My today's guest is Mark Dawson - the author of John Milton series. Until recently, Mark worked in the London film industry. He now writes full-time and is working on three series.

I found out about Mark Dawson few weeks ago, when I read the http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor/2015/04/17/mark-dawson-made-750000-from-self-published-amazon-books/ (article about him in Forbes.) Last year Amazon paid Mark $450k. I tried to find out how did he make it and which were the main components of his success.

In this interview we you will find out


Where did Mark gain knowledge about self-publishing and book marketing  

When he realized that things start happening

How did Mark build his e mail list 

How Mark manages to be so prolific 

How Mark makes sure that his readers want to read the next book in the series 

How to use Facebook ads

How long did it take Mark to become full-time author 

Which is the most powerful marketing tool for authors 

How much money Mark spends to publish each of his books 


Useful Links

http://www.selfpublishingformula.com (Self Publishing Formula) (Mark's free videos)

http://markjdawson.com/ (Mark Dawson's website)

https://sterlingandstone.net/smarter-artist/publishing-2/spp/ (The Self Publishing Podcast)

http://rockingselfpublishing.com/ (Rocking Self Publishing podcast)

http://www.thecreativepenn.com/podcasts/ (The Creative Penn podcast)

http://www.trailaudible.com/write2bread (You can get free audiobook here)