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Guillebeau: You can make money as an author without self-publishing
“And so if you hear everybody that says, oh, first of all, you can't make money writing books. That's not true. Second of all, you know, you have to self publish if you want to make money. Also not true.”
Guillebeau: Passive income is never truly passive
“It's not like anything is truly passive income. Like I believe we're always working for our passive income”
Guillebeau: Email conversion rates typically decrease as subscriber lists grow
“Actually the conversion rate usually goes down the more people who subscribe just because of the nature of the thing and how the momentum works.”
Selling 1,000 copies in a single day reaches Amazon's top 25
“I would say if you did a thousand copies in a day you know, you would be in the top 25 on Amazon.”
Amazon ranks pre-orders in real time, diluting launch day impact
“Amazon will count them in real time, so it doesn't, if you take them over three to four weeks, that will not impact the sales ranking that much.”
Guillebeau spends three months on pre-orders and runs 30-city tours
“I spent three, three months kind of working on my pre-orders, you know, I do this major tour, I'm doing a thirty-city tour, and I absolutely love that.”
Guillebeau's revenue is split 50-50 between books and digital products
“I would say they're probably Fifty-fifty, so 50%, you know, the traditionally published books, and then I do have online products, online courses, I have a membership site”
Guillebeau earned multiple six figures in traditional book royalties in 2015
“So 20 15 would be multiple six figures in royalty income”
Guillebeau: The $100 Startup sold well over 300,000 copies
“Hundred dollar startup is done very well. It's actually well over 300,000 copies now. You know, that book was published in the total number is kind of hard to predict because it comes from all these different publishers, but I believe I'm between half a millio…”
Guillebeau captures all book pre-orders directly via Gumroad before launch
“So before the book comes out I take all the orders myself. I'm actually using Gumroad, but I've used like one shopping cart or whatever before. Take all the orders myself. Once the book is out, then I'm going to send them directly to other retailers.”