How To Redesign Your Author Business For The Environment That Actually Exists, With Tracy Cooper-Posey
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Tracy Cooper-Posey discusses how to adapt your author business to the current publishing landscape and effective long-term marketing strategies.
How can you redesign your author business for the publishing environment that actually exists, rather than the one you wish you had? And how do you decide which marketing efforts will still bring readers to your books in ten years' time? Tracy Cooper-Posey shares her solar sail theory after more than 25 years as an author. In the intro, reviving your backlist [ The Indy Author ]; AI as a medium [ Tim O'Reilly ]; How to Write, Publish, and Market Short Stories – Joanna Penn. ProWritingAid Storyteller sale : Thursday, 3rd September until September 13th 2026 — 25% off all annual licenses as well as Story Critique credits. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with writing software, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. Check it out for free or get 15% off the premium edition at www.ProWritingAid.com/joanna This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Tracy Cooper-Posey is the…
People in this episode
Host: Joanna Penn
Guest: Tracy Cooper-Posey
Topics covered
- author business
- publishing environment
- marketing strategies
- backlist revival
- writing software
- indie authors
Keywords
- author business
- publishing
- marketing
- backlist
- ProWritingAid
- indie authors
- writing software
Sponsors
ProWritingAid
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Indie Author Survival Guide, The Productive Indie Fiction Writer
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