The Rebel Maker | Writing Books, Publishing Books & Turning Books into Profitable Businesses
Welcome to The Rebel Maker Podcast! I’m Marti Statler, Rebel Queen, book publisher and strategist, serial entrepreneur, and podcast host. Here, we believe that books change lives, women run the world, and collectively, we have all the answers.
This podcast is a rallying call for high-performing, ambitious women authors (and aspiring authors) like you with big visions and an even bigger will to lock arms and source all the tools we need to succeed in what you dream of doing – whether that is writing a book, starting a business, or getting paid well to do what you love most.
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The Rebel Maker | Writing Books, Publishing Books & Turning Books into Profitable Businesses
E7. Getting Your Books in Front of The Right Readers with Malorie Cooper
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There’s more to being a successful author than writing a book.
Welcome back to The Rebel Maker! In this episode, I’ve got author Malorie Cooper with me. If you thought all you had to do to be a successful author was write a book, think again. Malorie explains just how much goes into the process of getting your books to your readers from creating a newsletter list to choosing the right tropes.
Malorie is the author of 127 fiction books and seven nonfiction books and she’s self-published them all. She likes to think of herself as a dreamer and a wanderer, yet her feet are firmly grounded in reality.
In this episode:
- [03:26] The first lesson Malorie learned about writing
- [06:30] How Malorie came to self-publish her books
- [09:39] Getting your books in front of the right people
- [12:56] How Malorie got on the New York Times Bestseller List
- [15:42] Business lessons Malorie has learned in her writing and publishing career
- [23:41] Practical lessons to implement in your writing, publishing, and marketing practice
- [25:52] Building your newsletter list as an author
- [29:45] Book Recommendation: Two of Malorie’s favorite non-fiction books
- [33:13] Writing Wives: How Malorie and her wife are helping other authors become rockstars
Noteworthy quote from this episode:
“Your productivity as an author is really important from a business perspective. In a way, you're your own employee who has to create a product and you have to make it in a reasonable amount of time. If you want to do this as a business, you can't take years to write a book.”
Connect with Malorie
Facebook: The Writing Wives and Aeon 14 Fans
Instagram: @malorie.cooper
Website: thewritingwives.com and aeon14.com
Connect with Marti
Instagram: @rebelqueenbooks
Facebook: @rebelqueenbooks
Website: rebelqueen.co
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