High achieving authors (Indie, Trad, or otherwise) tend to fall into a few categories:
- They publish high-quality books (well-edited, dope cover art, and well-formatted, to name a few).
- They collaborate with other authors and business people.
- They use their book to create additional income streams through businesses and services.
Today, I want to focus on that last one, although all these are important.
No matter the route, book publishing is hard work, and most of the work happens after the book is written and published. Most of us find ourselves saying, “Dang, now what?”
Depending on what your book is about, there are so many creative things you can do to leverage your self-publishing career.
Here are a few things I do based on the kinds of books I write:
- From writing poetry, I created an annual poetry contest to help other poets.
- From blogging, people now pay me to read, review, and promote their books. Blogging also laid the foundation for new books! I’ve written three books from the blog. We’ll talk about that later.
- From writing black historical fiction, I lecture at schools.
and so on…
Some authors even have high-ticket courses based on the chapters in their books. Podcasts and workshops based on the book are also ways people leverage their books.
The key point is to look at the book not as the end but as the beginning. Let it (the book) stretch you to new heights!
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