Make It Sustainable
You've written the books. You've built the audience. Prosper Summit is where independent authors build the business side — so the work keeps earning long after launch week.
Virtual · November 4–7, 2026 · Individual tickets open soon
Most author education covers writing and marketing. Very little of it covers the actual business mechanics.
How to make your backlist work harder. How to build profitability into your publishing model. How to set up revenue systems that don't depend on writing another book. That's what Prosper covers.
Two Ways to Run the Business
- Income that spikes at launch and flatlines after
- A backlist that just sits there
- One retailer holding all the leverage
- Writing another book as the only growth plan
- Guessing at what's actually profitable
- Revenue that keeps arriving between launches
- A catalog that earns on purpose
- Direct sales you control
- Recurring income from the readers you already have
- Numbers you can actually make decisions from
Four Days on Building a Profitable Author Business
From backlist revival to crowdfunding to licensing rights — every session is built around practical strategies authors are using right now.
Your backlist is an asset — most authors are leaving a significant amount of money on the table without realizing it.
- Auditing your backlist for hidden revenue opportunities
- Relaunching older titles with updated positioning
- Pricing and bundling strategies for older books
- Making your entire catalog work as a revenue engine
The direct-to-reader revenue models that are transforming independent author finances.
- Kickstarter campaigns for fiction and nonfiction
- Special editions and collector-tier products
- Building a sustainable direct sales store
- What works, what doesn't, and what's worth the effort
How to build recurring income from your existing reader base — without writing more books.
- Substack, Patreon, and reader membership models
- What to offer in a subscription that readers will pay for
- Setting up a membership without burning out
- Growing and retaining subscription readers over time
The revenue streams most authors don't pursue — and why they should.
- Translation and foreign rights: how to actually get deals
- Audio rights, licensing & non-obvious revenue streams
- Profitability frameworks for independent author businesses
- Planning for long-term financial sustainability
Full speaker lineup and session times will be announced in the coming weeks.
Prosper is for you if…
You have a backlist that isn't earning what it should.
Your income spikes at launch and disappears by month three.
You want revenue that doesn't require writing another book first.
You're curious about Kickstarter or direct sales but don't know where to start.
You'd like recurring income from the readers you already have.
You want this to still be a business in ten years.
Create · Expand · Prosper
Three virtual summits across 2026. Create and Expand are available for immediate viewing. Prosper is next, in November.
The creative work is done. Let's make the business hold it up.
Individual Prosper tickets start at $99 and open soon. The All-Access Pass includes Prosper plus Create and Expand replays.
Virtual event · November 4–7, 2026 · Replay access included