Our Favorite Tools

An episode of the The Career Author Podcast podcast, hosted by J. Thorn, titled "Our Favorite Tools" was published on April 19, 2018 and runs 52 minutes.

April 19, 2018 ·52m · The Career Author Podcast

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Summary

On this week’s episode, Zach and J. flip the script on their Choose Your News segment, putting J. in the driver’s seat and having him read headlines to Zach. And in the main topic, they go over their favorite productivity tools.Thanks to our newest Patron: Chad Lutzke, Philip Harris, Kevin G. Summers, Leenie BrownGet exclusive bonus content by supporting The Career Author Podcast on Patreon at www.thecareerauthor.com News Links:The Skull and Bones of YouTube https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/authors-can-take-advantage-of-piracy-via-youtube5X the Fire and Fury http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/13/media/a-higher-loyalty-publisher-book-sales/index.htmlAI – Amazon Internet https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/17/17249090/amazon-internet-web-browser-app-android-indiaAmazon vs. Comic Book Man https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/76598-comics-retailers-are-optimistic-despite-market-changes-sales-declines.html Interesting but not newsworthy: https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/04/red-hot-chili-peppers-bassist-flea-is-publishing-his-memoir-this-fall/ Our Favorite Tools:Slack - http://www.slack.comGoogle Drive - http://drive.google.comJ.'s free Google Calendar and Gmail guide - http://theauthorcopilot.com/calendarScrivener - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/Bookfunnel - http://www.bookfunnel.comVellum - http://www.vellum.pubDraft2Digital Formatting - https://www.draft2digital.com/blog/draft2digital-introduces-professional-quality-ebook-templates/Dragon Dictate - https://www.nuance.com/dragon.htmlGrammarly - http://www.grammarly.comZach’s Noise Canceling Headphones - https://amzn.to/2JVWvH7Zach’s Ergonomic Keyboard - https://amzn.to/2Hc1QZbZach’s Ergonomic Mouse - https://amzn.to/2Ha1ZfCZach’s iPad Keyboard Case - https://amzn.to/2H9ZwWvZach’s Laptop Cart - https://amzn.to/2qJ0nClOther Links:The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield - http://books2read.com/u/4NRKg6Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts by Ryan Holiday - http://boo

Episode Description

On this week’s episode, Zach and J. flip the script on their Choose Your News segment, putting J. in the driver’s seat and having him read headlines to Zach. And in the main topic, they go over their favorite productivity tools.

Thanks to our newest Patron: Chad Lutzke, Philip Harris, Kevin G. Summers, Leenie Brown

Get exclusive bonus content by supporting The Career Author Podcast on Patreon at www.thecareerauthor.com

News Links:

The Skull and Bones of YouTube

https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/authors-can-take-advantage-of-piracy-via-youtube

5X the Fire and Fury

http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/13/media/a-higher-loyalty-publisher-book-sales/index.html

AI – Amazon Internet

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/17/17249090/amazon-internet-web-browser-app-android-india

Amazon vs. Comic Book Man

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/76598-comics-retailers-are-optimistic-despite-market-changes-sales-declines.html

Interesting but not newsworthy:

https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/04/red-hot-chili-peppers-bassist-flea-is-publishing-his-memoir-this-fall/

Our Favorite Tools:

Slack - http://www.slack.com

Google Drive - http://drive.google.com

J.'s free Google Calendar and Gmail guide - http://theauthorcopilot.com/calendar

Scrivener - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/

Bookfunnel - http://www.bookfunnel.com

Vellum - http://www.vellum.pub

Draft2Digital Formatting - https://www.draft2digital.com/blog/draft2digital-introduces-professional-quality-ebook-templates/

Dragon Dictate - https://www.nuance.com/dragon.html

Grammarly - http://www.grammarly.com

Zach’s Noise Canceling Headphones - https://amzn.to/2JVWvH7

Zach’s Ergonomic Keyboard - https://amzn.to/2Hc1QZb

Zach’s Ergonomic Mouse - https://amzn.to/2Ha1ZfC

Zach’s iPad Keyboard Case - https://amzn.to/2H9ZwWv

Zach’s Laptop Cart - https://amzn.to/2qJ0nCl

Other Links:

The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield - http://books2read.com/u/4NRKg6

Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts by Ryan Holiday - http://boo

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