S4 Ep:18 From Manuscript to Masterpiece: Self-Publishing on Your Terms with Cara Alwill
And She Rises…
Amanda Frances
4.8 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, bestselling authors Amanda Frances and Cara Alwill dive deep into the world of self-publishing. They discuss:
- The advantages of self-publishing over traditional publishing.
- How writing a book can elevate your brand.
- Practical tips for getting your book written.
- Their personal journeys to self-publishing bestselling books.
If you have a book inside you, this is your time to get it out into the world — and we are here to help!
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In Self Published, Cara and Amanda join forces to share everything they’ve learned about writing, promoting, marketing, monetizing, and bringing your book to life — on your terms.
Both chose to self-publish and have confidently built thriving careers without traditional publishers. Now, they’re here to guide you to do the same.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the and she rises the fuck up the podcast. I'm your host, |
| 0:20.5 | Amanda Francis, and I am so happy that you're here today. |
| 0:24.4 | Okay, I have something special for you today. Me and my friend Kara, who's written like, I don't know, |
| 0:29.4 | 10 books or something, did a podcast episode, this episode right here that you're listening to |
| 0:34.7 | on what it is to self-publish your book, to write and |
| 0:39.1 | self-publish your book. Now, Kara has worked with traditional publishers. She published one of |
| 0:44.4 | her books with a big five publishing house, the same publishing house that I turned down a book |
| 0:49.3 | deal from to do this my own way, where I own the book and the profits. And I say this in the episode, |
| 0:57.1 | but man, I just got to tell you, the numbers don't add up. They don't look good. You traditionally |
| 1:01.0 | publish, you get 15% of each book sold after you pay back your book advance. You self-publish. |
| 1:08.5 | You get 70% of each book sold from the beginning. To me, as the |
| 1:14.7 | money queen, as someone who, you know, wants to maximize profit for me and any woman who follows me, |
| 1:21.6 | self-publishing just makes sense. It has become a real true stream of residual income in my life. |
| 1:29.5 | It's made up to $30,000 in a month before. |
| 1:32.4 | On average, I would say like $7,000 to $15,000 a month. |
| 1:36.0 | A book I wrote for, yeah, 2020, four years ago, a book I wrote four years ago is this stream of income for me and I've expanded on it |
| 1:46.9 | in ways that were really, really fun for me by doing the Richest Fuck Journal, the Richest Fuck |
| 1:51.7 | Planner, the Spanish version of Richest Fuck, the Richest Fuck audiobook. These are all things that |
| 1:57.3 | build up the Richest Fuck brand, but also build up my Amanda Francis financial |
| 2:03.3 | influencer, financial spiritual teacher money queen brand. These things are good for my brand. |
| 2:10.3 | They're good for my business. It's a real stream of income. I intend to leave for my children. |
| 2:15.0 | And it's a really meaningful thing for me. And I am so happy I chose to |
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