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.
Latest episodes
Aug 13, 2020 • 1h 7min
SFA 051 – Increasing Your Income with Patreon
We’re doing a deep dive on Patreon for this week’s show. Jo and Lindsay are active users with a subscriber base, and Andrea has used the service in the past. We had a lot to…
Aug 6, 2020 • 1h 12min
SFA 050 – Leveling up: Going from 4/5 Figures a Year to 6 Figures a Year as an Author
For this week’s show, we discussed a common question in our Facebook group: how do you go from four or five figures a year as an author to making six or even seven figures? We…
Jul 30, 2020 • 1h 12min
SFA 049 – Subscription Service Strategies, Marketing Tips for 2020, and Listener Questions Answered
We’ve got a mix of topics for today’s show. We start out with some news from our hosts, then jump into discussing the expansion of Kobo Plus into Canada and why authors should consider having…
Jul 23, 2020 • 1h 13min
SFA 048 – Things You Can Do When You’re in a Writing Slump + Kickstarters for Authors
On this week’s show, your hosts Andrea, Jo, and Lindsay talk about some of the things they do to get out of writing slumps. At the end of the show, they also answer listener questions…
Jul 16, 2020 • 60min
SFA 047 – Tech and Tools That We Find Useful as Full-time Authors
For today’s episode, Jo, Andrea, and Lindsay talk about the various programs they use for writing, marketing, and productivity. We decided to do a later episode entirely on newsletters and mailing list tools, so we…
Jul 9, 2020 • 59min
SFA 046 – Serials, Following up on Initial Success, and the Young Adult Fantasy Market with Sarah K.L. Wilson
On this week’s show, our guest is successful young adult fantasy author Sarah K.L. Wilson. Her career took off in early 2018 with her successful Dragon School serial. She’s been publishing books just about every…
Jul 2, 2020 • 1h 26min
SFA 045 – Increasing Sales in Bookstores Other Than Amazon (Google Play, Kobo, Apple, etc.)
In this week’s show, Jo, Andrea, and Lindsay talk about increasing sales in the major bookstores other than Amazon (i.e. Apple Books, Barnes & Noble Nook, Google Play, and Kobo Books). In the past, we’ve…
Jun 25, 2020 • 1h 5min
SFA 044 – Amazon Sales Ranking, Achieving More Visibility, and More Effective Launches and Book Promos with David Gaughran
Our guest for this week’s show is David Gaughran. He writes historical fiction and science fiction under another name, has helped thousands of authors publish their work through his workshops, blog, and writers’ books (Let’s…
Jun 18, 2020 • 1h 18min
SFA 043 – Book Advances, White-Listing Requests for Newsletters, and Pre-Orders Pt 2
On this week’s show, Jo, Andrea, and Lindsay finished answering listener questions on pre-orders after discussing some information on book advances from the #publishingpaidme hashtag on Twitter. They also shared a few tips on Amazon…
Jun 11, 2020 • 1h 16min
SFA 042 – Pre-Orders: How, When, and Why to Use Them to Increase Sales
On this week’s show, Jo, Andrea, and Lindsay discussed the reasons you may want to use pre-orders on Amazon and the other stores. They mentioned some of the benefits as well as potential pitfalls and…
