CARLA KING

How to Make More

Money from Your
Writing
and related work
Carla King
July 2016

listen
jot down ideas
think
relax brainstorm
questions

Carla King
July 2016

listen
jot down ideas
think
relax brainstorm
questions

carla@carlaking.com

Carla King
July 2016

Beyond the Usual

Suspects

Avoid the embarrassment of premature

distribution
Carla King
July 2016

SELL MORE
BOOKS Gumroad,
FUN
WITH
Selz, Sellfy
Scribd CROWDFUNDING
Leanpub
BitLit
PubLaunch
Pressbooks
Inkshares
Slicebooks
Unbound
Gumroad
Beacon Reader
Patreon Selz Sellfy
Patreon
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Leanpub
AND SLICING
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July 2016

grow your email list

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July 2016

SELL MORE
BOOKS

Carla King
July 2016

Wordpress + Gumroad

Click for Gumroad Video

Click for How To

Buyer stays on your site with embedded

sales widget - no merchant account
25c/transaction + 5% fee
PWYWP

Your book page...

Buyer stays on your site with embedded

sales widget - no merchant account
25c/transaction + 5% fee
PWYWP

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Buyer stays on your site with embedded

sales widget - no merchant account
25c/transaction + 5% fee
PWYWP

Your book page...

Buyer stays on your site with embedded

sales widget - no merchant account
25c/transaction + 5% fee
PWYWP

Your book page...

Automatic digital download

or
Order form sent to you for
fulfillment of physical book

online store
physical & digital (& bundles)
5% + 25c transaction fee
keep customer data
transactional facebook / twitter
pre-orders

Carla King
July 2016

online store
physical & digital (& bundles)
5% + 25c transaction fee
keep customer data
transactional facebook / twitter
pre-orders

Carla King
July 2016

online store
physical & digital (& bundles)
5% + 25c transaction fee
keep customer data
transactional facebook / twitter
pre-orders

Carla King
July 2016

online store
physical & digital (& bundles)
5% + 25c transaction fee
keep customer data
transactional facebook / twitter
pre-orders

Carla King
July 2016

Reader subscription service

Document, story, and ebook sharing site
Strong social features like commenting and readcasting
Publish and sell stories or entire ebooks

Beta publishing

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July 2016

Reader subscription service

Carla King
July 2016

Click
for
demo

Carla King
July 2016

Sell ebook to owners of your print books

Or give it away free (30% of publishers)
Get customer contact info, grow platform

Demo

65%-35% revenue split

Recommend 75% off normal ebook price
Photo, name, Google+ real name verification

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July 2016

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Engagement

Energy

Awareness

Carla King
July 2016

SUBSCRIPTIONS
AND SLICING
Leanpub
Pressbooks
Slicebooks
Gumroad, Sellfy, Selz*

*Also in sell more books

Carla King
July 2016

Iterative | Serials
Paid Blogging | Crowdfunding

CARLA KING

{ PWYW $ }

Click for YouTube

Video
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July 2016

PDF for print

EPUB
Kindle

Click for YouTube Video

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July 2016

PDF, MOBI, EPUB

99 - 300

based on wordpress
blog to book
small book s + samples
g reat templates
customization
easy to hire help
easy collaboration
work in the cloud

1. U p l o a d
2. E d i t
3. S t y l e
4. E x p o r t
5. C o v e r
6. D i s t r i b u t e

Choose from over 50 themes

slice, remix & publish

Watch the YouTube Video

Carla King
July 2016

slice, remix & publish

Watch the YouTube Video

Carla King
July 2016

slice, remix & publish

Watch the YouTube Video

Carla King
July 2016

FUN WITH
CROWDFUNDING

Pubslush PubLaunch
Inkshares
Unbound
Beacon Reader
Leanpub*

*Also in sell more books, subscriptions and slicing

Carla King
July 2016

author crowdfunding: 3 case studies

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July 2016

author crowdfunding: 3 case studies

www.pbs.com/mediashift/author/cking

Carla King
July 2016

author crowdfunding: 3 case studies

www.pbs.com/mediashift/author/cking

Carla King
July 2016

Inkshares & Unbound

You pitch. They present to
the crowd. If you get 250
pre-ordered copies, you
write and they edit, design,
promote, publish. You get
50% gross revenue per
print book, 70% per ebook.

Carla King
July 2016

Inkshares & Unbound

You pitch. They present to
the crowd. If you get 250
pre-ordered copies, you
write and they edit, design,
promote, publish. You get
50% gross revenue per
print book, 70% per ebook.

Carla King
July 2016

BEACON READER

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July 2016

BEACON READER

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July 2016

BEACON READER

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July 2016

BEACON READER

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July 2016

PATREON

Click for video

Click for Emilys crowdfunding story

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July 2016

PATREON

Click for video

Click for Emilys crowdfunding story

Carla King
July 2016

Carla King
July 2016

SELL MORE
BOOKS
SUBSCRIPTIONS
AND SLICING

FUN WITH
CROWDFUNDING

Carla King
July 2016

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