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Today’s guest is David Berens, an author who writes what he calls Tropical Thrillers. David has gone from essentially zero in book sales revenue to over $50,000 in the past 15 months and he shares his story in this week's episode.The post TAB
Today’s guest is Craig Martelle. Craig is a best-selling author and the Godfather of the indie-focused 20books conferences that are held around the world. We discuss Craig’s thoughts on some of what’s changed for authors since his last visit 18
In this week’s episode, we discuss the process of self-publishing a series that had previously been traditionally published with NYT, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author Jennifer Ashley.Jennifer didn’t just decide to continue her Stormwal
In this week’s episode, we discuss the idea of going wide with a portion of your books. Our guest is best-selling indie author Scott Paul, who writes fantasy and science fiction under the name of T.S. Paul.Scott’s journey as an indie author is
This week’s show is all about Crisis Management, which is NOT, as you might expect, just managing a crisis when you’re in the middle of one. What it can and should be is a process of training yourself to recognize and to deal with potential thr
Today's show is about audience building. Most authors listen to and learn from other authors. Maybe through podcasts, or in books written by authors on how they’ve done it, or maybe we just learn by asking questions in social media groups, or
Today’s guest is Chloe Adler. She’s still involved in the work world and she’s a romance author building her own thriving and sustainable author business. In this episode, we discuss her strategy for outsourcing certain aspects of her business
When speaking with authors about GDPR, I get a variety of responses that range from a thoughtful what are you talking about to a sense of panic. If you’re in the “what are you talking about” category, GDPR is the General Data Protection Regulat
This week’s guest is author Bobbi Holmes, who joined us on episode 82 almost two years ago when we discussed pre-orders. She shares her thoughts on finding a publication schedule that can work with your life, and what has worked for her in publ
In today’s episode, we take close look at the process romance author, Jami Albright uses to keep her books tickling the Amazon algorithms, staying near the top of the sales charts, and generating around $5,000 in royalties each month. Jami mana
One of the great debates in the indie author community is the KDP Select versus selling wide choice that every indie author must consider. It's easy to find success stories on both sides of the divide, but which direction is right for your aut
After a lengthy break, The Author Biz returns next week for season 2. I know, I know, how can there be a season two without a season one. But I'm calling the first 132 episodes season one and we're moving on! Thanks for keeping the show in y
In today’s episode, we delve into the importance of personal development for authors, with one of my favorite guests, Honorée Corder. We recorded this conversation face to face at the 20 books conference in Las Vegas the day after she gave her
In today’s episode, we delve into the subject of taxes with John Pollock, the Chief Executive Officer of Financial Gravity Companies, and the President of Pollock Advisory Group. If you have a plan to take your author business to the next leve
In today’s episode, we’re learning from thriller author AC Fuller, who set a goal for himself to become a full-time writer in last 2016 and then went out and accomplished that goal.We get into subjects like being successful landing Bookbub ads
Show NotesIn today’s episode, we’re learning from thriller author AC Fuller, who set a goal for himself to become a full-time writer in late 2016 and over the past year went out and accomplished that goal.There’s a lot to like about this in
Have you ever asked yourself, what could happen if you took this author thing seriously? Today’s guest is Shayne Silvers, an author who asked himself that question in early 2016. He spent six months research how to best position his books in f
Our guest is USA Today bestselling author Michelle Spiva. In addition to her work as an author, she’s also a counselor, a writing coach, and an extreme data geek. In this show, we discuss things like avoiding the fear of data, learning from boo
I returned from the marvelous 20booksvegas conference on Monday and woke to some interesting news on Tuesday. The story of the demise of Pronoun and the announcement that Draft2Digital has added Amazon distribution whipped through the indie au
My guest today is Michael Anderle. This is Michael's fourth visit to the show, and his first visit, Zero to $10k Per Month in 90 days is still the most popular Author Biz episode of all time, not counting the thousands of times the video of tha
Author Martha Carr joins us this week to take a deep dive into the creation of a multi-author universe. We'll discuss topics like creating the universe name, selecting the core group of authors to write the books, the creation of art, covers,
Our guest today is Valerie Peterson, a widely read commentator on the business of publishing, and our topic today is the sale of Film and Television rights for authors.In this episode, we’ll get into things like what level of involvement shoul
Today we’re exploring how indie authors can get their books into indie bookstores with Suzanne Orchard, the owner of Key West Island Books, a gem of an indie bookstore in Key West, Florida.The post TAB123: Getting Your Books Into the Local Ind
The pressures of life, jobs, family, friends and keeping the ship afloat can make running your author business feel like a juggling act with no end in sight. Author Jim Heskett joins us to discuss his new book, The Juggling Author and to share
Building a backlist is a cornerstone to a successful indie author's career. Chris Fox joins us this week to explain the how, when and why of relaunching a novel, a series or an entire backlist. The post TAB121: Making the Most of Your Backlis
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