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May 17, 2024

Increasing your Author Revenue: The Basics

Are you an author struggling to get in enough royalties? Tired of working long hours for little pay? If so, read on. Here we will explore the various ways you can increase your author revenue and make a sustainable living from your passion for writing. From leveraging social media channels to building a loyal fan base with email marketing, Business Author Academy aims to provide you with the courses and strategies to boost your income as an author. I mean, someone has got to focus on this, since the book publishing industry is full of sharks. So, let’s dive in! Diversifying your author income streams Business owner or not, you would do well to explore different opportunities to increase your author income. This includes finding ways to monetise your brand, such as speaking engagements or merchandise sales. It also means…

June 21, 2019

Self-Publishing, Selling eBooks and Media

Five Ways to Make Better Book Profits

Here we are all for better book profits for non-fiction authors, with fewer costs; that’s what it’s all about, really. So first we’ll knock off some easy wins and then move onto advanced methods. 1. Keep your Book Production Costs Low My first tip for better book profits is keeping production costs low in the first place. This may mean using a Book Design template and learning styles in Adobe InDesign*, or simply keeping production costs to a minimum by getting three editing quotes from editors with testimonials. The other way to save costs is to use Print on Demand, ordering a small number of personal author copies, like ten, rather than ordering in bulk from a printer (conceivably less per copy, but with a much higher risk). Making better royalties also depends on the LENGTH of your book and black-and-white versus full…