Welcome to the Creative Pen podcast. I'm Joanna Penn, thriller author and creative entrepreneur,

bringing you interviews, inspiration and information on writing craft and creative business.

You can find the episode show notes, your free author blueprint, and lots more at thecreativepen.com.

And that's Penn with a double N.

And here's the show.

Hello, creatives.

I'm Joanna Penn.

And this is episode number 77 of the podcast.

And it is Friday the 18th of October 24 as I record this.

In today's show, I'm talking about scaling your author business with Rachel McLean.

And we have a fascinating discussion.

I really enjoyed this one about ambition, growing from being an author with one series

to an imprint with multiple series and a bigger team,

going wide from KU to direct into bookstores and more, as well as the mindset you need to take the next step, as well as

deciding whether you want to scale or not. So yes, this made me think about lots of things for my

own business. So that's coming up in the interview section.

In writing and publishing things, Amazon launched a suite of new Kindle devices this week,

including a reimagined Kindle Scribe and the first ever colour Kindle.

Now, I still use a Kindle paper white. I have had a few

over the years. I still love it. But it's good to see Amazon is still investing in eBook

devices, as of course Kobo does. So presumably that means they still care about ebook sales

and boroughs in KU. So I think it's always good to see

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