15 Types of Income for Refining Your Author Business Model

Plan a part-time or full-time author career by working with these revenue streams

Sharon Woodhouse
6 min readMay 17, 2023
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As you may know, I’m a fierce advocate and cheerleader for authors, especially authors taking an entrepreneurial approach to their work.

I think that all authors can be entrepreneurs.

That all authors can build profitable, sustainable author lives they love.

That all authors can create holistic, rewarding cottage industries, sidelines, part-time or full-time businesses around their book/s, their knowledge, their experiences, and their author status.

And, AI whatever, I think authors are in a growth industry. They have the human advantage of meaning-making. They have a role in a post-automation creative economy.

And by all authors, I mean you too.

I don’t say this because I think it’s possible in theory. I say it because I’ve seen dozens and dozens of authors do it over the years — each in their own way. I’ve also helped hundreds of authors directly and thousands more through talks and workshops with their own version of increased and ongoing author income and exposure.

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Sharon Woodhouse

Sharon Woodhouse is an author coach, publishing consultant, and project manager. She was an indie book publisher for 25 years. www.conspirecreative.com