Book Sales
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
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3 statements about Book Sales, every show
Agobin: Automated book advertising funnels profit on backend offers, not book sales
“Usually, they're not making money on the actual book, but that'd be awesome if that guy is, but usually they're not making money on the book, they're making money on the second and tertiary offers which is allowing them to drive more book sales, you know.”
Parrish: Selling one million copies ranks a book in the top 0.001%
“A million puts you in like the top, 0.001% of all books ever published.”
Scott Page: Big winners in positive-feedback markets depend as much on luck as skill
“If you thought, no, this person sold these books because they're just so much better, right? That's a very different story than if you say, no, just the natural process of people buying books leads to big winners. Then you start realizing, you know, the big wi…”