The Bestselling Author Next Door is a 70,000-word nonfiction book written by New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren writing as S. Warren based on her experience selling over 2 million fiction books and building a sustainable career as an author.
If you need a crash (or refresher) course in author marketing or just a pick-me-up to battle those imposter syndrome symptoms, this is the book for you.
I've taken Ms. Warren's Facebook Ad's course and loved this book probably more.
I was really looking forward to reading this book when I first heard about it. It did not disappoint! I've read several, several writing and marketing books. After a while, many of them seem to blend together with the same tidbits of helpful advice. This one is different. Ms. Warren focuses on the marketing side of the business for authors who are already in the trenches with a few, if not several, books under their belts. She writes of her experiences with her career and offers valuable insight with useful tips and methods that I'm eager to try with my own publishing career. This is a book that I'm sure I'll be re-reading again!
Author Skye Warren is a successful (powerhouse) dark romance author who runs Facebook ads classes and founded the Romance Author Mastermind conference. I’ve participated in both, so when she offered the Bestselling Author Next door through a Kickstarter campaign, I got the book.
This is her overview on marketing on what authors should/can do to achieve success. I picked up a few new tips, but for me, the book was a good kick-in-pants to stay focused. I highlighted a few things, and I need to go back and download all the cheat sheets offered in the book.
The Bestselling Author Next Door is a wealth of honest, easy-to-read marketing and author mindset strategies. I cannot recommend this book enough. It’s an invaluable reference that I will return to reading again and again. Thank you S. Warren for writing this.