The BEST Thing About Self-Publishing

You might think it’s the money. But that’s not the best part. June 10, 2021 [UNSUBSCRIBE]( | [WEBSITE]( [Altucher Confidential] [Warning] Do you enjoy receiving Altucher Confidential? Please [Click Here Now]( so we know to continue sending you Altucher Confidential for free! “You might think it’s the money. But that’s not the best part.” [Email Masthead] The BEST Thing About Self-Publishing By James Altucher External Advertisement [“The 12 Million-Mile Battery”]( [battery]( of Tesla’s “original seven” employees has beaten his former employer, creating a battery technology so powerful it can send a Tesla across country without charging — four times. It’s capable of charging in eight minutes, not hours. It’s on the cusp of sparking a projected 20,300% market surge over the next decade. [Click here for the full story.]( I was sick of it. Every book publisher (Wiley, Penguin, HarperCollins, Hay House, etc.) said the same thing: “We’re great at marketing. We’ll take care of it for you.” Then when it came time to publish the book, they all said something like, “So I guess you should start tweeting it out. We don’t do that.” Then I would say, “Can you get me on any TV shows, radio shows, etc.?” And they would always say, “No, no. You have to do that. We have too many authors to do it for all of them.” And I would ask, “Are we having a book party? Can you put an ad in the paper? Can you send to an email list?” “No, no, no. You have to do that,” they’d say. So what were they doing? I was giving them 85% of my royalties. What exactly were they doing for me? Answer: nothing. Their editors were terrible. My second book published (out of 19) had a ton of grammatical errors. In one book, the editor rewrote some things, which led to factual errors. The cover designs were awful. The publishers always negotiated final cover approval, so I had no say. Finally, I decided I needed to take over. That meant: - I write the book. - I hire a good editor (it’s always good to have a second pair of eyes, or even a third and fourth). - I hire a good professional designer. You can even use something like 99designs, where you can hire a designer or post your project as a contest for many designers to compete over. This gives you multiple options to choose from. And they’ll always be better than what you’ll get working with a publisher. - I take care of my international rights. My publishers always said they would do it. Once I started doing it, I got into an additional 20 countries. - And I do my own book marketing. But do you know the best thing about self-publishing? You might think it’s the money. I make all the money. Nobody else. Since I wrote Choose Yourself, I’ve written dozens more books. I lost count. But I still get enough money from that one book to pay rent and my other expenses. The audiobook has done about as well as the paperback. Altogether, well over one million copies have been sold. And I sell it for only 99 cents on Kindle. But that’s not the best part. This is the best part: Have you heard George Gilder’s latest extraordinary prediction yet? [Crystal ball]( was dubbed the “Tech Prophet” by Forbes… once won the White House Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence… and his work is respected by tech insiders like Bill Gates and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt… And recently, Gilder went on camera to explain how a new tech revolution is about to hit America… one that could unleash up to $15.1 trillion in new wealth. According to Gilder, if you don’t understand this new tech you could miss out on one of the greatest moneymaking opportunities for thirty five years. [Get more details here.]( I get to say YES. Whenever I used to pitch a book to publishers, they had all the power to say yes or no. Now I have the power. I get to say YES to me. I won’t reject myself. That means sometimes I’ll probably write a bad book. Who cares? I don’t care. Nobody will read the bad book. But the more books I put out there, the better chance I give myself for a breakout book that is truly great. I say YES to me. What about the stigma of self-publishing? Don’t bad books get self-published because the author can’t find a publisher? No. There is no stigma. Here are some books that were originally self-published: - The Martian by my friend Andy Weir ([check out my podcast with him](. - Wool (a huge best-seller) by my friend Hugh Howey ([check out my podcast with him](. - And yes, one of the biggest books of all time, 50 Shades of Grey. Nobody ever asks me which publisher published Choose Yourself. Nobody cares. There is no stigma. Write a book and publish it. A friend of mine, Bill Beteet, has answered 100 questions on Quora and has 60,000 followers there. I told him, “Staple all of your answers together, get a book cover, do a little rewriting and upload it to Amazon.” I hope he does it. I know one Quora writer who has used this exact approach four times, and now she has four great books. Nobody asks who her publisher is. But she sells books and makes money. Sincerely, [James Altucher] James Altucher P.S. You may have read my new book Skip the Line, in it I show you how to be in the top 1% of whatever passion interests you and how you could potentially monetize from that passion. Now a question that I’ve been asked what’s the best and fastest way to “skip the line”? To me that is simple, self-publishing. It is easier than you think and I would like to help you take your first steps in writing your first book with a 30-day challenge. [Click here to learn more.]( Urgent Warning: America’s Death Spiral [two people at table]( we needed to trigger an epic financial meltdown was a pin to pop this massive debt bubble. Well, we just got it with the Coronavirus pandemic… And that historic event sent us into the first stage of America’s death spiral… Make no mistake. 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