Respect Your Art

This advice was the catalyst that helped me break my first financial barrier as an independent author.

I wasn’t giving my work the respect it deserved. And if I wasn’t going to, how could I expect my fans and customers to do so as well.

So I made a change.

I hired a new cover designer, reformatted all my books, and increased their prices anywhere from 200–400%. Within 30 days, I had made more money from my books than I had in the previous 12 months. Even more impressive is that my income has stayed at that level — or higher — every month since.

Respect your work (you’ll know what this means for your situation), and you’ll make it easy for others to respect and support it too.