Unlocking Hidden Revenue Streams for Authors Today

11 May 2025 · 1 min

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A short YouTube interview (hosted by TJ Walker) exploring untapped or underused revenue streams for authors—especially smaller entrepreneurs—such as audiobooks, AI-assisted translations, and print-on-demand options. The conversation emphasizes that many options are increasingly feasible but still require active effort to execute.

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What other individual strain of or atom of revenue do you see as untapped at the moment when it comes to authors monetizing their intellectual property? Is it the audiobook download? Is it, is it using AI to print in multiple languages? Is it using print on demand to do large print? There's so many options. Now, what excites you the most for those, I guess, smaller entrepreneurs who, you know, they're not trying to get rich off their book, but they would like to actually monetize it. Not just through the sense of, Well, I lost 30,000 and only sold 40, but I got one client and they, they became a billion dollar client for me. Yeah, I mean, at some level, anyone can win a lottery ticket, but short of that, what revenue streams from a book? Are you excited about that? Maybe people haven't heard of or thought of much.
Well, one thing I want to reiterate something you said that aligns all of those options, the ebook, the multi language, the audiobook, they're all very doable and getting easier to execute day by day. But it's still confusing saying that you still have to lean in.