*LONG POST ALERT- I have never been part of any forum and hate writing (ironic since i publish books) so i am sorry if i sound like i am ranting or if something doesn't make sense.
Hey guys, i just wanted to start off by saying thanks to MJ for this forum and to all of the fastlaners who are getting sh*t done. I just finished reading the millinoire fastlane- after putting it off for about 2 years- and i really wish i picked this book up when i first heard about it. I am 17 years old (18 next month), i live in london and i recently started to publish books on kindle. I have always had a fastlane mentality (even though i didnt know it was called fastlane) and i have never wanted a job. I left school when i was 16 to start a online ecommerce store but that eventually failed. After that venture i found kindle publishing. I have decided to devote my life to business and I WILL make my first million before 20. I also have no intention of going to uni, google got me this far.
For the past 8 months i have been publishing books on kindle and my system is finally falling into place, i currently have 70 books published- like i said, the system is falling into place
. Everything is outsourced, i hate writing. Although i have quite a lot of books published i have been sooo busy doing shitty admin work and managing people that i have not had any time to WORK ON THE BUSINESS so the revenue is not that great, I have started to put the correct systems in place so i no longer have to spend all of my time sending emails and i can now focus on growing revenue. All of my books are in the same non-fiction niche- this really was not the best niche to get into and looking back it was a mistake but it had the least barrier to entry for a then 16 year old that only had $200. What i had to do to get that $200 is a whole different story
I was lucky enough to strike gold with my first book and it generated enough for me to create 3 more books then 3 grew into 70. This is not an easy process and there WILL be roadblocks, difficulties, stress, sleepless nights and A LOT of missed parties but it will pay off in the end.
After reading the Millionaire Fastlane i realised that i am following the SCALE model as i produce quite a lot of short, lower priced books instead of long higher priced books. All of my books are about 3000-6000 words each and are priced at $2.99.
I am set to make about $3000 this month and if all goes well $6000 next month- i know the numbers are shyte but i have a plan to get my company to $20,000 per month so i started this progress thread to hold me accountable and to get advise- i am also more than happy to help anyone that is trying to get started in self publishing. I would hope i know a thing or two after publishing 70 books.
There are a lot of people on this forum who are crushing it self publishing and i would really appreciate it if you guys could help me to reach my goals by sharing some knowledge.
Look out for my next post where i will talk more about my plan to reach the $20,000 per month mark, this post is getting too long.
*sorry i will not disclose what niches i am writing in or my strategies for producing the volume i do, its taken me a long time to develop my systems and you cant get 8 months worth of stress and 18 hour work days for free
Thanks again MJ, your book is currently on its way to all of my closest friends.
Hey guys, i just wanted to start off by saying thanks to MJ for this forum and to all of the fastlaners who are getting sh*t done. I just finished reading the millinoire fastlane- after putting it off for about 2 years- and i really wish i picked this book up when i first heard about it. I am 17 years old (18 next month), i live in london and i recently started to publish books on kindle. I have always had a fastlane mentality (even though i didnt know it was called fastlane) and i have never wanted a job. I left school when i was 16 to start a online ecommerce store but that eventually failed. After that venture i found kindle publishing. I have decided to devote my life to business and I WILL make my first million before 20. I also have no intention of going to uni, google got me this far.
For the past 8 months i have been publishing books on kindle and my system is finally falling into place, i currently have 70 books published- like i said, the system is falling into place
. Everything is outsourced, i hate writing. Although i have quite a lot of books published i have been sooo busy doing shitty admin work and managing people that i have not had any time to WORK ON THE BUSINESS so the revenue is not that great, I have started to put the correct systems in place so i no longer have to spend all of my time sending emails and i can now focus on growing revenue. All of my books are in the same non-fiction niche- this really was not the best niche to get into and looking back it was a mistake but it had the least barrier to entry for a then 16 year old that only had $200. What i had to do to get that $200 is a whole different story I was lucky enough to strike gold with my first book and it generated enough for me to create 3 more books then 3 grew into 70. This is not an easy process and there WILL be roadblocks, difficulties, stress, sleepless nights and A LOT of missed parties but it will pay off in the end.After reading the Millionaire Fastlane i realised that i am following the SCALE model as i produce quite a lot of short, lower priced books instead of long higher priced books. All of my books are about 3000-6000 words each and are priced at $2.99.
I am set to make about $3000 this month and if all goes well $6000 next month- i know the numbers are shyte but i have a plan to get my company to $20,000 per month so i started this progress thread to hold me accountable and to get advise- i am also more than happy to help anyone that is trying to get started in self publishing. I would hope i know a thing or two after publishing 70 books.
There are a lot of people on this forum who are crushing it self publishing and i would really appreciate it if you guys could help me to reach my goals by sharing some knowledge.
Look out for my next post where i will talk more about my plan to reach the $20,000 per month mark, this post is getting too long.
*sorry i will not disclose what niches i am writing in or my strategies for producing the volume i do, its taken me a long time to develop my systems and you cant get 8 months worth of stress and 18 hour work days for free
Thanks again MJ, your book is currently on its way to all of my closest friends.
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