#086: Gwyn Bennett — Navigating & Succeeding in Self-Publishing, Pros and Cons of Traditional Publishing, Writing Sales Copy, Amazon Categories, Building an Audience, Handling Rights, Hiring Help

London Writers' Salon

Crime mystery author Gwyn Bennett about how she built a successful indie publishing business sold thousands of her own books, and why she accepted a publishing book deal with Indie Publisher Storm. We touch on why it's important to produce a professional indie published book, Gwyn's approach to writing sales copy for her books, hitting the Amazon bestselling list and how she’s approached building an audience for her books.

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ABOUT GWYN BENNETT

Gwyn Bennett is the best-selling author of the Dr Harrison Lane Mysteries. Her new series is out with Storm.

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RESOURCES & LINKS

• Gwyn's first self-published book Islands
• Mark Dawson's Self Publishing Formula course
• Alliance of Independent Authors
• Storm publishing
• Gwyn's Self-Publishing Resources
• Gwyn's Dr. Harrison Lane crime series (Amazon US, Amazon UK, Worldwide)
• Gwyn's newsletter and free novella: Sign up
• Gwyn on LinkedIn

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