By Michael Evans, January 12, 2024. This weekend I was reading a book on management, and it shared some AMAZING advice on the importance of Early Access. Here it is… So often in our lives we have been in environments where we have to be “perfect”.… Read More »3 Ways To Supercharge Your Early Access Strategy
By Michael Evans, January 5th, 2023. Main Street is Dead. At least, that’s what they tell us. On a recent drive through Santee, South Carolina, I noticed something peculiar. The shopping outlets right off I-95 that I had remembered passing many times growing up were… Read More »Main Street is Dead. Long Live Creator Street.
Hello Subscription Authors 👋, It’s Michael, here, with some big updates, key lessons, and insights on the future of this community and Ream platform. This is my end-of-year letter. I wrote a similar letter last year, and this year’s is going to be very fun.… Read More »The Great Big 2024 Update: The Year of Doubling Down
A better future for Story Moderation and the first steps toward democracy for publishing on the internet. The following is purely an experiment that won’t be launched till the earliest 2025 (over 1 year from now), if at all. We are sharing this publicly to… Read More »The Ream Republic
What tier benefits command the highest price and profit for readers? This graphic was created by Matt Estes. He’s the COO of Uscreen, a company you have probably never heard of that pays out $200 million (yeah about half the size of KU) to video… Read More »The Hierarchy of Membership Needs
Posted on December 7, 2023. Should You Start A Subscription? | RSS.com In today’s episode, Michael Evans and Emilia dive into a crucial question many aspiring authors grapple with: Should you start a subscription? 🤔 Despite the podcast’s focus on subscriptions, it’s surprising to learn… Read More »#62: Should You Start A Subscription?
Posted on December 1, 2023. How to Make Your First $100 a Month in Subscriptions for Authors | RSS.com After joining the first cohort of the Six-Figure Subscription Author Accelerator, Laura Navarre has grown her subscription to 30 paid members and 25% of her overall… Read More »#61: How to Make Your First $100 a Month in Subscriptions for Authors
Posted on November 22, 2023 How to Get Your First 1,000 Followers on Royal Road | RSS.com In this episode, we dive into Abby Goldsmith’s insights on serials, her decade-long publishing expedition, and the evolution of her magnum opus. Discover how her journey from gaining… Read More »#59: How to Get Your First 1,000 Followers on Royal Road
Published on November 27, 2023. This is part 2 of 3 in our Readers First Series. You can read part 1 here. And Part 3 is here, the Author Personas Quiz. Bold Prediction: By 2030, half of all revenue generated in publishing will be from readers paying… Read More »The Superfan Factory
About Discovery on Ream — Coming December 2023 There’s a better way to find readers. There’s a better way to build your publishing career as an author. There’s a better future for fiction. And today, we begin creating that future together. But first, we have… Read More »No More Devil’s Bargains
Posted on November 20, 2023. How to Run Promotions for Your Subscription | RSS.com The holiday season is upon us, which means it’s the perfect time to run promotions to increase your readership! But how do you run a promotion for your subscription? That’s what… Read More »#58: Holiday Promotions to Grow Your Subscription
Posted on January 27, 2024. How an Urban Fantasy Author Makes $100k+/Year with 3 Subscriptions | RSS.com RJ is a best-selling Urban Fantasy author with 3 subscriptions that generate over $100k per year in revenue. In this episode, we learn why she has multiple subscriptions,… Read More »#57: How an Urban Fantasy Author Makes $100k/Year with 3 Subscriptions
Onley James is a best-selling MM romance author with one of the most successful subscriptions in the world. She has well over 1,500 members and generates well into six figures in revenue per year. In this episode, we discuss how Onley grew her subscription and… Read More »#56: How Onley James Makes $180k+ Per Year in Subscriptions
By Michael Evans on November 16th, 2023. This is Part 1 of 3 in our Readers First Series (and we have a big surprise for the final essay). Now, why do subscriptions rule the publishing industry? There are 3 core reasons and we will unpack them all for… Read More »Why Subscriptions Rule the Publishing Industry
By Michael Evans on October 23, 2023. I am so grateful that 5,000+ of you have downloaded/listened to the free Subscriptions for Authors book (if you haven’t yet, you really should!). But I also know… that many of you who downloaded it… didn’t actually read… Read More »20 Lessons for Subscription Authors in 20 Sentences
Posted on October 18, 2023 Mistakes from 10 Years of Subscriptions as an Author with Pia Ravenari | RSS.com Join us as we sit down with the talented Pia Ravenari to discuss a decade’s worth of valuable insights and candid confessions about their journey with… Read More »#55: Mistakes from 10 Years of Subscriptions as an Author with Pia Foxhall
Posted on October 2, 2023 Collaborative subscriptions are an emerging opportunity in the author subscription market, and today we will be learning how Jason Sizemore, the founder of Apex Books, built a subscription for his small press with hundreds of paying readers. Join the next… Read More »#54 How This Small Press Makes Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Subscriptions
Posted on January 27, 2024. How Fandom Marketing Can 10x Your Author Business | RSS.com What if I told you the old way of marketing books is dying and that a new way of marketing — fandom marketing — is on the rise? In this… Read More »#53: How Fandom Marketing Can 10x Your Author Business
By Amanda Mawhinney (Pen name: Miranda Herald) on September 25th, 2023 We know that being a wordsmith is a thrilling yet demanding journey. With the constant demand for content, it’s easy to get lost in the sea of words and forget to take care of… Read More »A Guide to Work-Life Balance as a Subscription Author
Posted on September 18, 2023 How Willow Winters Built a Book Box Empire | RSS.com Today we sit down with Willow Winters, romance author extraordinaire, TikTok sensation, and titan in the subscription and book box space. Yes, we used a lot of big adjectives… that’s… Read More »#52: How Willow Winters Built a Book Box Empire
By Jasmine Grant, September 12, 2023. Key Takeaway: There are sets of engagement and communication tactics all authors can use to build better customer relationships with their paid subscribers and increase the length of time they remain in your subscription. What would happen if you… Read More »How Effective Communication Increases Subscriber Retention
Posted on September 11, 2023 Natalie Knight is a best-selling dark romance author who gained over 100+ paid subscribers when she launched her Forbidden Pages membership. Today we dive into the insights she learned in the process and how she is continuing to scale her… Read More »#51: How Natalie Knight’s Launch Strategy Gained 100+ Paid Subscribers
By Anna McCluskey on September 1st, 2023. I majored in theatre in college, which doesn’t seem on the surface that it would be all that useful. I do not, after all, work in theatre now — I’m an author, like you. But the life lessons… Read More »Overcoming Subscription Stage Fright
How Authors Can Win in the Future of Publishing | RSS.com This may just be our most important podcast ever. It’s a vision for the future of publishing and how we as storytellers can take control of this industry and win together. It breaks down… Read More »#50: How Authors Can Win the Future of Publishing
[THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL STEAMY ROMANCE AUTHORS IN SUBSCRIPTIONS]. Note: This was written in March 2023, in response to a recent ban that a subscription platform put in place on steamy romance content. I was fired up and wanted to share… Read More »On Payment Processing for Steamy Romance Authors: A Message from the CEO of Ream