Six Figure Authors
Six Figure Authors is the show that helps you take your writing career to the next level. Lindsay Buroker, Jo Lallo, and Andrea Pearson are sharing their own insights, as authors who’ve been publishing since the beginning of the e-reader revolution, and they’re also interviewing industry experts and other successful authors to help you figure out what’s working right now.
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Mar 18, 2021 • 1h 15min
SFA 082 – Selling Direct, Audiobooks, and Author Business Tips
On this week’s show, the hosts talk to Damon Courtney from Bookfunnel about making more money while giving readers a better deal. How? By selling ebooks and audiobooks direct from your site/newsletter. We also asked…
Mar 11, 2021 • 56min
SFA 081 – Selling Foreign Rights and Pitching at Book Fairs with Judith Anderle
If you’ve ever wanted to see your book translated into a foreign language and to make a little extra money by selling the foreign language rights to overseas publishers, you’ll appreciate this week’s guest. Judith…
Mar 4, 2021 • 1h 6min
SFA 080 – Kindle Unlimited vs Wide (i.e. Amazon Exclusivity vs. Not)
For this week’s show, we talked about going exclusive with Amazon to be in Kindle Unlimited and get their other promotional perks versus choosing to make your work available in all the bookstores. We talked…
Feb 25, 2021 • 1h 13min
SFA 079 – Marketing Paperbacks, Republishing Books, Driving Traffic to a New Series, and Other Questions Answered
For this week’s show, we answered some of the questions you’ve given us in the Six Figure Authors Facebook group. These ranged from how to handle forced breaks, things we can offer newsletter subscribers other…
Feb 18, 2021 • 1h 4min
SFA 078 – Keys to Long-term Success as an Author
This week, we talked about several things that are important for long-term success as an author/publisher. As indie authors, having a marathon mindset is vital if we plan to be successful at this in five,…
Feb 11, 2021 • 1h 9min
SFA 077 – Book Marketing Tactics We’ve Tried and That Didn’t Work for Us
For this week’s show, the three of us picked some of the book marketing tactics we’ve tried over the years and that ended up being duds for us. We thought this might be useful for…
Jan 28, 2021 • 1h 32min
SFA 075 – How to Write a Novel in a Month
For this week’s show, we delved into how to write (and ideally edit) a novel in a month. We talked about the first time we did it, at what point in your writing career it…
Jan 21, 2021 • 1h 29min
SFA 074 – Tax Savings, Business Structure, Retirement, and Cumulative Advantage for Authors with Joe Solari
Our guest for this week’s show is Joe Solari, an author, entrepreneur, and business consultant for authors. He’s written the books Should I Incorporate? Author Edition: How and when to set up your publishing company,…
Jan 14, 2021 • 1h 27min
SFA 073 – What to Do if You’re Not Making a Profit from Your Books
For this week’s show, we started out discussing some of the predications that Mark Coker of Smashwords made in his beginning-of-the-year post: 2021 Publishing Predictions – Pandemic Reshapes Publishing, Accelerates Consolidation. After that, we moved…
Jan 7, 2021 • 1h 1min
SFA 072 – What Worked and Didn’t in 2020 and Our Writing, Marketing, and Publishing Plans for 2021
For this week’s show, which we recorded right before the end of the year, we took a look at what worked and what didn’t for authors and publishers in 2020. We also discussed some of…
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