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Beyond the Book Podcast: 10 Weird Ways Authors Make Millions
In this episode, I share what 99% of authors get wrong about publishing: that the game is about selling more books. Instead, it's about something much more fundamental. And with that understanding, opens up a whole new world to make money and reach new readers... hence... 10 Weird Ways Authors Make Millions 😊.
EPISODE CHAPTERS:
0:00:57 #1: Card Games for Readers
0:02:40 #2: Story Letters
0:05:01 #3: Education and Consulting
0:07:31 #4: Content Tilt
0:10:46 #5: Under-Utilized Attention Markets
0:14:51 #6: Merch & Swag for a Broader Market
0:17:39 #7: Creating Content + Products for Readers
0:20:17 #8: The Community Play
0:22:22 #9: Indie Films
0:25:28 #10: URL to IRL with In-Person Experiences
EPISODE RESOURCES:
Skye Warren's Card Game: https://shop.skyewarren.com/products/romance-vs-the-world-game
Holly Black's Card Game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hollyblack/enemies-and-lovers-the-crown-of-elfhame
Flower Letters: https://theflowerletters.com/
ScareMail: https://davidviergutz.com/collections/scaremail
Example of Visual Book Summaries: https://substack.com/home/post/p-153868661
The Anatomy of Genre by John Truby: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374539221/theanatomyofgenres/
Listen to the Last Podcast Episode with Maggie Beeler: https://authorsidekick.com/p/turning-her-book-into-a-multi-million
Aleron Kong LitRPG Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LitRPGGroup/
Jonathan Yanez's Kickstarter to fund his Short Sci-fi Film: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wolf-pack/forsaken-mercenary-a-sci-fi-thriller-short-film/rewards
Lizzie Bennet Diaries on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pemberleydigital/the-lizzie-bennet-diaries-dvdand-more
ABOUT THE HOST: MICHAEL EVANS
In high school, I wrote and self-published 12 sci-fi novels (aka I didn’t have many friends).
I then attended college at Harvard, where I road-tripped the country filming YouTube videos during COVID (school was online🫣), live-streamed myself playing scavenger hunt with my roommate for ~1,000 hours, and eventually co-founded a software company that was named Publishing’s Start-up of the Year in 2023 by Jane Friedman.
After graduation, I worked on the data & analytics team at MrBeast and am now back in publishing, dedicating my life to bringing power to authors. I’m really grateful to be living my dream, and am hopeful I can help you get one (or a few!) steps closer to doing the same for yourself 😊.
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By Michael EvansIn this episode, I share what 99% of authors get wrong about publishing: that the game is about selling more books. Instead, it's about something much more fundamental. And with that understanding, opens up a whole new world to make money and reach new readers... hence... 10 Weird Ways Authors Make Millions 😊.
EPISODE CHAPTERS:
0:00:57 #1: Card Games for Readers
0:02:40 #2: Story Letters
0:05:01 #3: Education and Consulting
0:07:31 #4: Content Tilt
0:10:46 #5: Under-Utilized Attention Markets
0:14:51 #6: Merch & Swag for a Broader Market
0:17:39 #7: Creating Content + Products for Readers
0:20:17 #8: The Community Play
0:22:22 #9: Indie Films
0:25:28 #10: URL to IRL with In-Person Experiences
EPISODE RESOURCES:
Skye Warren's Card Game: https://shop.skyewarren.com/products/romance-vs-the-world-game
Holly Black's Card Game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hollyblack/enemies-and-lovers-the-crown-of-elfhame
Flower Letters: https://theflowerletters.com/
ScareMail: https://davidviergutz.com/collections/scaremail
Example of Visual Book Summaries: https://substack.com/home/post/p-153868661
The Anatomy of Genre by John Truby: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374539221/theanatomyofgenres/
Listen to the Last Podcast Episode with Maggie Beeler: https://authorsidekick.com/p/turning-her-book-into-a-multi-million
Aleron Kong LitRPG Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LitRPGGroup/
Jonathan Yanez's Kickstarter to fund his Short Sci-fi Film: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wolf-pack/forsaken-mercenary-a-sci-fi-thriller-short-film/rewards
Lizzie Bennet Diaries on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pemberleydigital/the-lizzie-bennet-diaries-dvdand-more
ABOUT THE HOST: MICHAEL EVANS
In high school, I wrote and self-published 12 sci-fi novels (aka I didn’t have many friends).
I then attended college at Harvard, where I road-tripped the country filming YouTube videos during COVID (school was online🫣), live-streamed myself playing scavenger hunt with my roommate for ~1,000 hours, and eventually co-founded a software company that was named Publishing’s Start-up of the Year in 2023 by Jane Friedman.
After graduation, I worked on the data & analytics team at MrBeast and am now back in publishing, dedicating my life to bringing power to authors. I’m really grateful to be living my dream, and am hopeful I can help you get one (or a few!) steps closer to doing the same for yourself 😊.