How I Plan to Double My Book Sales This Year

It’s time for me to stop feeling sorry for myself and turn this ship around!

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I messed up.

Not sure how, but I convinced myself that if I dropped 7k on a self-publishing course I would ACTUALLY finish the book that I had been working on for 5 years and finally publish and live out my wildest dreams!

My invoice. I like to look at it to remind me how much money I wasted.

Not only did I need 7k for the course, but I also needed about 3k for the rest of all the necessary add-ons. The book needed to be edited, proofread, and formatted. I needed a cover, website domain, website, and associated email address. I needed Publisher Rocket, Prowriting Aid, Canva Pro, and a few cheaper courses to show me how to actually sell my book once it was live.

And the grand total since I published….. I have made less than 150 dollars total. And had 480 total downloads.

Even though I know I am so far in the hole, there is no way I will ever be able to recoup my money, I have decided to focus on something I can control, the…