David Kadavy is author of Mind Management, Not Time Management, The Heart to Start & Design for Hackers.
Having your book chosen for a BookBub Featured Deal is as close to a “big break” as there is in self-publishing. Today, I’ll tell you how I finally got accepted for a BookBub Featured Deal after a year and a half – and fourteen rejections.
As I was thinking about my upcoming income report for December 2020, I realized I had a lot to say about the year itself. Last year I included my review within an income report, but this year I’ll try doing a review of the year itself. (Little of this will be about finances. You’ll find that stuff in the income reports.) keep on reading »
I recently saw a tweet storm by entrepreneur/investor/philosopher Naval Ravikant. He was challenging people to meditate sixty minutes a day for sixty consecutive days.
An audio version of this income report is available to Patreon backers of certain levels »
November’s revenues were $7,848, up from October’s $5,589. Profits were $6,338, up from $3,672. keep on reading »
About three months after publishing my first self-published book, I got a message from Amazon, inviting me to include my book in their Great on Kindle program. keep on reading »
ARCs, galleys, advance reader copies, or advance review copies – whatever you want to call it, you want to get your self-published book in the hands of readers in advance of your launch date. Where’s the best place to print your advance reader copies? keep on reading »
It’s hard to predict the future, but you can be better at predicting the future. All you need is a few delicious avocados.
An audio version of this income report is available to Patreon backers of certain levels »
October’s revenues were $5,589, up from September’s $5,093. Profits were $3,627, up from $3,242. keep on reading »
If you want to write a book, don’t ask, “How much money does the average book make?” In this context, “average” is meaningless. You’re in the world of Black Swans.
Two years after publishing The Heart to Start: Stop Procrastinating & Start Creating on paperback – through both KDP Print and IngramSpark – I decided to also publish it as an IngramSpark hardcover (aka “hardback”). keep on reading »