5 Reasons Why Self-Publishing Will Change Your Life

About this video

In the first video of a self-publishing one-on-one series, Sean gives five reasons to self-publish. He introduces himself as publishing for over six years and claims he generated multiple six figures a year from publishing itself, averaged around $35,000 a month in 2021, and sold his publishing account in August 2021 for $820,000 — claims he presents as his own results. Reason one: versus traditional publishing, self-publishing is significantly faster, offers higher royalties and more control. He says traditional deals often leave authors maybe 5–10% royalties, take years, and take rights, while KDP lets you publish now and keep control; covers, formatting, editing and marketing can be hired cheaply or done yourself. Reason two: a book under your own name can bring speaking invitations — even under a pen name, he says people reached out to him to speak. Reason three: a book raises credibility and helps sell an existing service, using a realtor with a home-buying book versus an equally qualified competitor as the example. Reason four: most steps can be outsourced affordably, naming The Urban Writers for ghostwriting, 99designs for covers, and Fiverr as a budget cover option. Reason five: you can build the business anonymously under pen names, as he says he did across many topics.

Key takeaways

• Self-publishing beats traditional publishing on speed, royalties and control in Sean’s framing: publish on KDP now and keep your rights instead of waiting years for a small royalty share.
• A book under your own name can generate speaking invitations for schools, venues and online conferences.
• A published book acts as authority proof that can tip a client choice — e.g. a realtor with a buying-guide book over an equally qualified rival.
• Nearly every step can be outsourced affordably: ghostwriting (The Urban Writers), covers (99designs or Fiverr), plus editing, formatting and marketing.
• The opposite route also works: build anonymously under pen names across topics, which Sean says is how he built his own publishing business.

Episode details: published July 25, 2022 · 9:11 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Sean Dollwet’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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