119 How Heidi became a Sunday Times Bestseller when she self-published
Making Money Online with Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson
5.0 • 567 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
My guest today is Author and autistic advocate, Heidi Mavir, whose first book 'Your Child Is Not Broken. Parent Your Neurodivergent Child Without Losing Your Marbles' became a Sunday Times Bestseller when she self-published partnering with Authours & Co.
I've spoken before about the pros and cons of working with a publisher versus self-publishing but Heidi has a unique insight of having done both as her book was later picked up by a traditional publisher. She really knows the best of both worlds!
So if you have an idea for a book but are unsure where to start you're going to love this episode as Heidi takes us through her writing journey.
What You'll Learn In This Episode;
- Why Heidi wanted to write a book for fellow parents of Neurodivergent children, the vast impact it's had on other families and how she found the writing process.
- How Heidi's book became a Sunday Times Bestseller 8 weeks after its launch, why it attracted the interest of publishing houses and how Authors & Co supported her selection of a publisher.
- Some of the key differences between the two ways of publishing your work, what the profit split looks like for both routes and why you should evaluate it as a business decision.
- If you have an idea for a non-fiction book I have a 3-day challenge to get you started! Learn how to connect with your audience, find your niche and become the authority on your subject. Sign up for the Get It Started Challenge!
Resources:
- Download my FREE Launch Strategy Guide
- Visit my website www.lisajohnson.com
- Follow me on Instagram @lisajohnsonstrategist
- Follow me on Facebook @lisajohnsonstrategist
- Join the discussion at @thefabulous5percent
- Subscribe to my YouTube channel
- Find more of Heidi's work at www.heidimavir.com
- Join the Get It Started Challenge https://authors.lisajohnson.com/challenge?r_done=1
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Making Money Online with Lisa Johnson, the podcast that tells you what it really |
| 0:09.2 | takes to build a business and the simple steps to get you there. I'm determined to share with you |
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| 0:19.5 | making money online. |
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| 0:46.3 | PR. Hello and welcome to this week's podcast. This week have a very special guest on for you. |
| 0:52.3 | And if you've ever thought about writing your own book, then you're going to love this episode. |
| 0:57.2 | So I'm here with Heidi Maver. |
| 0:59.1 | Heidi is an autistic advocate and activist. |
| 1:03.3 | And she published a book. |
| 1:05.1 | I watched this happen in real time. |
| 1:07.9 | She self-published a book with authors and co, which is the company that I now |
| 1:13.0 | am partnered with, I own half of. And she made 50,000 and became a Sunday Times bestseller |
| 1:21.2 | with her first book. So let's first of all, Heidi, talk about that book. What made you want to |
| 1:26.9 | write a book in the first place? |
| 1:28.4 | I think I had that thing that a lot of people have where they're like, oh, one day I'll write a book. We all say that, right? You do, I do. And I always said, oh, one day I'll write a book. And people would say to me, you should write a book. because I've had this experience. |
| 1:44.8 | The experience that we had was that my son crashed out and people would say to me, you should write a book. Because I'd had this experience. |
| 1:44.9 | The experience that we had was that my son crashed out of school when he was 15 in a mental health crisis. |
| 1:52.6 | And then what followed was, I was trying to work out what happened and us discovering that he was unidentified, undiagnosed, autistic ADHD. |
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