In this episode, we bring David Hancock back on to talk about how he grew Morgan James Publishing into one of the most respected modern publishers today but re-inventing how publishing is done.
Since he’s worked with so many authors, you know I had to also ask him which books are selling right now, and how authors are able to best market their books for the long term.
Reader, each year I might be lucky enough to have a top 10 life moment… this past week included at least 3 of the top 10 moments of my entire life. That’s because last week our Chief Marketing Scientist, Laura Russom, and I traveled to Franklin, TN to present about Amazon Ads to many of our lifelong heroes. The requirement to be in that room is to have sold over a million copies of your books. We’re pretty happy just to be at around 4,000 for Before The Bestseller. That said, we HAVE sold…
Welcome to Part 3 of this special four-part series of Before the Bestseller, recorded live at Ed Rush’s Top Gun Author Live Event 2026. In this session, I’m sharing the
Reader,Just 3 secrets today 🙂 3 Secrets 1. Just make the ask already! A BIG thank you to world-renowned violinist and newsletter reader Anthea Kreston for sharing her story with me. After mentioning to me that she’d toured with Yo-Yo Ma, I asked her if it was worth asking him for a blurb. She wrote back that she wasn’t sure he’d go for it, but that she’d send him a galley and make the ask anyway. “I took your advice and reached out to Yo-Yo and he gave me a terrific quote for the cover!…
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