Business for Authors

This training is a comprehensive guide to setting up a business as an independent author.

It covers essential topics like establishing an author brand, financial planning, legal considerations, and business structures (sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, and corporation).

The guide emphasizes the importance of understanding your motivation for writing and publishing, setting up a business plan, and exploring various income streams beyond book sales. It also outlines the steps for creating a brand, developing professional relationships, and setting up accounts on publishing platforms.

Additional legal considerations like copyright, trademark searches, and the use of DBAs (doing business as) and imprints are discussed.

Understanding the responsibilities and tasks involved in launching and sustaining an author business is an important part of finding success.


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