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    How to Make a Living with Your Writing: Books, Blogging and More

    By Joanna Penn

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    About this ebook

    Would you like to make a living with your writing? 

    This book will show you how.

     

    I spent 13 years working as a cubicle slave in the corporate world. I was miserable in my job and my creativity was stunted by the crushing daily grind.

    Then I started writing books and blogging, using my words to create products and attract readers. In September 2011, I left my corporate job to become a full-time author and creative entrepreneur and since then I've grown my business year on year – all based on my writing. More importantly, I'm finally living the happy life I always wanted.

    I'm not a Kindle or blogging millionaire and this is not a get rich quick scheme. But I will share with you how I make a multi-six-figure income from writing books, blogging and marketing in an ethical manner.

    We're living in the best time ever to make a living with your writing! Read on to learn more.

     

    Table of Contents

    • Overview of how I make a living and income split
    • First principles
    • Tips on writing and productivity
    • Tips on mindset

     

    Part 1: How to make money from books

    • It's not just one book
    • Your publishing options: Traditional publishing
    • Changes in the publishing industry
    • Your publishing options: Becoming an indie author
    • How to self-publish an ebook
    • How to self-publish a print book
    • How to self-publish an audiobook

     

    Part 2: How to make money online in other ways

     

    • A business powered by content marketing
    • Product sales
    • Affiliate income
    • Consulting or coaching
    • Professional speaking
    • Advertising and sponsorship
    • Freelance writing
    • Tips for content marketing

     

    The transition and your next steps

     

    Plus/ Downloadable Companion Workbook so you can answer the questions in the book for yourself.

    If you'd like to make a living with your writing, click to sample or buy now.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Creative Penn Limited
    Release dateJun 23, 2015
    ISBN9781513095462
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    Reviews for How to Make a Living with Your Writing

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    • 5/5
      Very interesting and informative, I learnt alot, thankyou very much Joanna
    • 5/5
      Great info. To the point and full of substance, can't recommend it enough.
    • 5/5
      Great information thank you so much for all the wonderful details and encouragement. I am now more motivated then I ever been as a writer my self.
    • 5/5
      I found it was a very easy way to learn about becoming an indie author. There were many good resources in addition.
    • 5/5
      Great Info for Any Writer

      As an Indie author without direction always hitting road blocks, Joanna Penn made me feel such at ease as ever before. Now, I can move forward with my writing and knowing the steps to take and build on. So glad I took the time to read.
    • 4/5
      This is the best book I've come across so far that discusses how to make money from your writing. It suits someone just starting out, and although not everyone will be interested in everything included, it is a solid, realistic book on what you can do and how you can do it. As with seemingly all books of this kind, there are plenty of references to other books, etc, when it could have included more in-depth advice within this book, but it's a good place to start.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      While I did find the book useful, it was not as much as I hoped. Much of it felt like a "pep talk" instead of actual instruction. Also some of it could use a bit of an update, but to be fair the landscape of publishing is changing so fast and it is hard for such a book to keep up. Don't get me wrong, there are some real gems of knowledge in there. But it is a bit watered down by all the "pep talk". Some people need that, and if you are one, by all means get this book. Or if you are very new to indie publishing. If you have published and have a vague idea what you are doing, there are better resources out there.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      If you're an indie author who wants to take it to the next level - authorpreneurship, as author Joanna Penn so aptly calls it - then buy this book. Where Penn's Author Blueprint 2.0 shows you how to put your book together and get it out there, this book, How to Make a Living With Your Writing, shows you how to stand by your work, produce more, and not only keep your head above water, monetarily, while doing it, but also how to thrive as a businessperson with your indie-published brand to showcase and work to sell.

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