Ep 117: Failure, Failure, Failure

In this episode, I discuss:

1:05: Announcements: - Reminder to join my Fan Club to get notifications when my newest book, Your Self-Publishing Questions Answered, releases

3:00: Wins (And Losses) for the Week: - Win: My vocal booth is built and I’ve begun recording my first audiobook - Loss: Early testing of a Mac-only alternative of my sales tool has failed and it is not financially worth moving forward. Apple just isn’t setup to do what I need it to do. This means that the tool will ONLY be available to Windows users and Mac users who can run Windows on their computer. That’s a COLOSSAL failure for the marketability and viability of my product, but it’s not a surprise. Probably one of the biggest failures of my career so far.

11:45: Lesson Learned This Week: - Writing Lesson: The power of experimenting and going with the flow, in the moment. I’m doing that right now with my new book, The Author Income Problem. - Business Lesson: Sometimes minimum viable products fail. - Copyright Lesson: Text spinner software and AI: an impending copyright infringement disaster for writers?

17:20: Idea of the Week: - Integrating my book database with my (next) website

23:21: Topic(s) of the Week: - Thoughts about failure in light of my recent project.

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