Feb 5, 2019
Started off as naked podcasting and turned into an amazing conversation with a comedian author, Amy Lyle.
Amy shares tips about book categories, formatting your book and why she does photoshoots with llamas, an episode you don't want to miss.
We talk about:
- Photoshoots
with alpacas and llamas
- Embrace failures and how it helps you psychologically
- Advice to people who want to write a book but afraid of putting
themselves out there
- Advice to people on the formatting and the story behind it
- Scrivener and content editor: Get it for Mac or
PC
- Top tips for marketing your self-published book
- Picking categories for your book
- ABSR: Amazon Best Seller Rank
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Amazon Marketing Services
- Watch Zoom video of our conversation
Get her books!
-
The Amy Binegar-Kimmes-Lyle Book of
Failures: A funny memoir of missteps, inadequacies and
faux pas
-
We're All A Mess, It's OK: A collection
of funny essays and one-liners about the struggles of everyday
life
Our Guest
Amy cares all about your failures and not
afraid to exploit you in her books.
Amy Lyle wrote a funny memoir about her failures and it's been an Amazon bestseller for over a year. The Book Of Failures has opened all sorts of fun opportunities for her, such a regular spot on Atlanta's popular morning show, a Points North magazine cover and lots of interviews including NPR's On Second Thought. Amy's second book, The Book Of Failures, Friend's Edition has also hit bestseller.
Amy's Highlights & Fun Facts
- Obsessed with comedians
- Has self-diagnosed herself with conditions
- Has published 2 books
Great Quotes
- "If you have a certain volume (of books) coming in the haters will find you." - Amy Lyle
- "As you start getting momentum more things start packing on and stuff you couldn't have even planned." - Laura Petersen
- "Before you write a book you need to see if there is a market for your book." - Amy Lyle
- "Just start going, just start pushing that forward and it just starts opening up doors that you didn't even know were there." - Laura Petersen
- "The most important thing for hitting number 1 in your category if picking your category." - Laura Petersen
- "Press! You have to be searchable." - Amy Lyle
- "You don't have to sell hundreds of books a day to be in the top ten. You have to sell a few books every day. Be consistent." - Amy Lyle