Everybody Hates Self-Publishing Carrie Rollwagen

Welcome to Everybody Hates Self-Publishing, the podcast that explores the good, the bad and the ugly of creating and producing your own work. Host Carrie Rollwagen is author of the self-published book The Localist.

This week on The Localist, Carrie reminisces about her time managing Jonathan Benton, Bookseller. Carrie dives in with the lessons she learned through lots of trial and error, and what she took with her to her own shop. Carrie inherited a ton of debt when she became manager, but she was able to turn it around and got the store in the black by the time she left! Her methods may have bent the rules a bit, but Carrie gives tips that are applicable to all businesses. Full show notes at localistpodcast.com.
Mentioned in this episode: 
Church Street Coffee and Books
Infomedia 
Birmingham Post-Herald 
Jonathan Benton Bookseller
Cracker Barrel 
Libro.fm 
Carrie’s Kickstarter 
Sri on Instagram 
The Localist by Carrie Rollwagen
Co-Owners of Golden Age Wine on The Localist Podcast 
Golden Age Wine
Trattoria Zaza 
Print Gocco
Hermione Granger 
S.P.E.W.
Brick & Tin 
@ThinkLocalist on Instagram
CarrieRollwagen.com

This week on the Localist, Pam Sanderson, Director of Account Development at Infomedia, joins Carrie to talk about everything you need to know about websites. Pam and Carrie dive in with where you should start when evaluating your website, and how to assess your goals. One of Pam’s best tips is to focus on your customers and your content first, and she gives you a road map to follow from there. Pam and Carrie then discuss the best ways to strike a balance between your users, good design, and Google’s algorithm (hint: consistent, quality content is a good place to start!). Content is truly king in the world of websites, and Pam and Carrie give great tips on how to create, utilize, and get the most out of your content. They wrap up the conversation with when to seek help with your website, and what you can expect if you work with a web developer. 
Mentioned in this episode: 
Carrie’s Ecommerce Webinar Signup
Pam Sanderson
Infomedia
WordPress
Drupal
Wix
SquareSpace
Church Street Coffee and Books 
One Quick Question Podcast 
Pam on One Quick Question
Infomedia’s Contact Form

In this episode, Carrie Rollwagen wraps up season one of Everybody Hates Self-Publishing. She talks about Charles Dickens (A Christmas Carol was self-published), WordCamp US, her new job with the American Booksellers Association and her upcoming new podcast, Words with Carrie.

In this episode, Carrie Rollwagen talks to Annie B. Jones, owner of The Bookshelf bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia about how to host an innovative book signing and how to pitch a book signing for your self-published book to a bookstore successfully.

In this episode, Carrie Rollwagen talks to Betsy Teter of Spartanburg, South Carolina’s Hub City Writers Project about small press publishing versus self-publishing, crowdfunding projects, book signings, book selling and more.