Nicolas Cole
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Podcast Appearances
I have one, but is there somewhere you'd like to start?
I have one, but is there somewhere you'd like to start?
Okay, so I have a very niche one. Go. So I was having this conversation earlier this week with this other writer slash entrepreneur because his business is he has a staff of writers and they're in the fiction space. And he was telling me a lot about how Amazon- organizes and tags different books and stories into subcategories.
Okay, so I have a very niche one. Go. So I was having this conversation earlier this week with this other writer slash entrepreneur because his business is he has a staff of writers and they're in the fiction space. And he was telling me a lot about how Amazon- organizes and tags different books and stories into subcategories.
Okay, so I have a very niche one. Go. So I was having this conversation earlier this week with this other writer slash entrepreneur because his business is he has a staff of writers and they're in the fiction space. And he was telling me a lot about how Amazon- organizes and tags different books and stories into subcategories.
And one of the most interesting takeaways from our conversation was he was saying, if you want to create a new category of story, so something that someone hasn't done yet, you should not do the exclusive to Amazon. Because Amazon is, you could publish to anyone or you could do Kindle Unlimited. That's like specific to their subscription service.
And one of the most interesting takeaways from our conversation was he was saying, if you want to create a new category of story, so something that someone hasn't done yet, you should not do the exclusive to Amazon. Because Amazon is, you could publish to anyone or you could do Kindle Unlimited. That's like specific to their subscription service.
And one of the most interesting takeaways from our conversation was he was saying, if you want to create a new category of story, so something that someone hasn't done yet, you should not do the exclusive to Amazon. Because Amazon is, you could publish to anyone or you could do Kindle Unlimited. That's like specific to their subscription service.
And the TLDR of Kindle Unlimited is you get compensated based on the number of page reads, and then they have that total pool of subscription revenue. And then it's like Spotify, but for books. So you get these little like royalties based on how much people consume your book. And so his insight was, he was like, if you're creating something new, you publish it wide.
And the TLDR of Kindle Unlimited is you get compensated based on the number of page reads, and then they have that total pool of subscription revenue. And then it's like Spotify, but for books. So you get these little like royalties based on how much people consume your book. And so his insight was, he was like, if you're creating something new, you publish it wide.
And the TLDR of Kindle Unlimited is you get compensated based on the number of page reads, and then they have that total pool of subscription revenue. And then it's like Spotify, but for books. So you get these little like royalties based on how much people consume your book. And so his insight was, he was like, if you're creating something new, you publish it wide.
But if you're creating something really niche, You should look at the existing categories in Kindle Unlimited and then basically like try and stay in that category. And then you're just playing the better, best game. You know, you're not trying to do something different. And so then we got on the topic of there's a there's a new subgenre that's really been catching fire. That's called lit RPG.
But if you're creating something really niche, You should look at the existing categories in Kindle Unlimited and then basically like try and stay in that category. And then you're just playing the better, best game. You know, you're not trying to do something different. And so then we got on the topic of there's a there's a new subgenre that's really been catching fire. That's called lit RPG.
But if you're creating something really niche, You should look at the existing categories in Kindle Unlimited and then basically like try and stay in that category. And then you're just playing the better, best game. You know, you're not trying to do something different. And so then we got on the topic of there's a there's a new subgenre that's really been catching fire. That's called lit RPG.
Have you heard of this? No. OK, so it's RPG like role playing games literature, right? Lit RPG, but it's not literature. This is, I mean, this is, this stuff is not well-written at all, but it's essentially reading a video game. So you would, the story, like you would open it and the person would be like, I woke, I opened my eyes and a button is flashing in front of me. It's a quest giver.
Have you heard of this? No. OK, so it's RPG like role playing games literature, right? Lit RPG, but it's not literature. This is, I mean, this is, this stuff is not well-written at all, but it's essentially reading a video game. So you would, the story, like you would open it and the person would be like, I woke, I opened my eyes and a button is flashing in front of me. It's a quest giver.
Have you heard of this? No. OK, so it's RPG like role playing games literature, right? Lit RPG, but it's not literature. This is, I mean, this is, this stuff is not well-written at all, but it's essentially reading a video game. So you would, the story, like you would open it and the person would be like, I woke, I opened my eyes and a button is flashing in front of me. It's a quest giver.
He's giving me my first quest and I have to go get a bow and arrow. And I take my steps. It's literally like articulating playing a video game. which if you think about it is like the male version of romance for females, where it's like, you feel more productive than playing a video game because you're reading a video game. Do you know what I mean? Okay.
He's giving me my first quest and I have to go get a bow and arrow. And I take my steps. It's literally like articulating playing a video game. which if you think about it is like the male version of romance for females, where it's like, you feel more productive than playing a video game because you're reading a video game. Do you know what I mean? Okay.
He's giving me my first quest and I have to go get a bow and arrow. And I take my steps. It's literally like articulating playing a video game. which if you think about it is like the male version of romance for females, where it's like, you feel more productive than playing a video game because you're reading a video game. Do you know what I mean? Okay.