Thanks for having me on! It was genuinely so nice to get to chat to you and talk about self-publishing from this perspective!
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thanks again for being willing to come and do the interview! It was so insightful and interesting!
@SJ-GodofGnomes212 жыл бұрын
It was very interesting
@simon-shugar-fantasy-author2 жыл бұрын
Great interview, thanks for doing this Ryan. I published my first fantasy book this May, working on the second. I absolutely love your covers, would you share the name of your cover illustrator?
@bodine219 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this interview! I'm debuting soon and you have a lot of thoughts opposed to the generally circulating advice. This was very informative!!
@mrmastr10 ай бұрын
Great interview - at the start you said if you look at XXX reports :/ The closed captions couldn't pick up what report it was when you were talking can you calrify please :)
@gabrielahouston929510 ай бұрын
It’s honestly so refreshing to watch a self-publishing video that is not “how to make your first £1k by selling blank books”. Great content, thanks!
@StarvinitySaga4 ай бұрын
100% agree.
@AndrejNina-pp5qr Жыл бұрын
Incredibly! I've been writing my first book for two and a half years, changing it seven times and changing it from the ground up, never satisfied with the result. It took a lot of positive comments from various test readers, teachers of my native language and family in order for me to finally put a stop and allow myself to send the result to the proofreader for review. However, since none of them have ever done anything like publishing a book in a foreign language, the fear and uncertainty of publishing is huge. Despite all that, this podcast was kind of great. Not only instructive and helpful, but also very motivating and encouraging. Huge thanks to both!
@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic interview! I'm not done watching yet, but I'm pausing to comment on what a pleasure it is to hear Ryan Cahill's responses to your questions. It sounds to me like he's done a lot of things right as a self-published author.
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Philip! Indie authors definitely can learn a lot from Ryan Cahill's approach!
@J.R.Carrel2 жыл бұрын
Loving this discussion. As an indie author I try to write every single day and because I work 10 hours a day in my day job, I aim for 1000 words a day. I will technically published three books in my first year.
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 1000 words a day is impressive! Well done!
@stefanielozinski Жыл бұрын
Romance is so, so dominant, which is part of why I’m doing a romantic suspense pen name on top of my much-slower-to-write fantasy, haha. It’s hard to keep up in the indie speed game writing longer books (and mine are fairly short for fantasy, my biggest is like 118k or something). I also enjoy the clean / Christian romantic suspense stuff, they’re fun for my brain as a reader, and hopefully I’ll be able to do the genre justice as an author. :)
@bannannamilkshakez29073 ай бұрын
That’s one of the genres I write Christian romance and horror too lol
@williamminnaar63116 сағат бұрын
Hello there - Thank you for this information!! I've actually just launched my first fantasy novel after almost 5 years of work - Thanks again!
@awakeningalchemy57444 ай бұрын
This is absolutely brilliant and so refreshing. I'm going to listen to it all over again. I've just finished my first novel, and it's taken me two and a half years. I watched a few KZfaq videos about how to get a literary agent, and what they like and what they don't like and my heart sank a little bit more with each one. But this was so different, informative, helpful, kind and truthful, and I feel in my gut that the Indie way is the way to go for me.
@thebrothersgwynne2 жыл бұрын
I have read and thoroughly enjoyed Of Blood and Fire and The Fall. Ryan Cahill has shown he is a great author! I'm looking forward to reading Of Darkness and Light, and also watching the rest of this later :). Will
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
The series just gets better and better! I look forward to hearing your thoughts on ODAL!
@RichardNellAuthor2 жыл бұрын
Excellent advice here for published and unpublished authors alike, gents. Thanks very much for the great interview.
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Richard! I am sure you also have a lot of insight into indie publishing!
@RichardNellAuthor2 жыл бұрын
@@libraryofaviking Less than I should, no doubt! It's always very interesting to hear what other writers are doing/have done. Usually it's 'shit why didn't I think of that'...but sometimes it is a comforting 'OK I probably did that right'.
@astevenswrites8 ай бұрын
Omg, the insight about putting heartfelt sections about reviews at the end of the book... GOLD! Appreciate this very insightful information from Ryan, and thanks for working providing the platform and the questions, Library of Viking!
@esmayrosalyne2 жыл бұрын
What an amazing interview, I love how you structured this! Ryan Cahill has quickly become one of my favourite authors, so it was a joy to hear him talk about his writing career so far! Also, I love spending time in his Discord, it's so great to be able to interact with an author that way. Thanks for sharing this interview, you did an incredible job!! :)
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Aww thank you so much Esmay! I tried to keep it very structured so we could cover a lot of ground! Thanks again!
@DavidDecero2 жыл бұрын
Wow. There is so much good information here on self publishing. The tip about telling readers how important reviews are at the end of your book is so good. Not something I would have even thought about. Glad I watched this.
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
I am really glad you found it insightful and helpful! Thanks for watching!
@specialtwice4975 Жыл бұрын
My fav author is Quinn loftis.
@gregoryamato86932 жыл бұрын
Really interesting interview. I like how Cahill was so specific about his process. It helps with the transparency of what it takes to succeed as an independent author these days. One thing I would like to see as a followup is an interview with an indie author who has a less frenetic publishing pace, maybe taking more time for editing rounds and polish. J. Zachary Pike is a good one!
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
I am really glad it was helpful! Thank you for the recommendation!
@bradywedshot4936 Жыл бұрын
I know I’m a little late to the party, but this interview was very valuable. Thanks to both of you!
@nahuakang15 күн бұрын
It's fascinating to see Ryan having a completely different approach to pricing compared to Evan Winter (see his interview with Daniel Greene). The latter preferred to laser focus on the right audience and not reduce the price because they want reviews from the right audience. I wonder what others think?
@niknic34097 ай бұрын
I checked a lot of podcasts and interviews about self publishing and this one I feel gives the most insight and a true feeling for how its like and what to focus on. Thank you, this was great.
@libraryofaviking7 ай бұрын
Thank you! That makes me glad!
@PaperTigerProductions2 жыл бұрын
Top notch interview! I loved how you structured this and it's so invaluable to get advice from someone who has broken in recently. Self-pub changes so fast that what worked for people like Will Wight who started way back when doesn't really work now. (Not to mention that Will Wight is pretty upfront that he genuinely has no clue what caused the Amazon algorithm to pick up House of Blades.) I will be back to re-watch this interview multiple times, because Ryan Cahill just dropped a ton of wisdom.
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Deborah! I didn't know that about House of Blades! That is so interesting. Thanks again!
@Ed_Crocker2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant interview, and absolute legend Ryan Cahill is for answering those questions so insightfully. Already knew he was a top bloke (and great writer) but this confirms it. Also confirmed that my skillset would be pretty rubbish at indie, so I'll guess I'll have to keep trying to slog through the horrendous gauntlets of trad pub!
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you E L Crocker! Ryan Cahill is definitely a legend haha! Indie publishing is definitely not for everyone. Good luck with your pursuit of finding a publisher!
@totallysick88able Жыл бұрын
Ryan seems like a very down to earth, humble dude. I feel good about buying books from authors like this.
@timhardie5022 жыл бұрын
Great interview. Really insightful and lots of useful advice for any budding and indeed established indie authors out there.
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Tim! I am glad you enjoyed it!
@bodine219 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this interview! I'm debuting soon and you discussed a lot of thoughts opposed to the generally circulating advice. This was very informative!!
@amyrs032 жыл бұрын
I just purchased all of Ryan’s books last week. I cannot wait to read them. This was a great interview.
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
I hope you will enjoy them! Thank you Amy!
@FrankKoine6 ай бұрын
Wonderful interview, great information and absolutely worth the time to watch. I am a week and a half from KDP release of my first book. I have picked a lot of great ideas. Best of them all, put readers before profits. 🎉
@alexvaldiers9788 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic interview! Thank you
@jazzya.428311 ай бұрын
I love when the algorithm brings me to these interviews! Thank you!!
@michelleashleigh2 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic interview! You both had so many great points, and the information was amazing. As I'm about to hit publish on my debut fantasy series, it was well timed, too 🙏 thank you both!!!
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
So glad you found it helpful! Good luck with your book!
@gj1234567899999 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this!!! In an aspiring writer too!
@ToriTalks2 Жыл бұрын
This interview was SO good, Ryan and Johan. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. I'm feeling very inspired and just soaking in all the information.
@stebbigunn769010 ай бұрын
wow. 2-4k words a day, that guy must have quite a fluid imagination, I struggle to get 1k words a day in the 3 free hours I have for myself.
@craigbookwyrm2 жыл бұрын
Great interview and insight from one of my favourite authors 👍
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Graig!
@v.cackerman87492 жыл бұрын
I'm going to be publishing books someday, so this video was extremely helpful! Thank you Libraryofaviking and Ryan for this video!
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@asherscott315110 ай бұрын
Excellent interview! It's great to hear from a moderate success, and you chose important questions.
@Cam_Wolfe Жыл бұрын
came back to this video for some help with my new release, and got some really great insight. Thanks to both you and Ryan, mate!
@libraryofaviking Жыл бұрын
That makes me glad! Best of luck!
@SJ-GodofGnomes212 жыл бұрын
Great interview and as an Indie author myself found it very interesting. Have just been an purchased the Novella.
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I am glad you found it interesting!
@joshs65362 жыл бұрын
This was a great interview. Thank you guys so much for going o er all this stuff.
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
I am really glad it was helpful!
@wolfborn39732 жыл бұрын
I clicked on the video thinking I'll watch it for 10-15 min. Here we are an hour later and I wish the video was longer, very interesting talk, thanks for sharing!
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
I am glad you found it helpful!
@tomdumbrell90032 жыл бұрын
Great video lads, I only listened in for mention of my name. Great to hear that Ryan is doing so well :)
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
I hope it was worth the listen then 😉
@GordonMcLachlan11 ай бұрын
Great interview! I love Ryan's honest and open answers. So refreshing.
@SpencerRussellSmithAuthor6 ай бұрын
This was such a great interview! Thank you both so much for this!
@Yaya-iu3uy Жыл бұрын
Such a wonderful interview! I have a page full of notes and plan to use them as I publish my first book of a series I'm working on. Thank you!
@andreabknight Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this- gives a lot of valuable information here for indie authors. I have Ryan's books and look forward to reading them.
@Johanna_reads2 жыл бұрын
This was an illuminating interview! I'm not an aspiring author, but I'm always fascinated learning about the writing and publishing process. Sleep is important for mental hygiene and for productivity in any field. Thank you both!
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
That makes me glad to hear! Absolutely! Sleep and mental hygiene are vital! Thank you for watching Johanna!
@dpeady78 Жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic video that I come back and refer to a lot as I plot my path. Ryan’s advice seems sound and logical
@dylancanread2 жыл бұрын
I loved this really insightful interview! Tons of gold nuggets for anyone looking to self publish!
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dylan! Glad you found it helpful!
@chrismohan2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. I was surprised when some authors had mentioned how KU was intrinsic to their income and that if I was looking to support an author, reading there was a great start - followed by the review of course!
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it fascinating! I was also surprised by that!
@pixireads2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing this interview. I'm learning a lot about some of the thought process behind self-publishing.
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
I am really glad it was helpful!
@writersbloc-reubenjeckhart31802 жыл бұрын
Just watching this video. Great stuff. Great questions and structure, with great answers from Ryan.
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Reuben! I really appreciate that!
@natashaquaresma8428 Жыл бұрын
Fantastically informative and open. Thank you!
@damagedpages6762 жыл бұрын
Great interview, I'm still watching it but you've done a great job 👌 Also the quality of the new audio is so CRISP 👌👌
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Yuli! I am really happy with the new microphone!
@scottmarker-treasurevalley724411 ай бұрын
🎉🎉🎉🎉 coming from a two-time author your guest is spot-on many of his recommendations. One being the cover, there's a zillion people out there most trying to take your money saying how important your cover is to pick it up how many bookstores are there now? I've said it since my first book 2009 look at your top 1% of authors I think their covers were terrible. Once they become popular or famous because of what's between the covers not the covers. 😊
@gothbricks2000 Жыл бұрын
Immensely helpful interview as I navigate this space. Thank you both for the specific, pragmatic questions and answers.
@libraryofaviking Жыл бұрын
That makes me glad to hear! Thank you for watching!
@charlesgabriel55692 жыл бұрын
First ! Love Cahill's Books ..Going to read The Exile soon. Interesting video
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
The Exile is fantastic! Happy reading!
@libertybro22942 жыл бұрын
Solid interview! A lot of good information has been noted.
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad it was helpful!
@safinan80082 жыл бұрын
Wow 😮 great video with author!!! Congratulations on ur 5k subscribers on your KZfaq!! Happy reading to you!! 🎬🎉🎥🎉
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Safina!
@jacobgamber54078 ай бұрын
"How long of a piece of string do you need..." See, I believe this man is a mathematician, because that sounds like the classic "It's a line segment, not a line."
@derekb.42922 жыл бұрын
This was really insightful, thanks for doing this!
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@SheriffJoe2 жыл бұрын
Where is the best place to go to review a book? Amazon? Goodreads? All of the above? Also, this interview sold two paperbacks right off the shelf. Thank you!
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I am actually not sure but I believe Amazon. It is definitely worth posting the review to both platforms!
@RyanCahillAuthor2 жыл бұрын
@@libraryofaviking I would usually say Amazon as it's the direct sales platform and can help convince other readers, who are already browsing Amazon, to try out your favourite authors . But really, anywhere is great!
@momo_genX8 ай бұрын
I am going to put something at the end like this guy has to explain how important reviews are. Why can't readers take the short time out to at least give it a star review, if not a written one.
@Anonymous-ot2kk3 ай бұрын
Thanks for this 🙏
@AbiofPellinor2 жыл бұрын
this was so educational!
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
That makes me glad! Thanks for watching!
@estherolawuyi42049 ай бұрын
Lol! Mine launch in 29 days and defs still making changes today.
@jeremyfee2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful discussion. Thank you for this.
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
I am glad you enjoyed it!
@cerielvanarneman93995 ай бұрын
I wrote my first book and my book won an international award. I have no experience with self-publishing and I chose Author house publishing that was my first big mistake. That publisher doesn't sell my book; they only sell fake marketing to the author. I buy books fair and more that was a waste of time and money. To publish with author house you have to pay the scammers, there were authors who lost more than $100,000 and don't sell 1 book. Writing a book is a lot of work and not easy to make money with a book. The biggest mistake an author makes is publishing a book with scammers. I won't write a second book anymore I prefer to play guitar as a hobby. Lost money is not a problem, I can get money back, but wasting of time I'll never get it back. Finding a traditional publisher is important for an author, but that's difficult because you need to find a literary agent.
@krystlematar52912 жыл бұрын
LOL RYAN one day I'll teach you to say my name, but maybe not because we'll be drinking next time we talk, too! This is a great chat :D
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Love this 😂 Thank you Krystle!
@sorrowstriken94812 жыл бұрын
John Cusack- as writer 😜😅
@Verityrowley Жыл бұрын
This is fantastic.
@user-xt2ed3uv3b7 ай бұрын
Fantastic!
@MrHellgate822 жыл бұрын
If you like this kind of discussion I recommend checking the Wizards Warriors and Words podcasts (here on KZfaq). Its podcasts hosted by 4 fantasy writers include Rob J Hayes and Michael R Fletcher, and it's awesome.
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the recommendation!
@caravanlifenz Жыл бұрын
Wonderful, insightful interview. Did Ryan say he lives in New Zealand at the end of the interview?
@Financiallyfreeauthor11 ай бұрын
Just watched a video of a debut indie author who priced her ebook at $9.99 out the gate and sold fantastically. I'm kind of burning with jealousy, in all honesty.
@asherscott315110 ай бұрын
If your book looks like it's traditional, you can get away with it
@RootedandtheWingedBook7 ай бұрын
44:00 SEM
@byrontim453111 ай бұрын
The audio volume is so low for the guest you can't hear anything he's saying unless you're sitting right in front of the computer of have an internal speaker attached to your computer.
@zshn Жыл бұрын
I like how Irish people say 'money'.
@stevenswancoat1150 Жыл бұрын
Need to raise the audio on his end, its hard to hear and my audio is full blast
@JandenHale4 ай бұрын
I once released a book for free, i got over 700 downloads and make #1 on Amazon. Didn't get a single read or review from it.
@DamienLavizzo Жыл бұрын
How to become a successful self--published author: get off KZfaq and go finish your novel.
@asherscott315110 ай бұрын
For covers that require two drawn figures such as monster romance or LGBT sf/f romance, you can't get a professional cover for less than 1000. I've seen ugly covers cost that much when the author chose a mediocre artist and tried to save a few hundred bucks
@Whyismusic2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this! So helpful. Still a little lost on the pricing. Does he have an article that goes over that? (: thanks for all you do!
@libraryofaviking2 жыл бұрын
I am glad it was helpful! I've linked to an article that he wrote in the description! He goes into more detail in the article! I hope you find it helpful. Thank you for watching Amanda!
@joshuaforeman2611 Жыл бұрын
Ryan = John Cusak
@bronwynsa744 ай бұрын
What about the opinion of readers who just search for free books and download anything that's free and don't even read it. The just want freebies. That doesn't build you anything
@SOULMAN6412 жыл бұрын
16:49
@danielroque891 Жыл бұрын
Bro love what you do , but you gotta work on the interview skills 😁