasting Fiction to Gain an Audience for Your Books

November 15, 2018 SFFpodcast Author Interview, Podcast

This week, humorous science fiction author James R. Tramontana joined the guys on the show. He’s podcasting his Ace Tucker Space Trucker novels, and we asked him all about how he’s gaining fans that way, people who go on to buy the books.

Here are some of the specifics from the show:

What’s involved with podcasting your novel or podcasting original audio fiction (and why you might want to).
Getting set-up (equipment and software) for recording and editing.
Adding music, sound effects, etc. and creating more of a production than a simple narration of a book.
The challenges of selling niche stuff like humorous science fiction.
How James uses social media, conventions, and other methods to get the word out about his podcast.
The challenges of being found when you upload fiction podcasts, since the searches aren’t always great when you’re not using typical keywords.
Going for a comic-book vibe with humorous fiction.
Monetizing your fiction when you’re doing something more than just the written word.
Why James likes “sitcom length” podcast episodes of less than 30 minutes.

If you’re interested in checking out James’ work, you can visit his website, say hi to him on Twitter or Facebook, and find his books on Amazon. If you want to subscribe to his podcast, the links and episodes are on www.acetuckerspacetrucker.com.

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SFFMP 50: Patreon, Audiobooks, and Diversifying Your Income with Abigail Hilton

October 6, 2015 SFFpodcast Author Interview, Podcast

Tonight we chatted with fantasy author Abigail Hilton about making money from Patreon, audiobooks, and web comics as well as full-length novels. She doesn’t write in the most popular subgenre of fantasy, and she creates anthropomorphized characters for her adventures, but she’s diversifying her income and making notable money from her work.

Here’s a bit of what we covered:

Supplementing your monthly income with Patreon
What Patreon is exactly and how it works
Patreon versus Kickstarter
Getting people to sign up for your Patreon page and asking for tips versus monthly payments
Choosing rewards that don’t require extra work on your part, because they’re things you would do anyway
Using Podiobooks to find an audience versus publishing audiobooks straight to Audible
The expense of doing full cast recordings for audiobooks and is it worth it?
Finding artists to illustrate your world (and to create extras for Patreon rewards)
Creating web comics as an add-on for your regular fiction series
Hiring reliable artists and whether the expense can be worth it
Facebook ads when you’re an author in a small, less popular niche
Split testing Facebook ads for covers (figuring out which is your most popular cover option before even publishing the book)

Thanks to Abigail for all of the great information. You can visit her website, where she has free ebooks and audios available, and check out her books on Amazon.