Resources

We’ve been working with authors for a while now, and we’ve gathered some helpful resources to help authors connect, learn and grow.

The State of Indie Authorship in 2021

Every year we survey authors to get a better understanding of self-publishing and share the resulting insights with the author community. Last year we broke respondents into five groups based on in...

Summer Sales Trends

Our guide on dealing with the dull summer book sales period and when authors can expect things to look up.

2019 Author Survey: Bonus Statistics

Our 2019 Author Survey has generated some incredible discussion, and we've received a number of great follow-up questions in the comments, social media, and email. We were also curious about what e...

Author Income: How to Make a Living from Your Writing

Two years ago, we conducted a survey of authors and wrote about what authors making over $100k per year were doing. We know that many authors use those findings to inform their strategy, so we cond...

How to Make the Most of National Book Month

Happy October, authors! If you’ve been keeping up with your literary holidays, then you know that this is National Book Month – the perfect time to celebrate your favorite reads, get inspired to wr...