SPA Girls Podcast - EP281 - Kindletrends with Nat Connors

<p>This episode we're thrilled to welcome Nat Connors, founder of <a href="https://kindletrends.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Kindletrends</a> (and fellow New Zealander #gokiwis) to the SPA!</p> <p>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. </p> <p>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.</p> <p>We'll go over contact info at the end of the podcast, but if you can't wait, check out <a href="http://kindletrends.com" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">kindletrends.com</a>.  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.</p> <p><strong>*** BONUS FOR SPA GIRLS PODCAST LISTENERS</strong> - listen up for a fantastic discount code that'll save you $5/month on your subscription - ends April 2021, so don't delay!</p> <p>Nat goes into fascinating detail about:</p> <ul> <li>The inspiration behind Kindletrends</li> <li>How it works for beginners and authors with a large catalogue</li> <li>Benefits to your book planning process</li> <li>Marketing tips and tricks</li> <li>How to research your genre</li> <li>Trend spotting</li> <li>Bestselling blurb advice</li> <li>and more!</li> </ul> <p>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.</p> <p><strong><em>Make sure you check out our <a href= "http://www.selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">full show notes</a> for visuals and video explanations that will help you use Kindlet