Author: joannapenn
Do you want to create, publish and market your audiobooks?Are you ready to use podcasting to grow your author brand and reach more readers with your books?Audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment in publishing with double-digit growth in markets across the world. Podcasting has gone mainstream with listeners consuming audio on mobile phones and in-car devices, as well as through smart speakers. … well as through smart speakers. Advancements in voice technology continue to expand possibilities for audio creation and marketing.With such rapid growth in opportunity, how can you position your books in an increasingly voice-first world?I’ve been podcasting for over…
Do you want to write a non-fiction book but don’t know where to start? Or perhaps you worry that you’re not ‘the expert’ or have enough authority in your niche to write a book on it?Are you ready to help other people and change your own life with your words?The first non-fiction book I wrote changed my life. Sure, it helped other people, but mostly it altered the course of my life – so much so … life – so much so that 10 years later, I make a living with my writing.I’ve written seven other non-fiction books and co-written…
Do you want to successfully self-publish? There are thousands of new books being published every day, but many self-published books quickly sink to the bottom of the pile. Many authors are frustrated because there are so many options for self-publishing, and they don’t know which one to choose or what will be best for their book. Others spend thousands of dollars to publish and end up … dollars to publish and end up broken-hearted with the result. But it doesn’t have to be this way. I’ve spent the last seven years self-publishing bestselling fiction and non-fiction books and in 2011,…
Do you want to sell more books and reach more readers?Do you want to discover how to build an author career for the long-term as well as spike your book sales right now? If you don’t know much about marketing, don’t worry. We all start with nothing.I’m Joanna Penn and back in 2008, I had no book sales, no audience, no website, no social media, no podcast, no email list. No nothing.Now I’m a New … podcast, no email list. No nothing.Now I’m a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers and non-fiction. My books have sold…
Being a writer is not just about typing. It’s also about surviving the roller-coaster of the creative journey.Self-doubt, fear of failure, the need for validation, perfectionism, writer’s block, comparisonitis, overwhelm, and much more. When you’re going through these things, it can feel like you’re alone. But actually, they are part of the creative process, and every author goes through them too. process, and every author goes through them too.This book collects the mindset issues that writers experience, that I have been through myself over the last nine years, and that perhaps you will experience at different times on the creative…