Mark Dawson is a best selling self-published author on multiple platforms including Amazon and Kobo. He is the author of the John Milton thriller series and its spin-off Beatrix Rose. In addition, he’s written several ‘Soho Noir' novels. Mark’s breakthrough came when he developed a marketing strategy for promoting and selling his books. His swift success enabled him to quit his 9 to 5 job and he has generated gross revenues of more than a million dollars in less than five years.
Mark has become a leading voice in the self publishing industry and he advocates and teaches a strategy based around offering books for free, mailing list development and social media advertising. In 2015, he published the first version of what is now his acclaimed online course ‘Advertising for Authors’. He has also developed a course for writers at the start of their careers – Self Publishing 101.
James Blatch co-hosts the podcast and he represents the first time, wannabe author. James is a former BBC News journalist who is currently writing his first novel.
Between them James and Mark explore the world of self publishing with a focus on actionable tips for new and experienced indie authors.
What Kindlepreneur’s creator, Dave Chesson, doesn’t know about book data and Amazon is probably not worth knowing. Categories, keywords and tags are his world – and he’s here to help indie authors everywhere get to grips with them!
Patrick O’Donnell’s life experience as a cop has allowed him to help crime writers looking to add an authentic edge to their writing. It’s started a whole new career for him.
US-based author Lindsay Buroker explains how she started her self-publishing career way back in 2010, keeps her fans happy and manages to write ten books a year for them.
Find out what happened when FOUR bestselling authors – and friends – put their heads together to create a romance series featuring female billionaires as lead characters.
Romance writer Lucy Score and marketer Tim Hoot describe how their partnered approach to self-publishing has seen Lucy’s indie author career go from strength to strength.
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Terri Tatchell talks about crafting movie screenplays and books and provides her take on self-publishing.
In this special 200th edition, Mark and James revisit the top 10 downloaded episodes of the show and discuss Mark’s new landmark print deal.
Hybrid author Sarah Painter shares the importance of taking gentle care of ourselves as creative people, and also the value of taking writing and publishing step-by-step to avoid overwhelm. She also discusses how brain science can help writers to get…
Fantasy author Jeff Wheeler provides an insightful look into what it was like in the trenches of self-publishing in the pre-Kindle era.
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