SPA Girls Podcast – EP281 – Kindletrends with Nat Connors
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This episode we’re thrilled to welcome Nat Connors, founder of Kindletrends (and fellow New Zealander #gokiwis) to the SPA!
Nat has been a self-published fiction author since 2016, and is also a research academic and data scientist. Kindletrends is a weekly data newsletter that tells you all about what’s happening across 12 different genres in the Kindle Store.
Nat started using the information in Kindletrends to help outline, write and launch books, and then started sharing it with friends. Now just recently (launched November 2020), Kindletrends is available to the self-publishing community as a whole.
We’ll go over contact info at the end of the podcast, but if you can’t wait, check out kindletrends.com. Subscribe for USD15/month (the first month is free) and every week you’ll get a data-rich newsletter on major categories in the Kindle Store, helping you plan every aspect of your publishing with confidence.
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Nat goes into fascinating detail about:
- The inspiration behind Kindletrends
- How it works for beginners and authors with a large catalogue
- Benefits to your book planning process
- Marketing tips and tricks
- How to research your genre
- Trend spotting
- Bestselling blurb advice
- and more!
We’re really excited about Kindletrends (and not just because it’s another case of Kiwi ingenuity 😉 This is going to be super helpful to all of us in different ways.
As promised, here are some helpful visuals and video explanations that will help you use Kindletrends to help you write and market your books better!
Here’s an example of a Kindletrends newsletter.
Here’s an introductory video (2 minutes) which explains how to read a newsletter, and what you can do with it.
Here’s how to do research on covers, titles and blurbs.
A Data Visualization of Romance Trends in 2020
How To Start Researching A Genre
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March 5, 2021
This episode was great. My mathematician’s heart was overjoyed. I’ve been doing word clouds and data tracking but nothing like this. Wonderfull.
I got a notification from the weather channel you had a major earthquake on the North Island. I hope you and your families are okay and safe.
I listen to your podcast every day (yes I’m going through the entire backlist). You all have a delightful accent.
I was depressed as heck this year and your cheerfulness and laughter help me get my butt in the chair. I finished book 2 yesterday.
March 5, 2021
I signed up. I cannot believe I’ve spent hours loading up data one book at a time. This is the greatest. All the data at my fingertips. Exactly what I’ve needed. If you ladies ever need help with spreadsheets-email me. I taught computer science, programming, and MS Office. The best books I’ve found when I want to learn a new program is the Dummies series (don’t let the title scare you off.)
March 5, 2021
So glad you found it helpful Martha! I felt exactly the same – ALL those hours saved!! Holy data, batman! ~ Shar