SPS 235: $80k/year In Royalties For 6 Years From One Book…How This Teacher Did It with Rob Plevin

Self Publishing School: How To Write A Book That Grows Your Impact, Income, And Business

Chandler Bolt, Founder of selfpublishing.com

Courses, How To Publish A Book, Self Publishing, Business, Books, Arts, How To Write A Book, Education, Book Marketing, Traditional Publishing, Book Publishing

4.8 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Ever wondered what it takes to transition from traditional publishing to self-publishing, and turn that into a success story? This episode is a treasure chest of wisdom as Rob, an ex-teacher, trainer, and behavior consultant, joins us to narrate his inspiring journey of self-publishing his first book. Despite his book being a bestseller at the publishing company, the returns were not as rewarding as he'd hoped. Rob's bold move to buy back the rights and self-publish has been a game changer, r...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Self Publishing School podcast. This is the podcast to listen to if you're an
0:07.7	aspiring writer or an author who wants to be more successful. On this show, you'll learn how to
0:13.1	write and launch a book successfully, all from the top authors and people just like you
0:17.8	who are doing it at the highest level. I'm your host, Chandler Bolt, the founder
0:22.0	of self-publishing school, the author of the book called Published and the CEO of self-publishing.com.
0:29.1	For free training on how to publish a book that sells 10,000 copies, go to self-publishing.com
0:34.5	forward slash free training. Hey, Chandler Bolt here and joining me today is Rob
0:40.3	Plevin. Rob is an ex-teacher trainer and behavior consultant with over 3 million views on
0:46.0	YouTube. His first book was traditionally published, but despite apparently being one of the
0:51.7	biggest books at that publishing company, one of
0:54.3	the best sellers, the royalty payments weren't great.
0:57.7	They would come every six months.
0:59.0	And so after two years, he decided to buy back the rights to his book, plan to self-publish
1:04.2	and did self-publish.
1:06.8	And he expected to have, it's kind of funny, expect to have like, hey, three to four years,
1:10.5	maybe we have a ROI return on investment for this book, but it paid for itself in less
1:16.2	than six months and six years later still generates $80,000 a year, six years after it was published,
1:23.2	which is pretty incredible. I'm super excited for this episode. Teachers, educators, professors,
1:30.6	listen up. You're going to love this episode and it was fun right before we got started.
1:35.6	Rob mentioned listening to this podcast as part of his journey and then we were trying to figure out
1:39.9	we know we've worked together in some capacity, whether it was our Summer Books program or
1:44.1	author Vantage Live or something. We couldn't. We know we've worked together in some capacity, whether it was our Summer Books program or
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