Want to sell books?
Build a business.
Here are 8 legendary examples of authors who have sold $100,000+ worth of books via their businesses.
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1. Donald Miller, StoryBrand
StoryBrand is a messaging workshop, training program, and service for business owners.
It's estimated to do somewhere between $10 million & $20 million per year in revenue.
The book, StoryBrand, sells approx 100 books per day on Amazon.
$30k/mo.
2. Brendan Burchard
Brendan is one of the highest-earning online course instructors in the world. ($10M+/year)
He also is a highly paid keynote speaker & consultant.
His book, High Performance Habits, still sells approx 5-10 copies per day on Amazon.
$5k/mo
3. Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary runs a $200M/year ad agency, VaynerMedia.
Book revenue is inconsequential to him.
And yet his book, Jab, Jab, Right Hook still sells ~150 copies/mo on Amazon.
$5k/month.
That's just 1 of his books.
4. Seth Godin
Entrepreneur and marketer Seth Godin has written 18 books.
His most famous one, "Purple Cow," came out 10+ years ago.
It still sells ~650 copies per month on Amazon.
$10k/mo.
Every new person on his email list/in his workshops gets introduced to his library.
5. Ryan Holiday
Once Ryan Holiday realized his niche was Stoicism, he doubled-down and built a whole business around it.
• Email list
• Physical & digital products
• Podcast
• And more.
The Daily Stoic still sells ~2,500 copies/mo on Amazon.
$50k/mo.
Not bad.
6. Ramit Sethi
Ramit wrote the best-seller "I Will Teach You To Be Rich."
But he also has an entire business teaching people these same principles.
New students = new readers.
He still sells approx ~2,000 copies of this book per mo on Amazon at $10 per.
$20k/mo in book sales
7. Russell Brunson
Clickfunnels Extraordinaire, Russell "wrote the book" on how to use books as lead magnets to up-sell higher-ticket products.
Despite giving this book away for free, this book still sells ~200 copies/mo on Amazon.
$3k/mo.
8. Tony Robbins
Maybe one of the best examples of how building a business helps you sell books.
Tony's retreats, courses, products, and offerings span categories ranging from health & wellness to money & business.
He sells ~1,000 copies of this book/mo on Amazon.
$10k ez.
I highlight this methodology for selling books because it's the same business model I've created for myself.
#ship30for30 introduces new writers to my philosophies on writing, which sells books.
I sell ~10 copies of this book per day on Amazon.
$2k/mo
Just the beginning.
Very few people write a book & sell books in any sort of linear way.
The vast majority of successful nonfiction writers treat books as part of their broader business.
In some cases, the book becomes a hit (Ryan Holiday)
In others, books drive new customers (Russell Brunson)
If you are thinking of writing a book yourself, start here:
Startwritingonline.com
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